Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] [noun sg] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , my GCSE courses eventually led me to attend university as a mature student and now I hope to become a solicitor . |
| 2 | ‘ I remain Chairman of a large company , Harrison and Crosfield , Chairman of the Dover Harbour Board , which is also looking towards privatisation , and I 've got a number of charities I 'm involved in . |
| 3 | ‘ I got permission for a symbolic statue , and this giant Pumpman is the result ! ’ |
| 4 | ‘ I hate paperwork as a general rule , but as it 's for the good of the villagers , I 'll sort it out for you . |
| 5 | In my notes for the Raphael Trio 's Unicorn-Kanchana recording of the Beethoven Septet in the composer 's own transcription for piano trio , I drew attention to a small discrepancy between the trio version and the original . |
| 6 | But although I played lead for a long time in the group I never cite lead players like Clapton or Beck . |
| 7 | Were I to praise Love in a hundred thousand languages , Love 's beauty far surpasses such stammerings . |
| 8 | I lied and said that tea was a habit of mine and I enjoyed company after a hard day . |
| 9 | I finished assembly at a nine-thirty , ten o'clock I was in temple and er worked there til twelve . |
| 10 | I feel part of a London-wide network of lesbian and gay friends . |
| 11 | So I lost interest for a few years . |
| 12 | ‘ When we did out hard session , that 's when I think love on a high level happened . |
| 13 | Moving on to the row on paragraph eight , again all three groups are agreed er on this except with one I think exception of a certain group . |
| 14 | I did n't like the way that shortly after I noticed it , I did business with a nervous man . |
| 15 | But now I play tennis like a true professional . |
| 16 | At one point I left Switchboard for a few months . |
| 17 | At Richmond a lot of people get off the train and I take refuge in a Smoking compartment where the heat is not on . |
| 18 | I have mine in a two foot community tank . |
| 19 | You can appreciate by the remarks my agent made to me on the telephone ( words which I swear I have not amended or distorted in any way at all ) just how big and unpleasant a problem I have sitting like a gibbering troll on my innocent shoulders . |
| 20 | I have access to a low-level formatting program , were the drive to be on of the MFM type , but the information on the outside of the casing does n't include the numbers of heads and cylinders . |
| 21 | ‘ I have access to a hefty training budget . |
| 22 | Because of him I see art in a different way , a new way . |
| 23 | When I wanted publicity for a young persons ' trip to London , arranged to allow them to talk to MPs of all parties , your paper did not publish the Press release . |
| 24 | Brenda Almond draws on recent feminist arguments that women 's distinctive perspective and experience lead them to view morality in a different light from men . |
| 25 | We had an altercation that soon resolved itself with me lying face-down in a damp bed of cardboard boxes at the loot of a hidden staircase . |
| 26 | You pegged hell of a bloody lot then . |
| 27 | You got abuse from a drunk — well , you dealt with him depending on how far he went before you decided to lock him up . |
| 28 | She led Midnight to a clear patch and then let him walk on the long rein , so that she stayed still and he walked round her in a circle at the end of the rein . |
| 29 | She made exhaustion into a political virility symbol , and was foolishly critical of those who did not believe that decisions were best taken in a state of prostration . ’ |
| 30 | She made coffee in a dented silver pot and served it in dark-green cups with gold rims and gold handles , cups she 'd stolen from home . |