Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb base] [adv prt] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She 'd seen the card I put up in a local shop , advertising the top flat . |
| 2 | ‘ I put in for a supplementary allocation only last week , ’ he said . |
| 3 | ‘ I square up onto a prepared board which for the larger paintings is medium density fibreboard , or MDF , half an inch thick which I have primed on both sides . |
| 4 | So in July 1982 I set off on a similar journey . |
| 5 | It was better once I had rounded the corner and I set off at a brisk pace for the west . |
| 6 | Once I get on to a good thing I keep it going until I run out of luck . |
| 7 | ‘ I get up at a quarter-to-five most mornings . |
| 8 | Now I only hope I get off to a winning start with Leeds . ’ |
| 9 | I get in from a dull lunch and find your urgent communication on my desk . |
| 10 | ‘ But they always end up the same — I see that terrible expression on Len 's face as he fell — then I hear the thud as he hits the floor — then I wake up in a cold sweat . |
| 11 | I buy a cup of tea so thin it could have been made by Rachel 's landlady , and I stare out through a steamed-up café window across the cold empty promenade . |
| 12 | I tackle up with a through-action carbon rod , 11ft long , a fixed-spool reel carrying 5lb b.s. line to which a size 2 hook is tied direct . |
| 13 | Although , ’ I point out with a wicked twinkle , which shows up as a flash of prismatic light on the edges of the glass , ‘ Rainbow has — recently — been entertaining the flicker of a wild fantasy about returning to religion . |
| 14 | I am pleased to have ladies since they are more comfortable to be with and understand better the difficulties I labour under with a young baby and poor help and no husband constantly at my elbow . |
| 15 | ‘ I turn round at a leaning gate post where the gate is permanently open , if somewhat askew . |
| 16 | As the sea is calm I turn in to a narrow cleft on the headland , cutting the engine and gliding in between the faces of grey rock to let my passengers get the flavour of the sights and sounds of a Shetland geo . |
| 17 | Once a month I go out for a serious session — the last of which was a hard circuit of Radnor Forest , but I enjoyed it tremendously . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ I go in for a certain amount of golf , you know . |
| 19 | I end up with a flat battery about once a week even though the dynamo , heavy duty battery and voltage regulator have been replaced . |
| 20 | Before I move on to a fuller description of helicopter radios , let's summarise the above : |
| 21 | I start off with a Bloody Mary as this is breakfast in a sense , then cleanse the palate with a bottle of Pils . |
| 22 | I fuel up at a wee petrol station just before the A9 and phone Fettes while the tank 's filling . |
| 23 | It seems that every time I come back from a big disappointment I win . ’ |
| 24 | It was the last lesson of the day and I could n't help it , but I come out with a big burp in the middle of the lesson and she goes , ‘ Fay , are you feeling all right ? ’ and I says , ‘ Yes Miss , of course I am ’ , and then she goes to me when I did it again , ‘ FAY ! ’ and I goes , ‘ It 's all right ’ , I goes , ‘ Pardon me , Miss . |
| 25 | And if I come down with a sore throat now , I 'll know who to blame . |
| 26 | You could tackle the island 's one and only hill south of Es Calo , stop off for a welcome break at El Mirador and as you cool off with an iced drink , take in the panoramic view . |
| 27 | When you sit down for a wee while . |
| 28 | Do n't zoom the lens in and out , either , but save this effect for the last shot in which you zoom out to a wide view of the garden again . |
| 29 | So that you wind up with a prioritised monthly to do list . |
| 30 | On Necromunda , so it is said , you grow up at an early age . |