Example sentences of "[det] [noun] [subord] i [verb] the " in BNC.

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1 Not often the same policeman , and I gained that experience when I found the way that they were examining property , the way they attended to accidents and street disturbances and they were pretty tough customers and I learnt a lot .
2 COOK 'S NOTE : I tend not to use virgin olive oil for this dip as I find the flavour too strong for the roe .
3 Sadly he died shortly afterwards and for many reasons it was some months before I used the disc .
4 A few months after I joined the Department of Transport in 1979 I was presented with an issue which had baffled governments for well over a hundred years .
5 It was only when I was almost in despair that I recalled having seen a letter written by a knitter from overseas , about an easy way to make cables and it seemed a pleasant way to take a break by referring back a few months until I found the letter from — you 've guessed it — June Shaw .
6 He arrived a few weeks before me at the Elephant and retired just a few weeks before I left the department after the 1987 general election .
7 Q I recently became the owner of a pond which I planted and then left for a few weeks before I put the fish in .
8 ‘ Just a few weeks after I left the ship it was sunk by our own Typhoon fighters with the loss of 56 lives , ’ said Mr Connor , whose son , Paul , saw front-line action as a medic in the Gulf War .
9 ‘ You can get me some water while I light the Primus , ’ Miss Honey said .
10 But right now , you can just trot along and leave me a bit of peace to get some kip while I got the chance .
11 In this Church where I encounter the Triune God I am called to worship with my whole being .
12 So I went back to alight indicator , pulled down only a few inches , which was enough to allow the bream to suck the bait to their lips , and then I paused for a few seconds while I watched the line from the rod-tip tightening in the water .
13 ‘ I may need a few shots before I find the mark , Khan . ’
14 I have dwelt on it at some length because I believe the opposite to be the case .
15 ‘ O.K. You watch this guy while I make the call . ’
16 It will be some time before I forget the sight of Greg Hicks in a mini-skirt , fishnet tights and Rod Stewart wig , first furiously threatening Lillibet with a knife and then chewing up a wine glass in his torment .
17 It will be some time before I have the figures to show how serious the second recession has been — how many firms have closed , how many jobs have been irrevocably lost , and how the finances of the survivors have suffered .
18 As you will know I may make a reference under this section when I desire the opinion of the Court , not on the whole case but on a point arising on it .
19 And I think when we talk in terms in getting around to spending the money we have got then we need to look quite clearly about how you make a place more inviting and it 's also about when people come into the building how they 're met what the receptionists like , when they ring up can they get through and I mean I 'm I 'm surprised that 's said about the tickets that I think that our reception ticket areas an excellent area the people working there are first class are very friendly very helpful so it 's trying to get that sort of concept through the building I thin k we work on that I think the building 's kept very clean people who clean the building are very good but I hear what you 're saying and I thinks it 's been said earlier by the lady here by the foyer downstairs she feels threatened when she goes into that bar because I think the whole decor and the way it is is a threatening place I think we need to look at those so that was an old and .
20 ‘ Might I suggest that you wait with yonder deputation whilst I consider the matter further ?
21 I will await confirmation of these dates before I contact the owner of the site or arrange local publicity .
22 Such is the power of suggestion that that night as I neared the top of the staircase , my foot stumbled on the last step but one .
23 Right , I 'll have a little rest before I turn the T V off .
24 I was unwilling to move for many minutes as I experienced the power present in that place .
25 He was hanging upside down , and he was so soaked in blood that it was a few more seconds before I discovered the severed artery was somewhere in his left leg .
26 I had noticed it several times since I left the Monogram Building .
27 ‘ It 's my own fault because I gave the main character the same birthday as me , so I 'd know how much he would be able to remember of his past .
28 We did n't take any action because I take the fact that someone else uses part of your song as a compliment really .
29 I said goodnight and went to my own room where I found the sleeping-car attendant had duly lowered my bed and laid a chocolate truffle on the pillow .
30 The railway grapevine was not the sophisticated piece of equipment we know today , and it was several years before I discovered the reason for these ‘ apparitions ’ .
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