Example sentences of "[vb pp] [coord] i [verb] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A septic tank has already been installed and I have a quotation — amounting to some thousands of pounds , I 'm afraid — to drill for water . |
| 2 | My gaze dropped and I saw a ring — an iridescent opal , set in a circle of rich , blood-red garnets . |
| 3 | ‘ At 28ft the front window cracked and I had a job getting up again' he writes , the Prime Minister did not approve of such risks by senior officers , but the CCO felt his men expected such leadership . |
| 4 | At that stage it would have been easy to have got carried away and think that the Cup was won but I made a point of saying that " A wise man does n't count his chickens " and we did n't do that . |
| 5 | I catch up on video tapes of TV shows I 've missed and I read a lot . |
| 6 | His wife answered and I heard a background conversation before she came back to the phone . |
| 7 | In those days the final link in the Iceland circle road had not been made and I needed a plane , bound for Fagurhólsmýri , to reach the National park . |
| 8 | There were risks involved because the acid sometimes leaked and I ruined a couple of dresses that way . |
| 9 | Oh I asked him to go to the insurance company and find out whether I 'm covered with them for having my aerial replaced and I wrote a letter asking if he could be empowered to sign the claim form for me |
| 10 | In the late 1950s this order of dress was even more carefully observed and I saw a detective sergeant ordered home to change from Harris tweed jacket and flannels into ‘ proper clothing ’ . |
| 11 | You would be a material shareholder in Flybynight as presently constituted and I enclose a copy of their accounts for your perusal . |
| 12 | In the result this appeal will be allowed and I order a rehearing before a fresh bench of the family proceedings court . |
| 13 | At first I thought the unlikely had happened and I had a fan out there somewhere . |