Example sentences of "[subord] i [verb] it [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although I tease it with a tender rage |
| 2 | and that was my Barclaycard number in case you want it although I ordered it through the thr phone I made out that so that I could read it off on the telephone I did n't even erm I did n't even assemble it I just looked and I saw it does n't chop I thought it would chop things but does n't , it only grates Looks as though it had been out before , you know , you look at this ! |
| 3 | Obvious efforts are being made here to reduce the damage , which was much worse than I remembered it from a previous visit . |
| 4 | I try to justify it in terms of training the intellect to think in an abstract and critical way , so I regard it as a general education . |
| 5 | Now I know it was a great honour but I could see no way of accepting , so I put it on the mantelpiece and more or less prepared to forget all about it . |
| 6 | Vera 's not back from lunch , so I kept it at the desk . ’ |
| 7 | It rang while Elizabeth was in the field and I picked it up and someone spoke to me , but I can not speak , so I tore it from the wall and then no one could speak to me . ) |
| 8 | ‘ Your tea is ruined so I threw it in the bin . |
| 9 | I had n't been out for a long time , so I did it for the relaxation , really ! ’ |
| 10 | There 's at least one track from all eight albums , and two tracks are from a live album , so I gave it to a wonderful guy called Jonathan Downs from the Fan Club , who knows an awful lot that I 'd forgotten myself , or never even knew ! |
| 11 | Once I showed it to a psychical research woman who , after careful study of the plan of Versailles , said to me in a tense voice : ‘ You realize that the two ladies went bodily through a brick wall ? ’ |
| 12 | Right I 'm convinced such a good breed and you very kindly rigged this Topper up for me so well you wo n't mind if I take it for a spin will you ? |
| 13 | If I take it to the police the matter will be dealt with much sooner than if we leave it where it is and wait for them to call here . |
| 14 | If I set it to the same frequency as the only Mark I Super C64 in existence , I might just be able to contact an old friend of ours . ’ |
| 15 | If I had it on a solid floor , but it 's got ta go , do n't forget it 's on a a wooden floor . |
| 16 | ‘ My Lords , I have already disclaimed the intention of discussing the scope of the rule in O'Reilly v. Mackman but , even if I treat it as a general rule , there are many indications in favour of a liberal attitude towards the exceptions contemplated but not spelt out by Lord Diplock . |
| 17 | No but I 'll , if I say it on every tape she might get the hint . |
| 18 | If I hit it with the chair-back … |
| 19 | You want to try and flick that , see if I can knock that little , one of those brass pigs , flick it and see if I knock it across the table , I 'll take my own finger off , the pig 'll hardly move . |
| 20 | It should sell like hot cakes if I knock it into the right sort of shape . |
| 21 | The vermouth was dark red , and I wondered what my mother would do if I poured it on the mushroom-coloured carpet — very slowly . |
| 22 | I did n't realise how clear her speech was until I heard it on the tape . |
| 23 | It had not been out of the cupboard for some months and it really showed off until I treated it to a stiff drink ( surgical spirit ) and a nice massage with an oily rag . |
| 24 | We dined on spicy fish which repeated on me for most of the evening in the Jac , meeting pals , until I drowned it in an ocean of beer . |
| 25 | Walking out of the Ladies , I suddenly saw Mum 's face in front of me like I saw it in the dream — sinking , drowning in bubbling mud — trying to spit the oozing slime out of her lipsticked mouth but the more she spat it out the more slithered in … |
| 26 | I make , cos I make it in a microwave |
| 27 | Cos I had it for a month , cos I did n't know whether I was gon na like it , I 'd never been on one before and er I 'd heard Judith say that you could feel claustrophobic , you know , with it over you |
| 28 | But erm so , so it 's difficult to know exactly what 's happening now , and unless I see it in the office . |
| 29 | ‘ Not unless I do it in the next three months , ’ she told him . |
| 30 | That hat has been to Buckingham Palace twice because I lent it to a friend who was invited to a later garden party . |