Example sentences of "[subord] i [verb] [adv prt] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But there is one scene where I fall over a sofa , which we added on the day of the shoot . ’ |
| 2 | Having made such progress in Sheffield , I felt it was time to move back to home ground , so I set up a CHE group in Rotherham . |
| 3 | Although we are now debating a piece of works legislation , it represents a major reform of parliamentary procedure , so I put down a marker at this stage to the effect that the Minister should be more forthcoming in considering whether we should have new procedures for dealing with orders . |
| 4 | ‘ So I took up a hold on 210 overhead the ditched pilot using Rate 1s as crosswind and base legs . |
| 5 | The tide had n't covered the pebbles yet , so I took up a handful and lobbed them at the bottle . |
| 6 | ‘ He suggested it could have died another way , ’ Small recalls , ‘ so I took out a knife , skinned it on his desk , and showed him where the fox 's teeth had punctured the flesh . ’ |
| 7 | I had worked as an assistant in Mothercare for quite a few years , so I took out a discount card with them when I was pregnant and I bought everything there at 20 per cent discount . |
| 8 | I had my trumpet case on my knee and half a carriage to myself , so I pulled out a paperback of Gore Vidal 's latest Essays and read the one where he thinks he gets confused with Anthony Burgess . |
| 9 | I must do something , I thought , so I rang up a friend of mine called David Woolcock . |
| 10 | But here I was stuck back on the dole with a Fostex 250 , a guitar , a microphone and a drum machine , so I worked out a way of getting up to about eleven tracks on the Portastudio by constantly bouncing to and fro . |
| 11 | I hate Heathcliff too , but I could not agree to murder , so I called out a warning from the kitchen window . |
| 12 | ‘ I 'd been getting records on tick from Billy for ages , ’ explains Havanna 's Tony Scott , ‘ so I said to him ‘ If I make up a record , would you square up the bill ? ’ |
| 13 | Yes and there If I If I pull up a bit and back out there . |
| 14 | If I take out a chunk , you can do |
| 15 | ‘ Dragging also depends on size , so if I pick up a bunch of stuff I get a lower dragging sound than if I pick up just one . |
| 16 | ‘ All sight if I walk up a bit ? he called to Marty , who was leaning forward with his elbow on the wheel and his open palm supporting his chin . |
| 17 | ‘ I 'll feel stronger a damn sight faster if I move around a bit , ’ he threw at her in a voice little better than a snarl . |
| 18 | Immediately she asked me when I might be free , but I was able to murmur , ‘ It 's a little difficult , Mrs Fawcett , until I get around a bit more and establish some duty rosters . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ When I joined Wednesday , I was staying with Jack until I sorted out a place of my own . |
| 20 | If anyone put Jacklin oft at this stage it was me , because I let out a roar when Lee 's ball went in , and I was keen to get to the 18th . |
| 21 | ‘ So tell me about the twins , ’ I said , not because I was interested , but because I wanted the senator to talk while I dreamed up a strategy to turn down his request . |
| 22 | in his palm while I start up a flame . |
| 23 | Character oozes from it , and I am content to spend some time studying its many features before I set up a rod . |
| 24 | ‘ I shall definitely think twice before I put up a sign like this again . ’ |
| 25 | When I carried out a survey of undergraduates and their use of books at Sheffield University I needed a sample of all undergraduates in the university during the academic year of the study.8 It was quite a revelation , talking to the Assistant Registrar in charge of records , to discover how difficult it was to define a ‘ student ’ for my purposes . |
| 26 | The benefits of this route could be substantial : about half of the Currie High roll comes from the Baberton and Juniper Green area , and when I carried out a survey , among parents , of travel to the school from these areas last year , a substantial number of families were in favour of opening up this path . |
| 27 | The student chooses their own subject ; most of these subjects are right on the fringes of the course , or overlap several different courses , and what surprised me when I sent round a questionnaire was how much the students said they enjoyed essay-writing . |
| 28 | ‘ There were problems in the past with the way the fund was run , but when I took over a couple of years ago we took a very long look at our accounting system and put matters right . |
| 29 | But the pitch was wet when I picked up a swag against them at Bradford . |
| 30 | I was in a French class at school when I picked up a copy of the magazine , which had been lying on one of the tables . |