Example sentences of "i [verb] [verb] [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was a modest success in its own way , enabling me to risk becoming a full-time freelance , and I shall always be grateful for that . |
| 2 | X 's secretary , formerly for eight years secretary to Judge now of the European Court of Justice and formerly an advocate who lives just along , came with me to see get the Royal Bank/Univ Alumnus of the Year Award on Saturday . |
| 3 | And what do you say , do you say , ‘ I do n't agree with what that man says , it 's a bad book , I do n't like it or I wo n't read it ’ , or do you say , ‘ it 's probably useful for me to try to make the imaginative judgment to see things the way he sees them , to see the way the world looks like from his point of view , and I may reject that , but at least one ought to have some tolerance and some understanding ’ , and it seems that that 's where the study of literature meets life . |
| 4 | I applied to join the Royal Air Force and ended up in the Pay Corps , stationed initially at Devizes for three months ' square-bashing . |
| 5 | I do n't want it poured over my head from a bucket in a comic that only appeals to the most basic and obvious , nor do I want to read the photo-copied scribblings of an undergrown fifth-former . |
| 6 | ‘ Watch it for Christ sake , ’ Billy bawled into the wind , ‘ ca n't you see I 've had a hard night . ’ |
| 7 | mind you the trouble is it 's alright in saying that but you see I 've got a bad chest , Philip 's got a bad chest |
| 8 | And it 's self employment so the couriers that we er supplied with the parcels with are the p- umm er , they 're liable for tax and insurance if any is due , I mean earn a certain amount of money before you start |
| 9 | I mean said the other day , Why do n't you pack up this stupid idea of picketing . |
| 10 | Very soon now they will be ready and then I mean to hold a great feast for all my people . |
| 11 | Like , you got , I mean put the other side of the . |
| 12 | Cos I mean get a good deal |
| 13 | By the historicity of texts , I mean to suggest the cultural specificity , the social embedment , of all modes of writing … . |
| 14 | But it is n't enough to write well ( I mean choose the right words and so on ) to be a good writer . |
| 15 | That does I think form a significant element because it makes a difference of nearly two and a half thousand dwellings . |
| 16 | I disdained to consult a medical dictionary , however . |
| 17 | ‘ As soon as my work here is finished ’ , he wrote to Constanze , ‘ I shall join you , for I intend to take a long rest in your arms ; and I shall really need it , for all this mental worry and all the rushing about in connection with it is really wearing me out … . ’ |
| 18 | However this time , whether or not a change of ownership makes any difference to that permission , I intend to lodge an official complaint . |
| 19 | [ I intend pursuing the other objectives this Autumn . ] |
| 20 | I intend to use an external power filter . |
| 21 | Except that this condition clodhopped into view only because I intend to tell the unlipsticked truth to Gill . |
| 22 | I intend to make a great deal of money from this if my speculations are correct . ’ |
| 23 | I intend to uncover the old boy system where everybody covers up when cases like this arise . |
| 24 | If I do not get a satisfactory reply I intend to pursue every possible means to draw the public 's attention to this iniquitous state of affairs , which for a big company like P & O is an absolute disgrace . |
| 25 | ‘ Some kids where I lived dug a dead person up , ’ says Dmitry . |
| 26 | ‘ Although I ceased to need the physical link some years ago , I still have the ability to use it . ’ |
| 27 | The President and I agreed to establish a secure telephone link between our two offices . |
| 28 | I failed to deposit an accurate simulacrum of her visage and demeanour with the left-luggage clerk of memory ; but I think she was in a shirt of a hue between sage and lovage , atop grey stone-washed 501s , green socks and a ridiculously unaesthetic pair of trainers . |
| 29 | My confidence suffered so much that I failed to reach the 50-wicket mark in three successive County Championship campaigns with Middlesex . |
| 30 | There are some marvellous graphics among these new breeds but , having never particularly liked comics , I failed to overcome a fundamental irritation with the medium of pictures and words combined . |