Example sentences of "i [verb] [pron] [noun] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I made my decision a long time ago , and now I have no rightful place in their lives . |
| 2 | I do think I push me luck a little bit |
| 3 | So I thought well I got it kind a three year have n't I ? |
| 4 | As soon as I loosened my grip the tiniest fraction — say to alter the angle of insertion from one that caused grievous bodily harm to one that was only very uncomfortable — the damned thing sprang into a new incarnation as a frisbee and shot across the room . |
| 5 | The woman and three children were now laughing and I was pleased about that , as they had looked scared stiff when I entered their house a few moments before . |
| 6 | This resulted in a great deal of correspondence between myself and the Development Corporation and at the end of it I told my wife the best thing to do was to hand her notice in as there was no chance of us ever getting a house in Harlow , fortunately her services were much more seriously in demand then we imagined and the company nominated us for one , a house which is allocated to one of their executives , the house that we 're living in now and have lived in ever since nineteen sixty three . |
| 7 | ‘ Listen to what happened to me , ’ I said , and I told my story a third time . |
| 8 | This is a , you know , how you should approach change , er , I learnt my lesson a few years ago , because I went on a course , I came back to my office , and thought the world had changed . |
| 9 | But Christ does for him have a uniqueness ; and thus I count his position a Christian one . |
| 10 | When the little ones squeeze past me in the Superette I give their mops the chaste old tousle . |
| 11 | I give my leg a nasty bash , but I do n't stop and see if it 's bleeding — I just want to get out . |
| 12 | I turned my face the other way . ’ |
| 13 | POWELL : Oh yes , I enjoyed your speech the other day . |
| 14 | Howard thought for a few moments and then said , ‘ I think I know what time the next plane leaves for London . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ Actually , ’ Morton said hesitantly , ‘ if I may borrow a phrase from some distinguished bon viveur whose name I have forgotten , nowadays I like my fruit a little green . ’ |
| 16 | and I get my book the following Monday . |
| 17 | What she did n't know , of course , was that I finished my work a few days ahead of that schedule , and was not here when you — in the guise of your sister , ’ he inserted gently , ‘ arrived . ’ |
| 18 | As I finished my meal an entire flotilla of portly Bavarians waddled out , having consumed vast quantities of beer with their enormous meal . |
| 19 | Did I take your pound the other day ? |
| 20 | He said : ‘ After I lost my keys a few weeks ago a locksmith replaced the tumblers but it was n't enough to stop the door being opened . |
| 21 | Could I tell your listeners a little bit about the good news that 's in the budget , because we 've talked we 've focused on the minuses so far , but there 's a lot of plusses as well . |
| 22 | but she liv I saw her Nan the other day and like her Nan , I do n't cos her Nan always invites me round . |
| 23 | I saw your Andrew the other day |
| 24 | Before I lifted the knocker I gave my clogs an extra rub on my stockinged calf , then I rapped on the door . |
| 25 | Moods , bad moods and going to I gave my husband a terrible time ! |
| 26 | As I left his office a young woman from a Polish theatre company came in to discuss with Welch the principles of controlling ‘ income streams ’ . |
| 27 | Cos I hurt my finger the other day . |
| 28 | Hope and I continued our conversation a few weeks later , this time at his terraced house in Stoke Newington . |
| 29 | ‘ It took a lot to make me miss our date the other night , Folly , ’ he whispered . |