Example sentences of "i [verb] [adv prt] [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In this programme I 'm going to sketch in a bit of the background , by way of introduction , and in later weeks , various colleagues of mine , concerned with all aspects of the computing world , will be helping me build up the over-all picture . |
| 2 | Hearing of this preliminary training for the Parachute Regiment at Hardwick made me think up an indelicate version of the famous old rhyme about that prodigy house , ‘ Hardwick Hall , more glass than wall ’ : ‘ Hardwick Hall , sore a — e when fall ’ . |
| 3 | I feel somewhat like a Saint Bernard as I track down the American conductor John Nelson by telephone across the Alps . |
| 4 | I sketch out the whole scenario in seven minutes flat . |
| 5 | Half-blinded by shadow I made out a steep wall of steps and moved towards it . |
| 6 | I twisted around and almost blinded myself by staring straight into the sun , but then , through the dizzying glare , I made out the long silhouette of a tall man who seemed , incongruously , to be dressed in a long , transparent dressing gown . |
| 7 | I choked back a heartfelt tear . |
| 8 | I led up the awkward flake crack to a sitting stance on the Pedestal — a huge , flat topped flake stuck to the face — and called up the big guns . |
| 9 | Each week , on shopping day , I tear out the first page and have a ready-made shopping list . |
| 10 | I fought down the ghastly urge coming up from my stomach . |
| 11 | With such thoughts in my head and lithe grace in my movements , I loped up the grassy knoll to the court . |
| 12 | Peeling the shit-stained newspaper from the bottom of the cage , I emptied out the accumulated guano and went off to look for some fresh newspaper . |
| 13 | By the time I got up the next morning , I had determined to sell the baker 's shop to the highest bidder unless Charlie Trumper were willing to take on the responsibility himself . |
| 14 | Said yeah and then I changed my mind as soon as I got out the fucking door . |
| 15 | So I got out the original word processor program disks and loaded them into the directory . |
| 16 | ‘ I wrote a letter two days ago suggesting a meeting and this morning I got back a curt note suggesting a time . |
| 17 | er if it 's people give you things like reference lists and reading lists , I mean sometimes that 's the most confusing thing to be given because you do n't know , I used to think you were supposed to read everything on them er and I actually tried doing that once or twice and I could n't find stuff in Aston library so I ran up the er town library and went to Birmingham University library and then I got back the next week and I realized that I was about the only person who 'd actually done that and other people had n't |
| 18 | I tumbled over a drunk lying spreadeagled in the close . |
| 19 | Next I tried out a different approach . |
| 20 | ‘ I found out the following day how much it was worth when a dealer offered me £40,000 . ’ |
| 21 | I found out the matching address from Directory Inquiry and went round there . " |
| 22 | In trying to keep the wheelbarrow upright as I walked , I moved along a wavy line . |
| 23 | I built up the same sort of profile about the shipbuilder . |
| 24 | I hooked up a wriggling worm and ate it : it tasted alright , earthy and slightly gritty , but I would rather have had a proper meal . |
| 25 | It turned out that Cedric was getting rather a lot of meat and I drew up a little chart cutting down the protein and adding extra carbohydrates . |
| 26 | The strong-smelling ‘ stewed ’ strips of blanket were hot , and as I wrung out the excess water , I needed tongs to hold them for the first few minutes . |
| 27 | I hastened up the big pitch , finding time in the rush to note its splendid position , with awesome exposure at the overhang . |
| 28 | I woke up the other morning and I thought , once you married for company , and now you marry the company . |
| 29 | When I woke up the next morning my incontinence sheet had gone |
| 30 | Said alright , so I filled out a bloody form and I went to Michelins , they knew nothing about it and they had n't got it displayed either ! |