Example sentences of "i [verb] [prep] [pers pn] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When I came across it the other day , I was slightly embarrassed . |
| 2 | The more I put into it the worse it goes . |
| 3 | When I walk on it the whole thing starts to move and I am soon covered in the grey dust I am stirring up ; it fills my nostrils and triggers a memory that links the smell with rock climbing . |
| 4 | I mean I 've never met Mrs. Thatcher , the only thing I know about her the only facts I have about her I 've got through the press . |
| 5 | If our young girls are to learn the profession , let them serve a seven years apprenticeship and when they have completed it , I ask for them the same wages as are paid for journeymen … |
| 6 | I pierced the mask of the temporal that is a facade made hideous by the graffiti of desires and I saw behind it the real of human beings , that is , a masterpiece on the wheel of Eternity . |
| 7 | I looked at it the other day and I thought I must remember to ask . |
| 8 | About the homework bit er I thought about it the other day and obviously mine was n't brought up we 're having a set detention night are n't we ? |
| 9 | Yeah , I remembered it while I was walking round the shop , cos the more I yeah , the more I thought about it the worse I got when I stood by the machine . |
| 10 | Even Terry Lewis hinted at it when I spoke to him the other evening . |
| 11 | ‘ I spoke to her the other day at a charity meeting and she was telling me that her poor brother died recently . |
| 12 | The more I think about it the bleaker the home life of Professor and Mrs Maitland begins to seem . |
| 13 | Although there are no hon. Members from Scottish constituencies in their places at the moment , my hon. Friend the Minister made a passing reference to Scotland , which is one of the issues that I discussed with him the other evening . |
| 14 | I carry with me the tattered remnants of this psychic structure : there is no way of not working hard , nothing in the end but an endurance that will allow me to absorb everything by the way of difficulty , holding on to the grave . |
| 15 | I said to him the other day , well four weeks ago . |
| 16 | I said to him the other morning I said do that again I said look , I 'll get you out of bed . |
| 17 | he 's , he 's like this , he 's got to get on , get everything done , that 's what I said to you the other day , leave |
| 18 | I ran into him the other day . ’ |
| 19 | I wrote for him the following poem ; it seems to me now rather jejune , but it was the spontaneous overflow from a heart both proud and anxious , and not greatly concerned with turning out a literary exemplar : Parachutists ( for L.G.C. ) |
| 20 | Permit me to deliver to you the infamous smuggler Cut-throat Jake , his vile accomplices in crime , and the contraband spirit which , with our own eyes , we saw them bring on shore ! |