Example sentences of "i [verb] [adv] [verb] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I mean only to provide the following answer to the argument from coordination as an argument for conventionalism . |
| 2 | I moved slowly letting the two dead men slide under me . |
| 3 | I 'd just squawked the new transponder code when I saw a helicopter ahead at two o'clock . |
| 4 | ‘ I 'd just left the Royal Academy , I 'd just got the results of my finals . |
| 5 | Though I 'd just had the official report , I wanted the inside story . |
| 6 | In fact I 'd carefully scripted the whole thing , grading the language to keep it within the students ' capabilities . |
| 7 | ‘ I 'd best fetch the smaller basket , ’ she said , ‘ on account of your condition , begging yer pardon , ma'am . ’ |
| 8 | anyway he give it to his father and , well I 'd already bought the other one I 'd |
| 9 | But they 'd asked me for an epitaph not an editorial and , in any case , I 'd already got the clear impression that most of these unaccustomed mourners could recognise a tolling bell when they heard it , but that like so many of the other warnings that had been laid on them over the years by teachers , social workers and magistrates , they had simply decided that any other way of life was simply too dull , too straight , even to be contemplated . |
| 10 | But I 'd never seen the real thing . |
| 11 | I wish I 'd never got the beastly thing . ’ |
| 12 | Now I 'd better check the answering machine … ’ |
| 13 | So I thought I 'd better bury the poor thing . ’ |
| 14 | Then I figured I 'd better try the same approach on guitar , so I put a really high nut on this old Gibson Melody Maker and I started using bottleneck on it . |
| 15 | The front door was still locked and bolted — I 'd only used the back one since I 'd got here — and the keys were out the back , so I came in here to open these french windows . |
| 16 | I watch Golightly buy the late edition : |
| 17 | Good humour being somewhat restored , I turned away to make the hot drink we had promised ourselves so long ago CRASH ! |
| 18 | One moment which I recall vividly illuminates the problematic position in which I had placed myself . |
| 19 | ‘ I know now to expect the unexpected , but the one thing I can be sure of is that we all have lots of laughs making the show . ’ |
| 20 | The events of the week-end seemed to recede , to become locked away , as if I had dreamt them ; and yet as I walked there came the strangest feeling , compounded of the early hour , the absolute solitude , and what had happened , of having entered a myth ; a knowledge of what it was like physically , moment by moment , to have been young and ancient , a Ulysses on his way to meet Circe , a Theseus on his journey to Crete , an Oedipus still searching for his destiny . |
| 21 | I believe simply repositioning the lower hinge would reduce the problem . ’ |
| 22 | I worked hard to get the best job in the world . |
| 23 | Now it 's my very great pleasure to I think probably introduce the youngest member of our audience here today and a very good supporter of Save The Children erm I am sitting down soon beside Elise who 's travelled all the way from Norwich . |
| 24 | However , I did slightly disarrange the lower part of that tablecloth in order to ascertain the core temperature . |
| 25 | Yes , I did in fact erm whilst when we were going through the education proposals erm I did list reductions as John has mentioned , but I did also include the extra valuation for primary staffing that erm has went into our budget and the Liberal Democrats and I think Labour 's originally , which is now included in the combined Council budget . |
| 26 | I had instantly buried the intense feelings hoping that with time they would decompose or reform and grow into normal healthy heterosexual longings . |
| 27 | I had again beaten the top sprinters of Europe , firmly establishing myself as the continent 's number one . |
| 28 | This was despite the fact that I had already visited the Algerian Embassy to no effect after writing thirteen times . |
| 29 | I had done well in my O-levels , but I had already won the Under-16 British squash championships , and I decided to go for broke and turn professional and see how I got on . |
| 30 | I 'll back chasing young cattle against anything else for working up a sweat , and I had already forgotten the uncharitable world outside . |