Example sentences of "i [vb base] [vb pp] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These are the most common questions I get asked as a social researcher . |
| 2 | ‘ You 're right — and that 's why I 've decided on a different plan , one that will keep us safely out of temptation 's way . ’ |
| 3 | I 've played in a certain town that makes linoleum where the audience did not laugh once . |
| 4 | She said , I 've hit with a sweeping brush . |
| 5 | Even close up the Mad Axe still has an air of quality about it and the finish is one of the best I 've seen on a Korean guitar . |
| 6 | It was the funniest sight I 've seen for a long while , but hardly fair on the birds … . |
| 7 | Inner : one of the best inners I 've seen for a long time . |
| 8 | Nicest bars I 've seen in a long time . ’ |
| 9 | The teaming up of Land 's End Ltd with Rowland Edwards , who seems to have his own unique version of reality , produced one of the choicer pieces of double-speak I 've seen in a long time : a press release announcing a campaign to add fixed anchors and gear to the crags in the interests of the environment and safety . |
| 10 | ‘ All this , with the bonus of an organic approach , makes it one of the most original books on gardening that I 've seen in a long time , ’ says our kitchen garden correspondent , Adam Pasco . |
| 11 | Elland Road was the emptiest I 've seen in a long time , 23,000 of which 4000 were Crewe fans . |
| 12 | It was a hell of a match , one of the best I 've seen in a long while ( live that is ) . |
| 13 | Hell of a good film though , it 's the best film I 've seen in a long time . |
| 14 | He 's the nicest man I 've met for a long time . |
| 15 | ‘ He 's the most charming man I 've met in a long time . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ You are the most frustrating piece of womanhood I 've met in a long time , ’ he rasped . |
| 17 | ‘ So I 've arranged for a whistle-stop tour around the country houses of some influential contacts , and there are one or two long-standing debts and favours due to me that I 'm going to call in over this weekend . ’ |
| 18 | I know , but , mum that , that was , that was five years ago , I mean I 've moved on a great deal since then |
| 19 | However , I 've played the guitar for over 25 years , I 've worked as a professional guitar repairer for the top companies , and if you were to say , ‘ These frets are 2.1mm high , ’ it would still mean nothing to me ! |
| 20 | It 's not that though , er , I mean I 've worked with a mental handicap and , it gets to the stage whe like you say though I 'm not just touching you , I 'm just And the strength they 've got , you 're their strength . |
| 21 | first thing I 've had for a long time is er that . |
| 22 | Actually I 've had like a sober conversation now because , think about it yeah , |
| 23 | ‘ This is one of the best evenings I 've had in a long time , ’ Sam said , sipping his coffee . |
| 24 | I 've come of a new |
| 25 | I 've come to a tremendous decision today . |
| 26 | ‘ You see , ’ the chief inspector went on , ‘ I 've come to a dead end . ’ |
| 27 | I feel I 've come to a full stop and so does Toby . |
| 28 | ‘ It was as hard as I 've practised in a long time , ’ said the Ryder Cup player . |
| 29 | ‘ I 've spoken to a good few people who are very annoyed . ’ |
| 30 | And one of one of the things that I 've got on a regular basis is the many of the things Harlow Council put on like pop concerts country and western have actually been used by people who who perhaps live outside of Harlow so the Council are now looking at a charging policy but also we should also gon na introduce into the theatre is the leisure card which actually includes that the people actually live in the town local and the reproductional sort of show if they can do so they should buy . |