Example sentences of "the [noun sg] i [verb] the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the kitchen I scoured the cupboards , and poured disinfectant over small black creatures like woodlice . |
| 2 | Sitting in the back of the car I watched the suburbs going by under the street lights . |
| 3 | The capital sum would have been paid indirectly to the settlor ( see the case of Potts v IRC [ 1951 ] AC 443 especially at 460 where Lord Oaksey states : having regard to the object of the statute I think the words " paid directly or indirectly to the settlor " should be held to mean paid into the settlor 's hands or into the hands of someone accountable to him ) . |
| 4 | Can I mention er that I 'm very disappointed that C P O's are n't coming back under the fold I understand the arguments for and against , but when you look at erm the knowledge that two of our new recruits have got , in relation , one in relation to fraud and one in relation to terrorism , it seems ironical that they 're divisional staff and ca n't go round the force giving their expertise force-wide rather than just on er a basic divisional |
| 5 | From the window I saw the flats opposite , their even lines making them look like children 's drawings . |
| 6 | When I entered the classroom I found the children , from five to nine years , well at work . |
| 7 | Comfortable within my landlord 's neat demesne , I am cushioned against the uglification of the landscape which offends and distresses me the moment I cross the boundaries . |
| 8 | Well it 's where , next to the place I bought the tiles from . |
| 9 | As Taff and I ducked down into the trench I upset the remains of my meal over the floor . |
| 10 | As I turned from the phone I realized the stairs were blocked by Lisabeth , hands on hips , outside her flat door . |
| 11 | On the whole I bore the strictures with courage in the firm belief that what had been done was the best that could be done . |
| 12 | In the square I hear the schoolchildren enthusiastically chant one to fifty as I start a late afternoon walk away from the Pachas into the suyo of trigo cebada . |
| 13 | At six in the morning I hear the children laughing , hear the radio , then the scrunching as they rake and stamp through hail which lies like a covering of snow on the shadowed courtyard . |
| 14 | ‘ When I came round after the operation I asked the doctors if they would let me have the screws . |
| 15 | With horror I suddenly recognized one of them — it was the man in our village pub who had given me the two pound notes ! and strangely enough , during the journey I heard the prisoners talking about it . |
| 16 | And er the cook I think the boys e had about er started on ten shillings you know , ten shillings a week . |
| 17 | ‘ At the farm I have the dogs and … ’ she paused , ‘ no one comes much to the farm unless I ask them specially . ’ |
| 18 | In the end I put the stones back and powdered ( as well as I could ) the cement and mixed it with water and talcum powder to camouflage the hole . |
| 19 | In the end I got the men to install fairly standard white shelving instead . ’ |
| 20 | When the Minister announced the scheme I described the measures as ’ no more than damage limitation measures . |
| 21 | He liked the sunshine in the paintings and the way I put the colours down . |
| 22 | Outside in the darkness I shake the insects out of my sleeping bag and put my boots on . |
| 23 | When 6 shows on the clock I put the kids to bed . |
| 24 | When we came away from the chapel I asked the boys if they were pleased that they had all gone to say goodbye to their grandpa . |
| 25 | We were just in our early twenties by the time I left The Pistols , beginning to find our way in the world , starting to get more confidence . |
| 26 | By the time I enter the ruins the sky is blue-gold , stretched taut over the crouched hump of the Chenoua mountain . |
| 27 | ‘ When I vacated the office I asked the Rates Agency to send me an adjusted bill , but they sent it to the office and I did not get it , ’ he said . |