Example sentences of "the [noun sg] [noun] [verb] i [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Having once negotiated the hurdle of the initial course it was not so difficult to persuade those who held the money bags to allow me to fly the aircraft every six months or so to maintain some sort of standard in flying up-to-date jet transports . |
| 2 | However , a more careful analysis of methods of work and recreation in the Easter vac helped me to overcome these problems and be more in charge of myself , rather than being tossed about at random . |
| 3 | It was still quite dark , and so I flicked the light switch to aid me getting dressed . |
| 4 | Lot six a Canton card case this the card case showing I 've got several offers I 've got to start at three hundred pounds got that in several places three hund three twenty , three fifty , eighty , four hundred I bid four hundred , four twenty , four fifty at four hundred and fifty pounds , anybody else ? |
| 5 | The underwear Max wanted me to wear could n't be more different from my own taste . |
| 6 | The geezer at the recruiting office told me to fuck off . |
| 7 | Perhaps I 'm sounding cynical , but the sight of Diana reaching for Lady Spencer 's arm during the funeral service made me feel quite sick . |
| 8 | I propose Elizabeth that you circulate Jenny 's reprocedures to everyone but we do n't know with them , that we will read them prior to the next meeting and agree them at the meeting papers turning I have got to assess papers turning take one . |
| 9 | This is not to say that everyone could name the book ( one chief adviser described it as ‘ the shiny red book which the drama adviser insisted I read ’ ) , nor in some instances was its actual existence known although its influence could be recognized . |
| 10 | ‘ Walked on the race course before breakfast the air balmy and very delightful , great numbers of the blue mountain parrots were making their morning meal on a large kind of the Eucalypti — two of the beautiful Nankeen night herons passed over our heads and we heard the curious note of the coul [ cowl ] bird or bald-headed friar — returned with an excellent appetite — drew all day — in the evening John called me to look at the skin of a snake more than six feet long which James shot in the act of ascending a tree — also brought me some beautiful specimens of a climbing plant bearing thick clusters of cream colour blossoms . ’ |
| 11 | The Maggot dipped the starboard wing to let me take a picture of the deep water channel that dog-legged in from the west . |
| 12 | I had also had a very enjoyable weekend in Sheffield when the Salvation Army invited me to make an appearance . |
| 13 | So everybody bar the PE teacher hated me playing football and everything they could do to stop me playing football they did . |
| 14 | this one because you , there 's the back view look I mean that 's that 's a back door is n't it ? |
| 15 | But when the immigration people came I got a letter , and they said that I could stay while they finished their inquiries . |
| 16 | The tree story allows me to introduce an important general distinction between two kinds of arms race , called symmetric and asymmetric arms races . |
| 17 | Barbara at the end of the day , at the end of the day Lance let me ask Barbara this question , at the end of the day , everyone 's been saying if th if they feel good doing it , and it gives them that much confidence and they feel great about it , whatever it looks like , why object ? |
| 18 | One of the bridge players saw me dressing and said : |
| 19 | ‘ By Donington I went to the start grid knowing I had to finish a race , regardless of my position . |
| 20 | At their recent meeting the parish council asked me to find out whether the Ramblers ' Association is contemplating appealing against this decision . |
| 21 | The exhibition Ladislav wanted me to see and which he had not yet seen himself , was a series of documents and photographs relating to the events of 1968 , none of which had been made public before . |
| 22 | ‘ The Lord Cardinal told me to come here . |
| 23 | But when I went up to er , was called as a witness I , this was I amazed me , the Jury Judge said I wish to affirm , he wanted to know why . |
| 24 | ‘ When I got home last night and found the yard door bolted I thought the old man had deliberately locked me out but the police reckon that whoever killed father was with him then — while I was banging on the door , trying to get in . ’ |
| 25 | Some of the love passages made me cry to the astonishment of John who came in with the coals . |
| 26 | I find I can get up a rhythm with this simple notation , more irregular passes with the lace carriage make me lose count . |
| 27 | To keep the training crew occupied I sent them away to this vessel for a day 's rummage and to my pleasant surprise it was not long before they returned with the news that they had unearthed a vast cache of spirits and cigarettes in the ship 's hospital . |
| 28 | The health worker told me to keep quiet about it . |
| 29 | Yeah erm course the other problem the congress system had I suppose a te a a technical problem . |
| 30 | ‘ In the end Becky helped me to choose a long beaded dress with a side-split and see-through sleeves . |