Example sentences of "of the [noun sg] i [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | On top of the cistern I spy the new vinyl doll they have — for who knows what weird reason — bought me . |
| 2 | I never even learned the name of the man I spent the next two days with . |
| 3 | He said ’ I believe at the end of the day I made the wrong decision ’ . |
| 4 | At the end of the day I had the satisfaction of presiding in the Lords debate on the Bill and noting the very last words in Barbara Castle 's account of the affair : ‘ Now , unexpectedly , I have received a letter of ‘ appreciation ’ from Harold for the ‘ hard work and long hours ’ I have put in over the consultants ' ‘ package ’ . |
| 5 | ‘ I could hear their croaking and their arguments and they came ever nearer until suddenly out of the mist I saw the grey shadow of a wing and wet spike of a beak . |
| 6 | Then in the last two lines of the appendix I read the panel on doctrine seeks permission for the joint commission to meet twice yearly as necessary to study documents of doctrinal interest . |
| 7 | With the last of the petrol I covered the body of the catapult and the used-up bottle of the ‘ thrower where they lay on the sand and set fire to them . |
| 8 | The lenders of money have an obligation to lend prudently and if they do not check the creditworthiness of the borrower I think the debt should not be enforceable . |
| 9 | Sitting in the back of the car I watched the suburbs going by under the street lights . |
| 10 | Standing on top of the world I felt the pull of the cool gold beyond Skye dragging me further and further south , warmer and warmer . |
| 11 | But I was more of a dogsbody really — I was ‘ allowed ’ to help with conveyancing , but most of the time I made the coffee and did bits of typing , especially if the other secretary , Doreen , was absent . |
| 12 | But most of the time I studied the book and stared , fascinated , at the pictures . |
| 13 | Part of the time I feel the point of the barrel jabbing at my neck . |
| 14 | ‘ At the end of the meeting I said the information could not be used until he had clearance from me . ’ |
| 15 | All is silent — the sun is set and as the branches of the woodland trees reflect in the gentle water of the pool I feel the whole of existence draw closer around me as my capacity for description dissolves into an experience of the infinite . |
| 16 | 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 ) . |