Example sentences of "i [verb] [adv] [adv] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By sublimation I mean here not the conversion of sexuality per se into a higher , non-sexual aim , but the displacement of one kind of sexuality into another — or , more exactly ( and this is the sense in which I still subscribe to Freud 's notion ) , the contamination of a higher ( i.e. socially approved ) sexuality by a lower ( i.e. proscribed ) one . |
| 2 | erm , I mean very often the girl 's hair is shorter than the boys is n't it ? |
| 3 | Now I realised how aptly the poet Muir had epitomised the fascination that most people feel for Rona when he wrote those lines so long ago : |
| 4 | ‘ A suspension controller malfunctioned and once that was fixed and I got out again the car caught fire when an oil cooler failed . |
| 5 | During holidays at The Milebrook I found once again the freedom I had known in Abyssinia , but now for only three months in the year . |
| 6 | If the terms of Bell 's inequality are calculated from the composite wave function I mentioned above then the inequality is found to be violated ; on the other hand , it is always satisfied for wave functions that are simple products . |
| 7 | ‘ And moreover , could I know how long the prince would stay here ? |
| 8 | I welcome very much the opportunity to raise on the Adjournment the question of the working of the police national computer mark 2 and the need for effective safeguards , and I am delighted that this debate is starting at a relatively civilised hour . |
| 9 | Later in the dusk I entertain a perplexed perfecto as I walk back up the hill to the castle , to Schloss Hartheim . |
| 10 | I climb up up the ladder ! |
| 11 | I accept almost entirely the statement of faith except for one phrase accepting that God is love I have difficulty in reconciling he who created the universe , who is love , with the tempest , the earthquake the great white shark and the crocodile . |
| 12 | Did I look so obviously the sort to get into trouble that I could n't go about with circles under my eyes , or telephone a doctor , or throw up once in a while , without everyone immediately jumping to a single conclusion ? |
| 13 | At the Conservative Party Conference two weeks later I set out both the Government 's position and my own feelings . |
| 14 | What she told me about vegetable growing meant very little to me , so I can barely recall now what was said , except that she would let me have some strawberries on Monday for my brother 's supper , but I remember how easily the talk went , my unexpected visit serenely taken for granted , with no query as to why I had come . |
| 15 | I remember very distinctly the morning when my father came to tell us we had a new baby sister . |
| 16 | I remember so clearly the day when the old seaman came to stay — I can almost see him in front of me as I write . |
| 17 | Then , suddenly , in the middle of the night I heard very clearly the sound of a woman crying . |
| 18 | Some time ago … in a high attic I heard once again the laud or summons or complaint of bells … . |
| 19 | I understand very well the point that the hon. Member raises , having worn another hat previously when a major shipyard was one of my biggest concerns . |
| 20 | I scrambled frantically up the face of another eight-footer . |
| 21 | I felt very much the wallflower as I crept out of the room without speaking to anyone , my books held tightly against my chest in a way which , I was to learn , was feminine and wrong for a man . |
| 22 | Every now and then I blew desperately down the throat or probed between the ribs for that almost imperceptible beat . |
| 23 | I looked back up the wall in wonder and doubt . |
| 24 | I felt that if I looked back early the mud pool would blush and say ‘ pardon ’ . |
| 25 | I went to this party at Mr Midwinter 's and it 's a wonderful house with footmen and things , and I went in just the sort of clothes I 'd wear for a party here in Helsinki . |
| 26 | I went swiftly down the hall to the front door , and eased its bolts open . |
| 27 | But he countered : ‘ The supporter was saying terrible things to me and I went back up the tunnel because I wanted to have a good look at the face of the person who was abusing me . |
| 28 | I remembered so painfully the anguish of estrangement , and I felt I could not take the risk of spoiling our amity , nor of living with memories of discord , should he be killed . |
| 29 | She 's fallen I think straight on the face . |
| 30 | The county at first stage did try of course to produce some exceptions and and I think all the districts found ones they liked and ones they did n't like and I think quite reasonably the county said well er possibly the role of E two is simply to produce this broad policy goal and er this will er and as Richmondshire see it it 'll be er for us to refine it as we see fit at district level . |