Example sentences of "i [verb] [adv prt] [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | No , well he was he I knew him quite well because I lived in at that time when I w was on that T V series , I lived at Pinner . |
2 | ‘ And I goes in to this guy , and he goes like that , ‘ Hello , sit down . ’ |
3 | I sit down at this desk with a ledger . |
4 | I rode back to Dire Dawa , past Haramaya Lake where my parents had camped , took the train to Jibuti and then a Messageries Maritimes boat to Marseilles , third-class among a draft of the Foreign Legion ; an interesting contrast with the Mission 's journey to Aden first-class on a P and 0 with a deck reserved to ourselves . |
5 | I pick up on one idea at a time , and we try each of these as a group . |
6 | We approach a tight bend : the driver talks to the conductor ; the morning sun shines blindingly — I peer over into pure space . |
7 | ‘ I dressed for sex and thought about nothing else on these trips to London and , once I was locked away with Andrew , I got up to all sorts of things I would have been too embarrassed to do with Tony . |
8 | And but the reason that I got up to ten stone is because christmas . |
9 | So what they says is that I , I got on at this wall , jumped across onto this other wall , shinned up the outside of this other wall , stood on top of this the first floor wall and jumped up and caught hold of the top of the second floor wall and he reckon in the la about fucking twenty odd seconds , I was up and over and in , they , they , they fucking kill yourself , get down , I ca n't remember none of it . |
10 | I did anyway , I got on with most teachers but but he did , really did give him a a really big , say a big couple of swipes on his backside . |
11 | I got on with some work of my own and he went back to his . |
12 | You know but we man I I got out at any rate . |
13 | When I got out of high school I wanted to be a caddie , so I got some bags at my local club . |
14 | ‘ I got out in one shot . ’ |
15 | I had to do something to keep my flat going and everything , so I got in with these girls , working girls . |
16 | I got down to eleven stone and then I stuck |
17 | I got down to ten stone . |
18 | But I got down to ten stone . |
19 | After I got back to civilian life , I fell back into the habit of admiring the Masai , but regarding them as insubstantial . |
20 | Not only has that disc problem proved frustrating , but so has the inactivity temporarily imposed by a series of exploratory tests to assess the damage : ‘ Having been injured in the second tour match against Queensland I got back to full fitness , played in the First Test and was looking forward to the second . |
21 | In fact , I told him that when I got back from this holiday he must come round and have a meal . |
22 | When some boys at the school put excrement under the headmaster 's chair , he contrasted the culprits unfavourably with true school sportsmen : ‘ Last Friday I was feeling pretty low when I found out about this lot … but then I went to football on Saturday , there were several lads and teachers there , playing their hearts out or giving up their time just for the school , and then I thought , ‘ Perhaps , it 's not so bad after all . ’ |
23 | ‘ In that case , why are Dr Darnell and I walking around in one piece ? |
24 | However , I find yoga a bit slow and I like to exercise to music , so I moved on to popmobility-type aerobics which I named ‘ slimobility ’ . |
25 | ‘ Afterwards I moved in with this neighbour . |
26 | Because at one of our talks er before the financial advisor spoken to a chap that happened to be sitting near him when I moved out of this desk and he got rather a ler lu large investment and yet m and and he was quite happy with his investment yet much to my astonishment he completed this application form for the investment advisor to advise him on his investment . |
27 | But when I bent down on some pretext and could see into his face it seemed possible that he was laughing at himself as well as flustered . |
28 | I hurry over in that direction . |
29 | I phoned down for some eggs , toast and a quart of coffee . |
30 | all I want out of this life is to meet a few men with something more between their ears than the latest Donna Summer hit . |