Example sentences of "i [verb] [adv prt] [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When I came back and found the cottage demolished , naturally in distress and amazement , I asked around in the village . |
| 2 | I gazed up into the darkness but the rafters were cloaked in blackness . |
| 3 | I gazed up at the building . |
| 4 | As I wrapped myself in my gas cape and crouched down in a corner of the trench , I gazed up at the sky . |
| 5 | As I gazed out of the window I could see several groups of red deer in the distance , and in the foreground the brown ferns with clumps of heather here and there ; it was a wonderful sight . |
| 6 | From floor 110 , the highest point on the island , I gazed back at the midtown outbreak of skyscrapers , the Chrysler and the Empire State in their midst . |
| 7 | When you 're having another one of those parties I read about in the Sport . |
| 8 | I might have escaped her vigilance when I made off with the boat , but my wails of distress soon brought her running to the rescue . |
| 9 | In the supermarket recently , I crept up on the man in my life who was examining the label on a frozen gateau . |
| 10 | I crept around to the back of the house and watched as he carried her through the kitchen and into the garage . |
| 11 | In the second place , if you think I crept out into the street last night and daubed some portentous graffito on the wall opposite your room , you are very much mistaken . |
| 12 | I crept out of the sitting-room and into the small room next door , where I chose a book full of pictures from the bookcase . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | As soon as it was light , I crept out of the room and went downstairs for a coffee at a nearby café . |
| 15 | A few minutes later , when Nelly was preoccupied , I 'm sorry to say my cowardice got the better of me and I crept out of the room , down the stairs and ran off home . |
| 16 | In the dead of night I crept down to the breakfast room , the nerve centre . |
| 17 | I led on to the subject of the probability of his having shortly to be released from his pain and suffering and hoped that his trust was in his Saviour and he replied , ‘ Oh yes , it is ! |
| 18 | When we 're in the flat she says she 'll make some coffee , and I sit down on a chair with my carrier by my side . |
| 19 | I sit down on the floor next to Marie and look round . |
| 20 | I sit down on the edge of the chair and put my arm around her . |
| 21 | I sit down on the bench and look up at the sky . |
| 22 | Jamie and I sit down at a side table to wait . |
| 23 | There 's rows of benches in front of it and I sit down for a bit to look at the tree . |
| 24 | I feel much better when I 'm back on the platform , and I sit down for a breather . |
| 25 | About 9.30 I sit down with a cup of coffee to read the paper . |
| 26 | For the first set of songs , I had more to do with that side mainly because I 'm the guitarist , and I sit down with the guitar for 3 or 4 hours every day , so there 's always a riff there . |
| 27 | I sit down to the table , and watch me , real men are n't like that are they ? and it locks |
| 28 | I sit down in the armchair and eat my cereal . |
| 29 | Now that the troops are gone , I sit back on the chaise-longue , that Japanese fish-tailed thing , and close the fan beside me , blocking the street and the living-room . |
| 30 | She laughs and throws the duvet at me , and I sit back on the sofa-bed as she slips out into the hall . |