Example sentences of "i [verb] [adv] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I gazed across to the rising ground beyond the farm buildings . |
| 2 | Move along ! " bawled the orderly , and as I shuffled away I gazed appealingly at the white-coated figure . |
| 3 | I shied away from the very American-sounding compliment . |
| 4 | But they take opinion polls all the time , I mean shortly after the recent general election they were taking opinion polls a week later . |
| 5 | ‘ Well , of course , ’ I agreed quickly without the faintest idea of what I was agreeing to . |
| 6 | And the handsomest Celt on earth kneels before me while I sit snugly in the big armchair , the best armchair . |
| 7 | As I got closer to the raised platform at the far end of the church , it was as if the sound was pushing me forward . |
| 8 | So I got together with the main designer at Ibanez in Japan and we traded ideas , and the new prototype — I 've got one already and I 'm picking another one up in a month — is very unusual , and I think a really exciting development for a jazz guitar . |
| 9 | but then on the erm , Saturday , and the , that 's , and then on I say then on the bloody Friday night what happened he fell out the bed I phoned |
| 10 | I disagree fundamentally with the hon. Gentleman . |
| 11 | I wandered alone across the muttering stream and satisfied myself that the spongy land was still lined with alders . |
| 12 | I wandered aimlessly around the National Gallery just for something to do and then went home . |
| 13 | I was certain I would catch something in Rock Pool , and my hopes mounted as I waded silently to the perfect casting position . |
| 14 | Once I had said my thanks and farewells to William and to the immense policeman who had silently accompanied us throughout the afternoon , I headed away down the rutted tracks , rather glad to be back on the road and off back to Panama City . |
| 15 | I identified closely with the other girls at school making strong relationships which , although they were not sexual , were emotionally very intense . |
| 16 | ‘ I paddled away from the sinking helicopter and attempted to pull the zipper up . |
| 17 | ‘ He veered to the right , I veered strongly to the left and we had many a set to . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ And why on earth should you automatically assume that I came here with the express purpose of blackmail ? ’ |
| 19 | I should say that I , I came away from the last meeting with an enormous list of things to do , and I have n't managed to do them all , but they 'll emerge as we go through , erm , developments Perth , Perth if inter interrupt me |
| 20 | ‘ But I came late into the first-class game , I 'm 28 now and I really want to be in the big time before I end my career . ’ |
| 21 | And another good old word is the crome , now er that was one I came across for the first time when I came into Suffolk , the crome . |
| 22 | Well , I came home for the 1986 Turnberry Open expecting to caddie for Mac O'Grady but that did n't materialize , so Nick and I joined up in July 1986 . |
| 23 | When this book was donated I borrowed it ti read , and it was not until I came home from the final clearing-up , and found my ‘ man of the house ’ serenely reading it , that I remembered about it . |
| 24 | Spellbound , I drove upwards into the bright splendour , staring through the windscreen as though I had never seen it all before ; the bronze of the dead bracken spilling down the grassy Banks of the hills , the dark smudges of trees , the grey farmhouses and the endless pattern of wails creeping to the heather above . |
| 25 | I remember he laughed and I noticed properly for the first time what a lovely blue his eyes were and a little thrill went through me . |
| 26 | I look forward to the Prime Minister being present that day — but , of course , by then it will be a Labour Prime Minister . |
| 27 | Mr. Walker : I do not blame the Hon. Gentleman for making such a speech just before a by-election , but I am glad to tell him that tomorrow I shall go through every detail of the valleys programme and I look forward to the Labour party 's publishing beside each item what the Labour Government achieved in their last five years . |
| 28 | I look forward to the post-match analysis of the Leeds match . |
| 29 | ‘ I look forward to the branded Share Shop identity enduring beyond the offer and becoming a recognised symbol for accessible and affordable advisory and dealing services . ’ |
| 30 | But I 've enjoyed being here , I hope you 've enjoyed it as much as I have , and I look forward to the next time that I 'm sitting in the hot seat ; until then , from me , goodbye . |