Example sentences of "i [vb base] [vb pp] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These are the most common questions I get asked as a social researcher . |
| 2 | ‘ You 're right — and that 's why I 've decided on a different plan , one that will keep us safely out of temptation 's way . ’ |
| 3 | I 've played in a certain town that makes linoleum where the audience did not laugh once . |
| 4 | She said , I 've hit with a sweeping brush . |
| 5 | Even close up the Mad Axe still has an air of quality about it and the finish is one of the best I 've seen on a Korean guitar . |
| 6 | It was the funniest sight I 've seen for a long while , but hardly fair on the birds … . |
| 7 | Inner : one of the best inners I 've seen for a long time . |
| 8 | Nicest bars I 've seen in a long time . ’ |
| 9 | The teaming up of Land 's End Ltd with Rowland Edwards , who seems to have his own unique version of reality , produced one of the choicer pieces of double-speak I 've seen in a long time : a press release announcing a campaign to add fixed anchors and gear to the crags in the interests of the environment and safety . |
| 10 | ‘ All this , with the bonus of an organic approach , makes it one of the most original books on gardening that I 've seen in a long time , ’ says our kitchen garden correspondent , Adam Pasco . |
| 11 | Elland Road was the emptiest I 've seen in a long time , 23,000 of which 4000 were Crewe fans . |
| 12 | It was a hell of a match , one of the best I 've seen in a long while ( live that is ) . |
| 13 | Hell of a good film though , it 's the best film I 've seen in a long time . |
| 14 | He 's the nicest man I 've met for a long time . |
| 15 | ‘ He 's the most charming man I 've met in a long time . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ You are the most frustrating piece of womanhood I 've met in a long time , ’ he rasped . |
| 17 | ‘ So I 've arranged for a whistle-stop tour around the country houses of some influential contacts , and there are one or two long-standing debts and favours due to me that I 'm going to call in over this weekend . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ I 've heard of a better one in Hall Road , just as cheap . ’ |
| 19 | A thing that I 've heard from a few directions recently is erm the thought of work shadowing . |
| 20 | I know , but , mum that , that was , that was five years ago , I mean I 've moved on a great deal since then |
| 21 | However , I 've played the guitar for over 25 years , I 've worked as a professional guitar repairer for the top companies , and if you were to say , ‘ These frets are 2.1mm high , ’ it would still mean nothing to me ! |
| 22 | It 's not that though , er , I mean I 've worked with a mental handicap and , it gets to the stage whe like you say though I 'm not just touching you , I 'm just And the strength they 've got , you 're their strength . |
| 23 | first thing I 've had for a long time is er that . |
| 24 | ‘ I am not pregnant , nor do I suffer from anorexia , ’ she added frostily , ‘ I 'm trying to shake off an illness I 've had for a few months , that 's all . ’ |
| 25 | Actually I 've had like a sober conversation now because , think about it yeah , |
| 26 | ‘ This is one of the best evenings I 've had in a long time , ’ Sam said , sipping his coffee . |
| 27 | I had the result this afternoon , but I 've known for a few weeks , really . |
| 28 | Over the past year , I 've come across a dozen or more men of my age who are with women who simply are n't willing to give it all up for a baby . |
| 29 | I 've come of a new |
| 30 | I 've come to a tremendous decision today . |