Example sentences of "i [vb base] [pers pn] in the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I hold you in the greatest esteem for the peerless courage you displayed in all you undertook . |
| 2 | I have to dress in my sweaty , dirty clothes and go back down to the kitchen , grumbling while she makes me a coffee , and I complain about my wet boots and she gives me a fresh pair of William 's socks to wear and I put them on and drink my coffee and whine about never being allowed to spend the night and tell her how just once I 'd like to wake up here in the morning , and have a nice , civilised breakfast with her , sitting on the sunny balcony outside the bedroom windows , but she makes me sit down while she laces my boots up , then takes my coffee cup off me and sends me out the back door and says I 've got two minutes before she arms the alarm and puts the infrared lights on stand-by so I have to go back the way I came , over the estate wall and through the wood and down into the stream where I get both feet wet and cold and I fall going up the bank and get all muddy and eventually drag myself up and through the hedge , scratching my cheek and tearing my polo-neck and then trudging across the field through heavy rain and more mud and finally getting to the car and panicking when I ca n't find the car keys before remembering I put them in the button-down back pocket of the jeans for safety instead of the side pocket like I usually do , and then having to put some dead branches under the front wheels because the fucking car 's stuck and finally getting away and home and even in the street light I can see what a mess of the pale upholstery my muddy clothes have made . |
| 3 | My best dress that she 'd sewed , my blouses with her embroidery : I put them in the hard square leather case . |
| 4 | No I put it in the last two times . |
| 5 | I was bringing my own but I put it in the wrong pocket of my coat and it fell through the lining and smashed . " |
| 6 | I kick her in the mental shins . |
| 7 | I ca n't stand it , I hear it in the early hours . ’ |
| 8 | Notice what Jesus says in verse seven , he says , I tell you in the same way there 'll be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents , than over ninety nine righteous persons who need no repentance . |
| 9 | I tell you in the same way , there will be joy in heaven over one sinner that repents . |
| 10 | ‘ I tell you in the Welsh town of Abercwmboi [ the accent was bogus Welsh ] |
| 11 | I find it in the unlikeliest places , many of which had not sold it for at least 25 years . |
| 12 | ‘ Not unless I do it in the next three months , ’ she told him . |
| 13 | I adore it in the early mornings , when the sun is still behind the hill . |
| 14 | I have it in the other room . ’ |