Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] i [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But when I returned from military service in 1960 , my employers asked me to represent them south of the border , in that troutless land beyond Mr Hadrian 's Wall known as England . |
| 2 | With only one hour and 30 minutes to go I squirted out a cheap-looking burning skull design , slapped on a logo and sent the damn thing off with only minutes to spare . |
| 3 | As a final thought , my enjoyment of the longer essays made me regret that we still do not have an Oxford Companion to the Earth Sciences . |
| 4 | In fact , the numbers of Punch aficionados make me worry that the same end will come to the comp complex as came to Punch . |
| 5 | ‘ The scripts make me sound very smart and I like that , ’ he said . |
| 6 | As the day of rehearsals approached I got my usual attack of the ‘ I 'll never do its ’ . |
| 7 | Many of these ingredients were indeed present , but as the months passed I became increasingly aware that there was much more than just science at work here . |
| 8 | ‘ Gem swindlers asked me to lie ’ |
| 9 | On the books front I thought Helen Fraser 's predictions the most interesting . |
| 10 | Holmes ' warm words of thanks made me feel much happier , and I saw that he was right . |
| 11 | But his own political outlook was also vital : ‘ Those influences made me want to write a history of the game 's toilers , the hired labourers . |
| 12 | I recall that during my last six months service I had the magnificent sum of £6/5/ ( £6.25 now ) to spend on myself . |
| 13 | He looked at me , calmly threw his jacket into the car and then launched into what I can only describe as the most unbelievable martial arts display I have ever seen . |
| 14 | And she gave me an indulgent look and she said , ‘ I 'm really sorry , the pictures made me feel tender feelings for you , but they just really did not arouse me . ’ |
| 15 | On my first attempt of the Sound and Waves test I managed to score 20 percent , I then decided I had better read the tutorial before my second attempt in which I scored 60 percent . |
| 16 | The kids helped me pile up the slabs and we ‘ borrowed ’ a barrow from the house-renovators next door to transport the broken humps of concrete , via some wobbly ramps , to a spoil heap up the garden . |
| 17 | ‘ Jews want me to flatter their pride of race ’ , Max Jacob complained bitterly and added that they ‘ imagine themselves superior and ignore the rest of the world ’ , in a book of ‘ Ecstasies , remorse , visions , prayers , poems and meditations of a converted Jew ’ , entitled La Défense de Tartuffe . |
| 18 | ‘ But when I get in the weight room at Chelsea , the other lads put me to shame . |
| 19 | " When these telegrams came I ran down and opened the door to the boy and I showed them to Mummy and she began very bravely , how lovely dear , and then began to cry and shut herself in her room . |
| 20 | ‘ Not with my eyes closed I do n't . ’ |
| 21 | I have a ringing in my ears like I 've been smacked around the head . |
| 22 | I 'll swear those squirrels heard me name the day ! |
| 23 | ‘ Here I an trying to change man 's perception of the Cosmos and the neighbours and kids tell me to get a job . |
| 24 | I told myself I was waiting out there for the signals to let me know David and Leon had gone to bed , lights switched off at their bedroom windows , at least some movement of the curtains . |
| 25 | He said : ‘ The supporters know I have always spoken to them in honesty and when I could not give them the truth I have kept my mouth shut . |
| 26 | I had hoped that his would also be the case with the Emperor Peckoltia because as funds permitted I hoped to build up the numbers from two to four . |
| 27 | I have hopes that one day this will all change when funds allow me to produce a ‘ scratch 'n' sniff ’ version of this column . |
| 28 | I recoiled so much I thought I was going to topple backwards but the cable round my legs kept me anchored to the beer keg . |
| 29 | Er but I , I think really I was probably er you know I was er when I look back , erm I was not in the , in the , er what , what words do I want . |
| 30 | I would n't want readers to think I 've gone soft on freedom to roam following a comment I made in July 's Scottish News . |