Example sentences of "[adv prt] the [noun sg] i " in BNC.
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| 1 | Naturally I talked over every aspect of it with Elizabeth and the family ; and in the end I concluded that if- and only if-convincing evidence was brought to me that a substantial majority in both Houses wished me to take on the job I would do so . |
| 2 | As I dodged down the yard I noticed the broken bottle lying in the drain . |
| 3 | My mother went down the yard and seen the boss and asked him if he could get and the fact that my mother went down the yard I suppose er he must have felt sorry for us . |
| 4 | ‘ He turned down the part I offered him then — which was the best thing he ever did . |
| 5 | he and he were like this in the water I had to go down the bank I grabbed hold of him in the middle of his back , just turfed him out . |
| 6 | If you put down the example I I actually marked the example but then I realized going back through the book that obviously the example was given for you there anyway . |
| 7 | When I put down the receiver I heard Geoff Tulloch 's voice out in the main office , impressing the young women with his irrepressible personality . |
| 8 | Terry rightly told me I went down the wrong I was looking for names rather than the dots . |
| 9 | I mean as I said when I was filling in the questionnaire I was thinking well this , really this is my preference and you know I 'd much rather be in a job that allowed me some flexibility . |
| 10 | When I look along the road I see them coming . |
| 11 | When I peer along the track I see that it will be on the track across from me , going south to the river . |
| 12 | But in a sense I mean I can erm I mean I agree with everything you 've said , erm but er when Murdoch took over the Sun I mean the Sun was selling , at one point was selling about four million copies which is |
| 13 | I do n't paint from dark to light or light to dark in any special sequence , but as my eyes flit over the paper I add bits of colour here and there . |
| 14 | And when I took over the magazine I said let's just use the typefaces that they use in the newspaper and supplement them for some headlines , but try to make it belong in the New York Times . |
| 15 | I started off the way I write every album — wrote a couple of songs , got a feel for the music and called up the musicians that I thought I could do the songs with . |
| 16 | I stop at my usual vantage point and even before I have switched off the engine I see the otter . |
| 17 | Can I just finish off the front I can do that tonight , tonight please ? |
| 18 | Money was a problem because I 'd spent all the dosh I 'd got for the car , and I needed my grant to pay off the overdraft I 'd built up . |
| 19 | Well that 's what I was wondering that 's why I said go out into fresh air , in the hopes that they might shake off the bug I do n't think it works like that , do you ? |
| 20 | So , to cover up the way I truly felt , I tried to alienate you . ’ |
| 21 | So it helps first of all when you 're setting up the spreadsheet I suppose you can create one formula then copy it instead of having to edit each one individually , erm but later on you might accidentally or maybe deliberately in some cases overtype a cell and er if you have to put it back again and what you probably do is copy it from the adjacent cell and then you have to study the formula to try and understand it , and then edit it if it was n't the copyable formula and , er it may take a little time to edit it but it could take you a lot longer to understand it . |
| 22 | When I picked up the ball I did n't see the crowd , just that basket . ’ |
| 23 | I 'm going to make up the fabric I 've got . |
| 24 | When I first loaded up the pack I really thought it would be a bit top heavy — it 's a longer and slimmer pack than most British models — but I was delighted to discover that my fears were unfounded . |
| 25 | I wanted to top up the pond I 'd been cleaning out . |
| 26 | ‘ Which is why he was looking for you — although how on earth he expected to persuade you to pay up the difference I do n't know ! ’ |
| 27 | But if I want to move up the ladder I 'll have to go elsewhere . ’ |
| 28 | Just sort of progressed up the ladder I suppose |
| 29 | Er right Mary Whitehouse to come we 'll be talking about sex and the Buddha of Suburbia and er whatever else sort of takes her fancy and we are going to liven up the traffic I think at er round about one twenty five and find out what 's happening there . |
| 30 | All I 'm asking is that you take time to weigh up the deal I 'm offering and — Do you have a licence ? ’ |