Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] the [noun] i " in BNC.
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| 1 | I made no comment on this at the time ( though privately I thought it a brash boast ) but when we met for the interview I asked if he had brought the pendulum with him . |
| 2 | At the moment this innovatory scheme was still at the planning stage , but once it got off the ground I could n't fail to gross a minimum of fifty thou in the first year of operation , after which the sky was the limit . |
| 3 | Oh yes , er yes they were , they were er of course there was a great divide there I mean between the Liberals I mean they were the only two parties in those days . |
| 4 | ‘ So I climbed into the back seat , ’ he recalled , ‘ stripped off the suit I was wearing and put on my pyjamas , thinking I could dry myself afterwards with the spare pair . |
| 5 | Although the lines are exceedingly fine ( ie , just resolved ) at this distance , increasing the separation between source and observer can produce very strong lines which account for the glare I have noticed . |
| 6 | And that goes for the doctors I admire as well . |
| 7 | I think I need a man older than myself because I always seem to see through the boys I meet . |
| 8 | I turned to go out the way I had come . |
| 9 | ‘ Tell them I want to go out the way I came in , Shih Herrick . |
| 10 | However , the whole incident was witnessed by another driver who took a note of the car number and in turn , of course , reported it to the police and eventually Mrs was interviewed on the eleventh of August of this year she agreed that she was the driver at the time and she replied it 's okay , but if the little had stopped after the accident I would of sorted things out I could n't do anything after she ran off . |
| 11 | Walking through the village I met Councillor Raymond Kilner cleaning out the well . |
| 12 | Chimpanzees for instance have enormous canine teeth , but the males have them and not the females , so the idea here is that normally a big canine tooth , a sexually dimorphic canine tooth is probably related to inter-male conflict , rather than to killing and , and whether , how that affects your er what you say about the spacing I 'm not sure , but certainly it would be a safe erm generalization to say normally big canines are an aspect of sexual dimorphism and in mammals are very common . |
| 13 | If I sleep during the day I do n't sleep at night . |
| 14 | Hand picked for the job I should think . |
| 15 | Leaping off the bed I hurtled up to the rod which by now was screaming off and picking it up I felt the line pluck nicely through my fingers ; knowing that it must be a cat on the other end gave me a real thrill . |
| 16 | If she wants to work for the organization I 'm sure we 'll find something suitable for her . " |
| 17 | I thought I 'd won after the Kevin I thought , I thought I 'd won after the third round so I ate them . |
| 18 | I am reminded of the lesson I took in a school in Sylhet which I described in my first article and the way the understanding of the task helped the children to understand the English I was using . |
| 19 | Driving towards the bridge I could see a black plume of smoke . |
| 20 | He does n't approve of the way I spend my free time . |
| 21 | Looks like the train I suppose . |
| 22 | Why ca n't I ever behave like the person I want to be ? |
| 23 | When I drew near the village I could see two girls sitting on the parapet of the little bridge . |
| 24 | I TRY TO WORK AGAINST THE WAY I WAS TAUGHT , WHICH WAS TO WORK ON THE PAINTING AS A WHOLE AND BRING THINGS UP TO A CERTAIN DEGREE OF FINISH |
| 25 | I try to work against the way I was taught , which was to work on the paintings as a whole and bring things up to a certain degree of finish . |
| 26 | If I 'm climbing up the wall I just take them out . |
| 27 | I mean I 'm sure you 're right , but I just , I just do n't know with the information I 've got how to make those sort of decisions . |
| 28 | ‘ In fact , when the match moved into the shoot-out I did n't really fancy our chances . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ In fact , when the match moved into the shoot-out I did n't really fancy our chances . ’ |
| 30 | Of course , once holes and walking come into the scenario I shall get frustrated and ball blind , but as of this moment I 'm a thug , a fanatic and possibly the Oldest Swinger in town . |