Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] [verb] i [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was selling houses and apartments on a commission basis , and I think that my English accent stood me in good stead . |
| 2 | Will the Prime Minister take this opportunity to join me in expressing joy at the release of Terry Waite and Tom Sutherland from their long and terrible captivity ? |
| 3 | THIS OPPORTUNITY PROVIDED ME WITH A WELCOME BREAK FROM THE PURELY BOTANICAL WORK TO WHICH I WAS ACCUSTOMED . |
| 4 | But another sister followed me at the Dowsons when I left to get married . |
| 5 | Such a peculiar coincidence startles me into remembering that I have something to write for Esquire . |
| 6 | The striking of the half hour alerted me to the incoming tide of darkness . |
| 7 | ‘ If this is some trick to manoeuvre me into allowing anything to develop there … ’ he threatened . |
| 8 | This episode leads me to the idea that at the physical level , there is a need for a philosophy to overcome disasters and fear , and also to help that majority of people who do not fulfil all their biological needs , and who have to sublimate them . |
| 9 | I will deal with the principle , since the hon. Lady invites me to . |
| 10 | ‘ I 'd have gone there last year but for the shin splints ’ she added , before a note of irritation and frustration became evident as she went on to say ‘ This question haunted me for half of last year . |
| 11 | As he opens the door the lid snaps up and as he looks at me the social dimension locks me in its perspective . |
| 12 | Frankly , this proposal reminded me of one of the quotations with which Taylor prefaces his chapter on ‘ Value-added Processes in Information Analysis ’ : |
| 13 | ‘ The British Intelligence followed me to Spain , ’ he went on . |
| 14 | I asked the ZZAP ! editorial team to advise me on this one , but they replied ‘ we 're too busy ’ . |
| 15 | I experienced a moment of complete terror in which my mind raced — I had been discovered after all ; it was obvious that I had a limp ; everyone could see it ; they 'd seen it all along and had chosen this moment to hit me with it , my weakest moment … |
| 16 | See the but er , this room drives me up the wall ! |
| 17 | ‘ Well , all this business putting me on the carpet … implying that I might leave you short . ’ |
| 18 | This demo caught me off guard . |
| 19 | In a strange way , big-wave riding reminded me of cricket . |
| 20 | My hon. Friend asked me about the medical ethics of the issue . |
| 21 | Mr. Raffan : Will my right Hon. Friend join me in congratulating the miners at Point of Air in my constituency for their dramatically increased productivity since the miners ' strike ? |
| 22 | Will my right hon. Friend join me in welcoming the £24 billion programme for public housing over the next three years detailed by the Department of the Environment yesterday ? |
| 23 | Will my right hon. Friend join me in congratulating the chairman , trustees and staff of the Aintree national health service hospital trust on the establishment of a new £7 million project that will give it the largest accident and emergency unit in Europe ? |
| 24 | Will my right hon. Friend join me in congratulating the Secretary of State for Education and Science on devising tests for seven-year-olds which go back to the basics of reading , writing and arithmetic ? |
| 25 | Will my hon. Friend join me in paying tribute to the imaginative experiment that the Lord Mayor of London is supporting this year , in which young people go into schools to help pupils with learning difficulties and those who are quicker than the rest of the class ? |
| 26 | Will my right hon. Friend join me in congratulating the courageous efforts of the European Community observers in Croatia ? |
| 27 | Will my right hon. Friend join me in congratulating the Prime Minister on his initiative yesterday with President Mitterrand on the Soviet Union ? |
| 28 | Will my right hon. Friend join me in congratulating Councillor Mrs. Lydia Simmons , the Labour chairman of the housing committee in Slough , on her appointment as a member of the board of the NHS trust for Wexham Park hospital in my constituency ? |
| 29 | Will my right hon. Friend join me in sending congratulations to a Yorkshire manufacturing company , Spring Ram plc , which at the end of the month will open two new factories in my constituency , creating 400 new jobs , which is at present building two new factories in Barnsley which will create 400 new jobs , and which has a plan to create 1,100 new jobs in Bradford over the next four years ? |
| 30 | Will my right hon. Friend join me in congratulating staff at the university of Kent and the two commercial pharmaceutical companies with whom the university is combining in a venture called ’ Viridian ’ , which is a programme of environmental biotechnology based entirely on bacteria that are naturally available ? |