Example sentences of "[pers pn] [adv] [vb base] [noun sg] and " in BNC.
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1 | In fact I rather hate paint and I seem to be constantly at war with it . |
2 | I only drink wine and I love champagne . |
3 | I do n't spend any money , I just use soap and water |
4 | Thanks Dick I says to him , taking it from him and passing the bottle , perhaps I will , I 'd no idea it might be valuable , I just like copper and brass bits and pieces . |
5 | I always like butter and toast for my breakfast — never bacon because that is a dinner dish . |
6 | I always use garlic and a smear of tomato puree in mine . ’ |
7 | I always go hammer and tongs at my running and then wonder why I end up with chest pains sore throats , dead legs , etc . |
8 | We can make fear choices , which lead us to cling to the past — ‘ I hate my job , but I wo n't find anything better , so I 'd better stick to it ’ , ‘ I always eat hamburger and chips on Thursdays ’ , ‘ I 'd like to know Chris better , but I 'm sure s/he wo n't be interested in me ’ — or growth choices , in which we reach for the future — ‘ I hate my job , so I 'll start applying for others , even though it feels scary ’ , ‘ Maybe I 'll try spaghetti bolognese tonight ’ , ‘ What have I got to lose ? |
9 | Oh , and tomato sauce , I always have curry and tomato sauce ! |
10 | ‘ I still enjoy scoring and I 'll try to do it as much as I can from the middle . |
11 | Help me Lord now to let go of those things where I still nurse anger and resentment , And , loving Father , please bring your gentle healing to my sensitive and painful inner world . |
12 | I still feel frustration and anger . ’ |
13 | I slightly lengthened my stride , feeling self-conscious as I always do if I find myself marching in step with martial music , when I deliberately break step and try to walk between the beats , as it were , in as unmilitary a way as possible . |
14 | I usually concede height and reach . ’ |
15 | I distinctly remember Bill and I making no comment . |
16 | It always fascinates me , the way my other self appears as I carefully apply concealer and foundation , shader and blusher , eye shadow and liner . |
17 | I 'm quite an artistic person ; in retrospect , I think perhaps I should have risen to the challenge and maybe applied to do a language , because I really enjoy literature and languages in my spare time . |
18 | Well I never put salt and pepper in my gravy so |
19 | I never put salt and pepper in my gravy , I never have done . |
20 | You will notice that I never include rice and pasta in the menus on the last day of the week to avoid causing an artificial weight gain — the last thing we want for tomorrow morning . |
21 | I absolutely loathe steak and I ca n't understand why anyone in their right mind would want to eat raw steak with an egg on top . |
22 | you know this is the initial chat if they 're interested , you know , you suddenly put paper and go back to Lucy and say okay , let's write this down |
23 | you know you stop for twenty minutes , put twenty minutes , and you , you just press return and it throws a map up , a map of part of England |
24 | PROOF THAT you still need vision and imagination to create good dance music as well as all the right equipment . |
25 | Yet you still have Church and State colluding to tell young people at what age they can buy condoms and limiting access to such contraceptives in the age of AIDS . |
26 | But you possibly have security and so on ? |
27 | So you always like conversation and in general you would like to speak . |
28 | You are not only lovely , you also have fire and intelligence . |
29 | You really want honey and glycerine . |
30 | If hesitating between a peach and a pear you languidly inspect sniff and fondle the fruit before deciding for the pear , and eat it slowly with a look of bliss , no one who has left behind the absolutism of childhood ( ‘ Anyone can see that a peach is nicer than a pear ’ ) will doubt that you made the best possible choice between the flavours ; the rightness of the choice , and the objective fact that in the fullest awareness of the two flavours you were spontaneously moved to take the pear , are two sides of the same coin . |