Example sentences of "[noun sg] i [be] [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | In my own case I was given a section — a small area in the central division — with just over 300 crimes per year . |
| 2 | In this case I was chairing a " Report Extra Special " , as well as editing it . |
| 3 | Now in this particular case I 'm using a tap funnel Tap funnel just as it 's it 's Erm the concentrated acid you do n't just sort of pour it in and run away and leave it to it . |
| 4 | He just leaned on me and when he caught me with a left hook I was given a standing count . |
| 5 | Turn it down a bit I 'm expecting a phone call in a minute , but I think I 'll have one . |
| 6 | At this early hour I was taking a final look at the layout of the course . |
| 7 | At present I am doing a course at the local college and I recommend this to anyone . |
| 8 | In my gybe , it seemed that by pulling up on the boom I was committing a lot of weight to the back which , although turning the board initially , caused it to lose speed through the turn . |
| 9 | As an Assistant Chief Constable I was serving a pr er I 'm sorry in the line of a city watch committee in Birmingham . |
| 10 | In my dream I was carrying a small child in my arms down a long road . |
| 11 | As a boy I was given a little patch of our garden to cultivate . |
| 12 | WHITE-HOT FURY OF SNOW QUEEN I 'm branded a liar , says ‘ no sex ’ [ name given ] . |
| 13 | As a child I was given a grey plastic gun as a birthday present . |
| 14 | On the winter evening in question I was sharing a bottle of champagne with Toby and we were , inevitably , talking golf . |
| 15 | Once after I had recited at the Guild I was given a pair of woollen gloves , speckled coloured , and with cuffs , which was quite an unexpected treat . |
| 16 | At the moment I am examining a large number of detailed proposals that have been put to me . |
| 17 | At the moment I 'm training a red-tailed buzzard and only letting it move a few inches — just off my fist and back again . |
| 18 | At the moment I 'm training a red-tailed buzzard , which is a much bigger bird , and its claws are strong enough to allow it to grip on to my glove , so this is n't so much of a problem . |
| 19 | Smiling at Luce , she added , ‘ I run a gallery in New York , but at the moment I 'm taking a holiday from the art world . |
| 20 | Although I remained resolute that my partnership with Charlie would come to an end the moment I was offered a place at university , I still believed that with his energy and drive , combined with my level-headed approach in all matters financial , we would surely have impressed my father and perhaps even Granpa Charlie . |
| 21 | At this crucial point I was thrown a lifeline by , of all people , the Opposition Spokesman on Social Services , Michael Meacher . |
| 22 | And it is still if , not when though in this article I am assuming a working Tory majority in the Commons rather than a hung Parliament , which would change everything . |
| 23 | Every day I was sent a secret report by the Chief of Police , and the next afternoon I was playing cards with Fritz when Sapt brought it in . |
| 24 | I got to the Imperial at about half twelve and waited for Mark and co , unfortunately I had told him I would be in a leather and , due to the leather not being available that day I was wearing a lumber jacket ! |
| 25 | It 's just that — well , last night I was having a drink with him at the Dragon . ’ |
| 26 | When it disappeared from the catalogue and by chance I was offered a knighthood , I always said that the Queen , coming as she does from an angling family , was compensating me for having had my name taken out of Hardy 's catalogue . |
| 27 | ‘ Perchance he desires not to receive me — and 't is by his wish I am denied a sight of him . ’ |
| 28 | The other month I was doing a forest scene and found a wild boar someone had painted out . |
| 29 | We had just started our first lectures , when apart from helping to prepare the Sulphonamide paper I was given a weekend off to visit City Temple friends who had started a Community House at Highbury New Park . |
| 30 | That first morning I was served a rudimentary breakfast in the Officers ' Home . |