Example sentences of "[prep] [adj] [noun pl] [conj] i " in BNC.
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| 1 | He needed a wife for professional reasons and I was it . |
| 2 | There are already law faculties which offer an extended course for European languages and I do believe that the expertise is available to set up more of such centres . |
| 3 | Well they sent me , I went on a computer course two days before I went to in hospital and was away for eight weeks and I forgot totally |
| 4 | I was a member of AMMA for eight years and I understand its concerns , but I have quoted the brief which shows its support for the Bill 's underlying aims . |
| 5 | for that things but I suppose right enough . |
| 6 | Gail was then a nursing supervisor of an Overseas Missionary Fellowship Home for retired missionaries and I was pursuing a high flying career selling shoes . |
| 7 | I 'd like your recommendations for the best boiling , baking , roasting , chipping potatoes , three or four for different purposes but I 'm going to ask Walter to comment on the question first of all ? |
| 8 | ‘ I would turn down ads for foreign foods if I was offered them , ’ added the Scottish-born actor , who owns a Jaguar and a Rolls Royce . |
| 9 | Also , I 've been on my own for 30 years and I 'm rather set in my ways . |
| 10 | So he came round to use mine and to be honest I did n't have too much interest in punk rock at the time but did this fanzine for 12 issues and I got into it . |
| 11 | I 'd been paying tax and national insurance for 12 years before I found myself having to make a claim and if I 'd been putting the money in a building society I 'd have had a lot more than I eventually got out of them . ’ |
| 12 | I have worked in adult education for 12 years and I am proud , like the education spokesman for the Social and Liberal Democrats and , I think , the Leader of the Opposition , to be a vice-president of the Workers Educational Association . |
| 13 | ’ Just barely , ’ I said through gritted teeth as I struggled to my feet . |
| 14 | I can just hear your voice answering the phone , as if I 've been to the shop for some ciggies and I 'm back late . |
| 15 | Then I walked across empty fields for some hours until I reached a village . |
| 16 | In this way , I amused myself for some minutes until I turned my head a fraction and discovered that the old lady was watching me . |
| 17 | Back in Fr Butler 's home parish of St Lachtain in Freshford , Kilkenny , Fr Seamus Henry said : ‘ I have n't been in touch with John for some months but I am supporting him in a pastoral way . |
| 18 | Darlington MP Michael Fallon said : ‘ The health authority and I have been lobbying health ministers for some months and I am delighted Darlington is to get this scanner . |
| 19 | Margaret was in the Air Force for some years but I could n't say what they did for work . |
| 20 | I had known the family for some years as I had been Mrs Singh 's English tutor on a local authority adult literacy programme . |
| 21 | erm she was hefty though and her sister Ann used to be enormous years ago this is , and erm she went on a , a diet , I do n't know what , how , how she lost the weight but she did and I , I had n't seen her for some years and I remember her coming to the factory this day , and she came in and she , she used to do er her flower shop , she used to do flower arrangements and the girls at work would order them you know ? |
| 22 | We had somebody round for dinner on Thursday and bought us a box of After Eight Mints and I think they lasted five minutes |
| 23 | ‘ It will be a real wrench to leave the club after eight years but I have got to a stage when I must now look at what is best for my future . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ In the beginning , it looked as if it would be a real problem finding a side to play Malta after six call-offs but I think it has turned out not too badly in the end , ’ said the national coach , who released Aberdeen 's Stephen Wright from his squad to play at Tannadice this afternoon ( kick-off 1:30pm ) . |
| 25 | I stopped going after six months because I felt I 'd resolved my immediate problem , and it had become a drag and an effort , largely because I had a problem with the silences . |
| 26 | but that comes after any moves that I 'm making because clearly , they need somebody that can be |
| 27 | I rang up after two weeks and I spoke to the nurse and she said , oh , your cholesterol 's alright . |
| 28 | No it was been here for six weeks and I was just expecting to leave |
| 29 | Mother and Father had been married for six years and I was to be their only child . |
| 30 | In fact I had it for six months and I never did plug it into an amplifier ; I just used it in the dressing room . ’ |