Example sentences of "[prep] i [verb] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ONCE again baseless charges of lewdness and indecency in this column make it impossible for me to report the following headline in the newsletter of Wolverhampton and Dudley Breweries : ‘ What 's Five Inches Long — and Worth £200 ? ’ |
| 2 | So I 'm put into the hands of what used to be called ‘ Wardrobe ’ but now has the grander title of ‘ Costume Designers ’ , who are keen for me to join the twentieth century sartorially , which would involve climbing into one of those colossal suits . |
| 3 | There was nothing for it but for me to drive the ten miles there and back and pick it up , because the doctors would need to examine him and sign the certificate at 6.30 . |
| 4 | It was impossible for me to visit The Key Gallery , Glasgow where her work was exhibited from 15th to 30th May . |
| 5 | The man drew a hissing breath of impatience as he gritted , ‘ Tell your mother it 's imperative for me to reach the other side of the river . |
| 6 | I thought what a good idea it would be for me to do the same and I kept this in mind . |
| 7 | I e it would not be a problem for me to take the same line as either or any of my er opponents , or the incumbent Mr , erm you know , if they are , frankly , right . |
| 8 | It will take a little time for me to forget the hurt and the disappointment … |
| 9 | It is a pleasure for me to announce the inaugural International First Turkey , and to award it to Mr Kaneo Nakamura , recent chairman of the Industrial Bank of Japan ( IBJ ) . |
| 10 | My Member of Parliament , Harold Lever , in response to an earlier letter of mine , wrote to the Algerian ambassador in London and got approval for me to cross the Algerian Sahara on foot . |
| 11 | Fortunately it became necessary for me to accompany the well-known Solveig 's Song on a dulcitone , which meant that I had to be close beside her in the wings . |
| 12 | By the same token that we do not want to be able to identify Mrs. X , it would not be appropriate for me to reveal the exact nature of either the charge or the punishment received by the soldier . |
| 13 | ‘ It 's very important for me to have the same people around me as I did on the first album … it 's a community thing , it means I can keep the same vibe as I had before , ’ he says . |
| 14 | That would be a good move — but far be it for me to advise the Prime Minister on that point . |
| 15 | In those circumstances it is unnecessary for me to discuss the rival contentions of fact or to reach any conclusion upon whether , if Winchester had been enabled to make representations before 30 October , those representations would have made any difference . |
| 16 | ‘ When it was time for me to fire the very pistol , I had to get up from the wireless operator 's seat and had to move my parachute — which was always as close to my feet as possible and instead of lifting it up by the canvas carrying handle , I lifted it up by the metal handle ( the rip cord ) and so had a bundle of silk to get out of the way . |
| 17 | Then you might care for me to redraft the complete document in more concise form . |
| 18 | Some months earlier I had written to Sir Sidney Barton who , fortunately for me , was still British Minister in Addis Ababa , asking him to obtain the Emperor 's permission for me to follow the Awash river through the Danakil country to discover where and how it ended . |
| 19 | I can imagine him saying ‘ Ah luv thee , but dunna ma'e me feel sma' ’ but it 's hard for me to picture the careful explanation and vindication of himself that comes after . |
| 20 | For somewhat different reasons in each case , there is not entailment between I chose the first rose on the list and I chose the first flower on the list , nor between Mary was disappointed to receive a rose and Mary was disappointed to receive a flower ( perhaps she was expecting an orchid ? ) . |
| 21 | At last I gained the crest of a rise , and there below me stretched the sloping flat rocks , and yes , the mermaids were there , their fur dry in the sun , their bodies slick and contented , their eyes closed , enjoying the afternoon , exactly as I had done myself . |
| 22 | ‘ I could n't for the life of me remember the English name for this vehicle and certainly did n't know what the Russian name was , so I asked him what he would call it . ’ |
| 23 | In front of me sat the smartest and most alert looking person I had ever seen in my life . |
| 24 | Certainly part of me won the 1964 Open . ’ |
| 25 | Er seco and once that sort of I suppose the biggest hurdle 's out of the way once that the other two become fairly simple . |
| 26 | One day , as I tried to serve her on the quiet , two deep meaningful coughs from behind me raised the small hairs on my neck . |
| 27 | Went out with me to prowl the watchful dawn . |
| 28 | The trainer explained : ‘ Three of them , Jeff Newton , Mick Dews and Barry Dixon , had a horse with me called The White Lion , who won a seller and I told them to let it go . |
| 29 | And because I fear that that is the position , I can not help but feel that before long we will have yet another attempt to amend Act seventeen , nineteen sixty three and that we will go round the circuit , the same circuit once again with I fear the same result . |
| 30 | From me flows the dark stream of terror and destruction . ’ |