Example sentences of "i [verb] [prep] [pron] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He seemed unconcerned at letting me loose on his half-share investment and I tried telling myself that ahead lay merely a quick pop over three undemanding obstacles , not the first searching test of my chances of racing . |
| 2 | " And he wants me to go with him this time — as his driver . " |
| 3 | Sister told me to wait outside her open duty-room door and watch all that was going on . |
| 4 | ‘ Would you expect me to remain after what that woman said of me ? ’ |
| 5 | So I hope it is n't just sentimentality that makes me baulk at his drastic solution . |
| 6 | Ironically , because having shown me what he termed ‘ retroscendence ’ , The Fat Controller was content to let me stew in my own juice for a while . |
| 7 | I made a great nuisance of myself and , in the end , they resorted to the traditional method of dealing with trouble-makers : they asked me to stand for my own ward at the next local government elections . |
| 8 | It is often the negative power I perceive within myself that is so difficult to account for , or control . |
| 9 | I asked for my ham-and-tomato sandwich . |
| 10 | I commend to him early-day motion 209 , tabled by the hon. Member for Cambridgeshire , South-West ( Sir A. Grant ) , which calls on the Government to take a more realistic view of the help that they can give to telecommunications if those important jobs are to be safeguarded . |
| 11 | The end result is an extremely well-written , amusing narrative which I commend to everyone fortunate enough to have known the Club and particularly to those who will know it in the future . |
| 12 | I commend to you all this |
| 13 | And why should n't I do as I please with my own body ? |
| 14 | ‘ There 's my boat that I made with my two hands , ’ he said . |
| 15 | ‘ What are you grinning at , Cambridge ? ’ he demanded — he 'd given me the nickname after some reference I made to my own past ; it was an affectionate pan of coals for my head — ‘ It 's perfectly true . |
| 16 | I would like to emphasise the point I made in my previous letter , that a recent BMA survey showed that 85 percent of doctors believe a ban on animal research would damage medical progress . |
| 17 | I flash upon my own family ; the way I have to think a moment before deciding who to include in my family , whether to include the step-parents or the siblings on my father 's side whom I would not know should I see them on the street , the hastiness of Mom and Larry on Sunday swirls between galleries and sushi , untapered by excess or sentimentality , busy with books and foreign films and the Sunday supplement of the New York Times , the wisdom of Ivy Leagues and schedules too dense to live by , to wake by , to sleep and breathe by . |
| 18 | I repeat to my hon. Friend that , while there is cause for concern about the large spectacular frauds that have been uncovered , the Government have done more than any other with the Financial Services Act 1986 , the Banking Act 1987 , the Building Societies Act 1986 and amendments to the Companies Acts to regulate the City of London . |
| 19 | Because I cheated on them both . ’ |
| 20 | I mean between your two machines . |
| 21 | I mean in my own village we have erm |
| 22 | We 've got a lot of different opinions there , I mean from my personal experience when I was a customer sales manager my , my students or particularly some of them , well I would say the brightest kind of people in the branch , and they had the most attention , and it 's very easy I think to write them off . |
| 23 | I realised from your earlier letter that you might not in fact have yourself read the DNB article on , so I enclose a xerox . |
| 24 | Only too , god if I lived with him first , I would never of married him , no , no , no way |
| 25 | Irina is right to say that when I lived on my own I was a lonely man . |
| 26 | I fought for them two , to get that home for her , so I said no , the only way you 'll do it , and I , when she were on her own , I said , not that I do n't trust Nigel , I do , but you do n't know what 's gon na happen in ten , in ten years time , I said I fought for that house for you , if you exchange it , you exchange it in your name |
| 27 | Berenice has high blood-pressure ; she has to remain in hospital because of stress , or she will miscarry , and if that happens I fear for her mental health . ’ |
| 28 | In the end Frank and I met of our own volition . |
| 29 | I hold the rod parallel to the ground over my right shoulder , with the butt pointing at the target , glance at my rod-tip and tackle to make sure everything is free , then look at the target and keep my eye on it while I push with my right hand and pull with my left . |
| 30 | Though I agreed with their political views , I could not condone the way they acted and was glad to see them go at last . |