Example sentences of "i [adv] [prep] [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One of the things that bothered me most in the villages of the Delta was the treatment given to women in childbirth . |
| 2 | As I work in the Middle East , I usually only have a short space of time while I 'm home to sort out my musical needs and Colin from my local store , Heads Hands and Feet , has helped me tremendously over the years . |
| 3 | I must admit the ‘ truth ’ did not smack me right between the eyes or make me leap like Archimedes from his bath . |
| 4 | My quest took me swiftly to the premises of John F. Renshaw & Company , giants among British nut people , and purveyors of nuts to royalty . |
| 5 | Crilly cups my face in his hands , strokes my hair and kisses me long upon the lips . |
| 6 | It was no fun , and the putrid bridie at the restaurant , thrown across the counter at me by a young waitress who clearly blamed me personally for the shortcomings in her life , was little consolation . |
| 7 | I would n't have changed places with my father 's new children who , although they were five and seven , still seemed to smell of damp nappies and regurgitated milk , but I used sometimes to wonder what I would have been like if he had devoted similar time to me and not left me entirely to the women . |
| 8 | That brings me naturally to the scribblings of the right hon. Member for Chingford ( Mr. Tebbit ) . |
| 9 | I wished I could say yes , I minded like hell , it would n't cost me much in the circumstances . |
| 10 | Wogan handled the interview very well , leading me gently through the facts of John 's abduction and why we disagreed with the Government . |
| 11 | Let him take his chauffeur 's cap off very slowly and say softly to me , ‘ oh sir , I do n't never want to work for anyone else , never ’ ; let him kneel by the side of the great bed , in the moonlight , and let him lean over to kiss me gently on the lips and to run his leather-gloved hand tenderly across my cheek , across my lips , through my hair , saying all the time , ‘ oh sir , I 'm here sir , I 'm right here , I 'm right here by the bed ; was you calling me sir , did you call me ? ’ |
| 12 | A murdering Fascist , ’ I cried and Richard took me gently by the shoulders and pushed me towards the door . |
| 13 | I was a boy of about thirteen snows when my parents sent me away into the hills … to find my Wyakin . |
| 14 | ‘ Because he arrived out of the blue and did his Sir Galahad act by getting me away from the men . |
| 15 | ‘ Those great bully-boys of yours were insisting on dragging me away from the children , who were crying and practically having hysterics in the midst of all that noise and shouting . |
| 16 | Nevertheless it did lose me momentarily after the Mohicans and Munro daughters escape the scene of the Huron massacre . |
| 17 | After we had broken fast in the small buttery which adjoined the kitchen , Benjamin dragged me outside to the gardens . |
| 18 | Four-thirty in the morning , as I was changing into a nice fresh pyjama top , it struck me blitheringly between the brows : Re:Joyce . |
| 19 | Should n't be surprised if it drives me straight into the arms of the recruiting officer . |
| 20 | Stare me straight in the teeth And I 'm sure you 'll agree I 've got a high class pedigree I do n't gie' a monkey 's for the world and its wife It 's a dog 's life ! |
| 21 | The woman is looking me straight in the eyes , Alida thought , she does not know even the basic elements of courtesy , she has paid no attention at all to the very relevant account of my condition . |
| 22 | He looks me straight in the eyes as he takes his hand from my glass . |
| 23 | I know that we 're all in a state of shock and wondering where to place ourselves on the spectrum between quietism at one end and terrorism on the other , but , as a response to an altered environment , this reminded me appallingly of the turtles who , so the legend goes , were hatched on a Pacific atoll where a nuclear blast had been carried out . |
| 24 | Which brings me really to the factors which I give the most weight to . |
| 25 | One such moment was Thursday night , when a mini-cab firm quoted me the price of a fare home , and the driver ( after taking a circuitous route around London ) tried to charge me well over the odds . |
| 26 | He puts himself in good light by adding that he gripped me tightly round the shoulders in reassurance , that he gave me brandy , that we talked long after the starlings had ceased their chatter , that we walked down into the street and discussed in jogging stride what guilt or shame or desire could do to the human soul . |
| 27 | And it is it seems to me quite within the realms of possibility that erm highway erm criteria will change and the need for upgrading of the roads would be reviewed and perhaps a different system erm of er judging them er would produce a different set of or a different improvement regime . |
| 28 | ‘ If you had warned me then of the horrors in store , I should have thrown myself under the stage rather than have travelled inside it . ’ |
| 29 | The knitting was in her lap and she was regarding me steadily over the spectacles . |
| 30 | Sally came up to me , kissed me firmly on the lips and said , ‘ It 's late , Chris . |