Example sentences of "i [vb base] [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ If I want to cry , I hide in the toilet and feel desperate ’ , was a common reaction if I asked someone where she cried . |
| 2 | I hide in the bedroom , pretending to work on my lines . |
| 3 | I cite as an example the urban areas of the city which I partially represent — I speak for all of Birmingham when I speak on this issue , and I am trying to raise an important matter in which there may be some common cause . |
| 4 | I back toward the door trying to shush her , till she stops shouting long enough to ask , ‘ What sort of business are you in that uses kids as errand boys ? ’ |
| 5 | With the borrowed gun I keep him covered while I back to the cabin door and open it . |
| 6 | But as a general principle the right of animals to be animals , to live in their space on God 's good earth , is a moral principle I commend as a rule of thumb . |
| 7 | The theory which I commend as a guide to the fruitful development of international law in the control of force may be called ‘ ethical ’ or perhaps ‘ functional positivism ’ . |
| 8 | The sums I award under the heading of accommodation therefore amount in total to fifty two thousand six hundred and fort thirty four pounds twenty eight pence . |
| 9 | Yeah , if I sell at a time when there 's still a recession on and you see somebody has to get my they had a visit perhaps that was somebody that actually bought a house , not she not |
| 10 | I sell to the purchasing committees of the many regions . |
| 11 | I repair to the bank with the intention of changing some more dollars and wave the wad of readies at the teller as well . |
| 12 | When two or three such persons were gathered together at our servants ' hall — I mean of the calibre of , say , Mr Graham , with whom now , sadly , I seem to have lost touch — we would have some of the most stimulating and intelligent debates on every aspect of our vocation . |
| 13 | Erm in terms of taking up their ideas , guiding them , encouraging them etcetera an and saying look , you know , this is okay er er er I mean to an extent that would depend on how much military security there was in the area . |
| 14 | Well t I mean to the extent that that is happening , that there is a development of trade on the sort of , you know , with the periphery of the empire and with erm areas outside the empire , and that was certainly happening in this period , I do n't see why it should have a significant impact on the peasant population because there is n't really any evidence that it 's , in a sense , trickling down and enriching the peasantry . |
| 15 | Can we talk about job description , because I am not clear about those , I mean to the end of the audit , I , I rang up to day and asked about whether the , who should be signing them . |
| 16 | I mean for a while I think it was maybe my glasses , but these are just new |
| 17 | I mean for the price of that bed , I mean you could n't go far wrong though . |
| 18 | When I say humanism , I mean with no belief in anything except one 's existence from , I suppose , oneself . |
| 19 | But I mean with a blade it 's only one |
| 20 | ‘ I mean with the boy ? ’ |
| 21 | Ah but there 's no bins now I mean with the wheelie bins they 're the g best thing ever , stops rats , dog everything . |
| 22 | its my responses to it , that would be a very different approach , because of familiar with a , I mean with the postcard that was past around , familiar with that picture then looked at it one , I feel that about it . |
| 23 | But I mean on a sort of wider thing erm |
| 24 | ‘ I mean on the cooking side of the job , ’ he explained patiently . |
| 25 | Black will take it swinging it in flicked on by Rozario and the goalkeeper made up for er what might have been an error a moment or two ago by coming bravely in with Pearce right in front of him and Rozario I mean on the flick . |
| 26 | yeah , I mean on the burglary project we did a super video about victims , they did one for school which Steve was involved in which was excellent and you know so the quality is not in doubt . |
| 27 | I mean on the cottage . |
| 28 | We began filming with Richard Phillips on the sidelines ( by which I mean on the floor , through the windows , in the lounge and peering at the man peering through the lens ) , Nigel ( Grubby ) Foster and Michael Hall representing J Walter Thompson , the Agency . |
| 29 | I mean on the bottom . |
| 30 | you actually exchange , as soon as you 've exchanged contracts we 've got to get insured you see but erm I mean on the letter we got from the solicitor on Saturday it said , it , it looks as though your purchaser 's ready to exchange contracts in the forthcoming week |