Example sentences of "i a [adj] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Have I a good tape of quiet music for the reflection time ? |
| 2 | Can I a little bit of orange ? |
| 3 | I a numerical value of : |
| 4 | Pye eventually agreed to lease me a small factory in Watford , in which I set up my new company . |
| 5 | The taxi driver leaned through his window at one point and passed me a small scrap of paper . |
| 6 | Soon after that , I was fortunate enough to obtain a research studentship at U.C.L. which paid me a small salary of 750 per annum — this was slightly less than what I had been earning as a teacher , but it enabled me to return full-time to research at U.C.L. The money for the studentship had been provided by a television network , ATN . |
| 7 | Even more awkward when she said , " Do you think you could get me a small glass of whisky ? " |
| 8 | If I stood on a street corner somewhere , someone could slip me a small packet in exchange for a fiver and in a few hours I 'd be slumped on the floor of a public toilet : a Drug Statistic . |
| 9 | Like all British officials of the Egyptian Government I had been dismissed from my university post eighteen months before , and I was glad that the British Council was able to offer me a small post in Athens , instead of piece work in Cairo . |
| 10 | She was polite , she gave me a small box of chocolates with a thank-you card and kissed me and shook my hand when she came for a meal on Sunday . |
| 11 | If the government would only give me a small piece of land for my people in the Wallowa Valley , with a teacher , that is all I would ask . |
| 12 | Hee-Haw carried me a long way through this forest . |
| 13 | She gave me a long discourse regarding the horrors of the Middle Ages , concluding by saying , ‘ Then was much misery in Budapest . |
| 14 | One set of typefaces that I like there are on the slightly goofy side are the Goudys erm and it took me a long time of , your know , hearing purists try to explain to me why before I understood the distinction . |
| 15 | Well it 's taken me a long time to even be able to give affection . |
| 16 | Before I left , she gave me a long talk on the re-wiring of her flat and asked if we have old-fashioned fuse-boxes . |
| 17 | This seemed to me a poor reason for making the announcement and I told him that I strongly disapproved of his breach of trust . |
| 18 | Visnews has sent me a 16-page fax on what they have ; please phone tomorrow to discuss . |
| 19 | He then gave me a slight shock by lapsing into a brief sort of reverie , and saying that if one had ever felt like ‘ murdering someone ’ , one could never do anything about it . |
| 20 | Bob expertly trotted his mount into position , gave me a raised-eye query about readiness and kicked forward into an accelerating gallop . |
| 21 | It gives me a tremendous advantage in that I can moor the punt about 15yds back from the top of the shelf , in the shallower water , out of sight of the bream . |
| 22 | ‘ They have all given me a tremendous amount of help , and I know that any help or guidance I want in the future will be there . |
| 23 | ‘ Women have taught me a tremendous amount about emotions . |
| 24 | No , I am dealing with the Foreign Secretary , who gave me a circumlocutory reply to a question that I did not ask him . |
| 25 | All of them were English-born and helped to imbue in me a loyal appreciation of the Royal Family . |
| 26 | This is a copy of Countryd Top copy sent to OBITS Country Diary for Saturday December 9th Machynlleth : For me a frequent delight in many years of hill-walking in Wales has been to come upon that lively , eye-catching bird the wheatear which so loves to play hide and seek among the rocks . |
| 27 | A Country Diary : MACHYNLLETH : For me a frequent delight in many years of hill-walking in Wales has been to come upon that lively , eye-catching bird the wheatear which so loves to play hide and seek among the rocks . |
| 28 | ‘ One of these days you 're going to give me a straight answer to a straight question , ’ she explained , ‘ and the roof will fall in . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ There is nothing I would not do for you , ’ he replied , and all at once frustrated beyond enduring , ‘ For pity 's sake , woman , ’ he implored , and , reminding her of a comment she had made to him that delightful mealtime in Bečov , ‘ give me a straight answer to a straight question — are you going to marry me ? ’ |
| 30 | When the hon. Gentleman finally gave me a straight commitment across the Dispatch Box to abolish GP fund holding , I told him that he delivered the support of the majority of GPs by doing so . |