Example sentences of "of a [noun sg] [verb] i " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It seemed to take less of a hit to give me a concussion and it 's taking me longer to recover , ’ he says . |
| 2 | Oh dear — arrival of a cat to harass me . |
| 3 | ‘ Here am I , in my thirteenth summer and wedded to a boy of ten who will be unable to complete the marriage for at least five years — and with no sign of a bosom to show I am truly a damsel full grown ! ’ |
| 4 | You do n't seem to have much of a problem hearing me now . ’ |
| 5 | I 'd just get myself a fine eejit of a man to keep me in barley sugar all day . ’ |
| 6 | My wound was probed and bandaged , and then the fool of a medico bled me , evidently under the impression that it would calm a supposed fever . |
| 7 | Then he told me to wait for him after I had visited my father , and said that he would try to think of a way to help me without arousing any suspicion . |
| 8 | When Maxim Gorki as a young man read a story by Guy de Maupassant , he marvelled ‘ why the plain , familiar words put together by a man into a story about the uninteresting life of a servant moved me so ’ . |
| 9 | Later that evening , when I was almost asleep , the sound of a crowd brought me back to full consciousness . |
| 10 | The hand of a mermaid beckoning me |
| 11 | AS a third part of a nanny share I have been looking at the law and the availability of Liability Insurance . |
| 12 | Ann Smith , who was at junior school in Haltwhistle , Northumberland , remembers : ‘ I know I felt really sad but the thought of a Coronation cheered me up a little bit until I found out it would not be held until the following year . |
| 13 | ‘ Numbers three and four concerned talking to the press and media , in particular my defiance of a directive banning me and the players from speaking to reporters . |
| 14 | What does that sleaze-bag of a gilgul expect me to do when I announce my presence to a quivering subject ? |
| 15 | Mr Lineker 's lad 's not been well , and being something of a soccer fan I wanted to do my bit |
| 16 | So , when the captain of a ship asked me to go with him to Guinea in Africa , I agreed . |
| 17 | In the morning the ringing of a bell woke me , although it was still dark . |
| 18 | ‘ If you think I 'm standing waiting for a charging animal the size of a tank to reach me … how on earth do you grab its nose before it tramples you into the turf ? |