Example sentences of "i [verb] [prep] [pos pn] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I asked for my ham-and-tomato sandwich . |
| 2 | And why should n't I do as I please with my own body ? |
| 3 | ‘ There 's my boat that I made with my two hands , ’ he said . |
| 4 | ‘ 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | I mean between your two machines . |
| 9 | I mean in my own village we have erm |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | I realised from your earlier letter that you might not in fact have yourself read the DNB article on , so I enclose a xerox . |
| 12 | Irina is right to say that when I lived on my own I was a lonely man . |
| 13 | 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 . ’ |
| 14 | In the end Frank and I met of our own volition . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | Though I agreed with their political views , I could not condone the way they acted and was glad to see them go at last . |
| 17 | One of the men he approached was Spurgeon who gave him this characteristic response : ‘ I sit on my own gate , and whistle my own tunes , and am quite content . ’ |
| 18 | After that , I sit on our front step and wait for the ambulance . |
| 19 | I peer through its little ambush at the scene below . |
| 20 | How can I explain in my poor English ? |
| 21 | How can I explain in my poor English ? |
| 22 | How much can I explain in my own words ? |
| 23 | I knew nothing of the facts of life until I got to my preparatory school , when at the age of thirteen , all of the boys who were leaving were summoned to the headmaster 's study . |
| 24 | But it was as I got into my teenaged years I began to get bored with my walk on roles , sitting around for hours waiting to go on with make-up and costumes on was no fun any more , but I was far too young to do anything else but walk on say a few lines and walk off again . |
| 25 | Something I 'd never to do , so I had to settle down and get School Certificate , which I got with my matric exemption , and people from did . |
| 26 | It went pretty well actually , the feedback I got from my immediate boss fairly pleased with it was pleased with it |
| 27 | There 's no job in the industry I covet above my own , but I dearly wish I could spend more time designing and less on paperwork . |
| 28 | ‘ I concede to your superior knowledge , Sister , ’ he murmured . |
| 29 | It 's erm — and another thing , I was delighted when John Dreyfus in the Type ninety lecture used these terms of Charles Peignot called typo lecture and typo visuel , which I mis-spelt on my closing slide ! |
| 30 | I long for his unwashed eyes . |