Example sentences of "i [vb mod] [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now I want to allow a bit more time for questions so I 'll just end if I may with a funny story which , did n't happen to me , it happened to a colleague of mine , erm a young lady , who went to give er a talk like this to group of adults like yourselves and at the end of the meeting the treasurer went up to her and said do we owe you any fee or expenses ? |
| 2 | I found out all I could about the various parties including the Fascist party . |
| 3 | Armed with the phone number of the vicar of All Saints , I determined to find out all I could about the mysterious stone . |
| 4 | And Gregory : ‘ I found it a tremendously exciting challenge to depict the past as convincingly as I could for the mass-market audience of today . ’ |
| 5 | I did the best I could with the five keys that would produce a sound and vowed never again to sit in a cupboard . |
| 6 | I mean , I , I did what I could in the fifth issue , but you just run out of cash , that 's the trouble , but I mean the sixth issue is good . |
| 7 | I may modify my behaviour to conform to the expectations of the group , and I will do so in a much shorter time than I would in a one-to-one relationship . |
| 8 | But one reason why on Thursday I shall for the first time be voting Conservative , with passionate conviction , may be illustrated by a meeting I attended in our constituency last Sunday , at which several hundred people were addressed by our four candidates . |
| 9 | ‘ I 'll tell you in God 's good time , as I will about the secret instructions dear Uncle gave me at Hampton Court . ’ |
| 10 | I will over the next year endeavour to establish both a Recruitment Officer and a Publicity Officer for every branch . |
| 11 | I use them wherever I can as a flattering background for later-flowering plants . |
| 12 | ‘ I get involved in many different projects and I can to a certain degree prioritise what I want to do . |
| 13 | I can with a few deft strokes build myself a crenellated castle with coloured windows , or a maze of evergreen , or a field of rippling corn , or a fat blackbird with bright eyes picking at a cluster of red berries . |
| 14 | I sweep the rod back as much as I can in the confined space and , although the fish is rather small at about 1¼lb , it kicks up quite a fuss and there is nothing I can do to stop it splashing . |
| 15 | To this end I have already started talking to as many people as I can in the local area , with some good response , but now wish to approach a wider audience — hence the appeal to you . |