Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] a strong [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Instead , he offered a pair of trust-mes : ‘ I favour a strong exchange rate … |
| 2 | He yells : ‘ I got a strong back ! |
| 3 | I received a strong impression that it was not enough to know about injustice and suffering ; practical solutions had to be found . |
| 4 | And even when I had assured myself I was on the right road , I felt compelled to stop the car a moment to take stock , as it were , I decided to step out and stretch my legs a little and when I did so , I received a stronger impression than ever of being perched on the side of a hill . |
| 5 | ‘ Do n't worry — any more intimate reminiscences escaped me , as I discovered a strong disinclination to hear the sordid details of your relationship . ’ |
| 6 | Some riders will only buy thoroughbred horses , but I do prefer ones with a little ‘ common ’ blood , as I like a stronger build of horse . |
| 7 | Some riders will only buy thoroughbred horses , but I do prefer ones with a little ‘ common ’ blood , as I like a stronger build of horse . |
| 8 | I needed a strong man to help me rule the country . |
| 9 | I had no desire to share the fate of Galileo , with whom I feel a strong sense of identity , partly because of the coincidence of having been born exactly 300 years after his death ! |
| 10 | ‘ I feel a strong affinity with him , almost a brotherly thing . |
| 11 | I felt a strong feeling of nausea as I realised that I had put my hand through the chest of a dead British soldier that could have been lying in the ditch for several days . |
| 12 | I sensed the cold outside and I felt a sensation of warmth ; at the same time I felt a strong compassion for all the homeless of the world . |
| 13 | With trepidation I took a stronger hold of it and it came away altogether but with a sharp dagger of soreness , like digging out a splinter . |
| 14 | ‘ As the midwife came into the room , I had a strong contraction which really felt as though I was in labour . |
| 15 | In a way I was happy : I had achieved something , I was winning for the first time in my life , and I had a strong sense of myself as a differentiated individual . |
| 16 | ‘ I had a strong sense of … ’ |
| 17 | We were still undecided when , unaccountably , I had a strong feeling that our pet was n't to be found here . |
| 18 | I had a strong feeling of unreality as , with other aspiring pilots , I threw muck and swill around hour after hour . |
| 19 | I had a strong feeling that Barton MacLane was no cop . |
| 20 | I wondered what would happen if I ignored the call or pretended it was n't me , but I had a strong feeling that they knew it was me . |
| 21 | I had a strong desire to repossess . |
| 22 | And I had a strong need to pit myself against her many suitors , and win . |
| 23 | But I had a strong suspicion even then that he was drinking to something other than my health . |
| 24 | I 've a strong suspicion you 're being devious about something . ’ |
| 25 | So I wrote a strong article on the subject in the New English Weekly . |
| 26 | ‘ I need your help , Nick , because my only son is dying and my only daughter is following his example , and I need a strong man who will save them . ’ |
| 27 | I need a strong man to protect me . |
| 28 | I have a strong sense of rhythm |
| 29 | A piece of impudence on my part , really , but I have a strong sense of civic duty . |
| 30 | I have a strong presentiment that , had the opportunity arisen , Lord Mansfield would have seized it to establish the law in this form . |