Example sentences of "i [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | ‘ In that case , why give me the no-involvement line ? ’ she demanded . |
| 32 | Dennis gave me the vague smile of complicity that men exchange in lavatorial situations . |
| 33 | If I say , Well you 'll give me the only ever give me the negative version of the square root , so if I give you sixteen , you give me minus four . |
| 34 | This gives me the terrible dichotomy of knowing that during the stalking season I would dearly love to ruin the day for the fat boors crawling all over Scotland , puffing in their tweeds , but I would hate to disturb Ted and his colleagues at their job , which pays their grocery bills and is their only source of income . |
| 35 | Mrs Green also sent me the cardboard box in which the gift had come and , curious to find out more about the cake 's origins , I rang the Yorkshire Farm Bakery . |
| 36 | And they told me about Azul , in Jersey , and before that I think it was before that they showed me the forensic photographs of all of them : Bissett skewered on the railings , grotesque and spread and limp ; the blood-smeared vibrator used on the retired judge , Jamieson ; the drained shapeless white body of Persimmon , tied to his grid above a pool of blood , then nothing when there should have been something ; then what was left of Sir Rufus Carter , blackened bones , distorted and bent , the black skull 's jaw hinged down in a blind scream but the flesh all gone very much a dental-records job and it was all black , the nails , the wood and the bones too but it 's their mouths their jaws I remember , their silent screams , hanging slack or jammed open and it gets worse because they show me the fucking video they show me the video they think I made or that I think they think I made but I did n't ; they make me watch it and it 's horrific ; there 's a man and he 's dressed in black or dark blue and he has a gorilla mask on and he keeps sucking on this little bottle he 's carrying which must be helium because it gives him that baby voice disguising his own voice and he has this fat little guy strapped to a chrome seat , his mouth taped , one arm tied down onto the arm of the chair , shirt rolled up and the little guy 's shrieking as hard as he can but it sounds quiet because the noise is having to come down his nose while the man in the gorilla mask looks from the camera to the guy in the seat and holds up this huge fucking syringe like something from a nightmare from an old movie from a horror film and I can feel my heart beating wildly because that 's what this is . |
| 37 | " Strictly speaking , you 're going to be dead very soon unless you give me the right instructions . " |
| 38 | Whatever I use , whether it is a crystal ball , a pack of cards , or an article belonging to somebody , it is simply a stageprop ; something that gives me the right vibrations and helps me to see the right pictures . ’ |
| 39 | Frustrated but secretly delighted that I had maybe caught him out with shoddy workmanship until an old fellow from Bernera stopped to give me a lift on the way past Carlaway and showed me the right ones , just before the main stones of Callanish . |
| 40 | ‘ I 'm not frightened of dying because Dr Child gave me the right attitude : Think of the future and be hopeful . ’ |
| 41 | But it was typical of Pound 's kindness , even to a potential enemy or rival , that he should have so persisted in trying to give me the right contacts . |
| 42 | I guess he taught me the right way , because after a couple of years , when I heard something , I knew what it was before any intellectual wheels were turning in my head . |
| 43 | Go on , God damn it , and give me the right stuff this time around . " |
| 44 | That 's okay , she 's also given me the right words to use to put it through urgently , okay , cos I mean you , I know you have n't exchanged yet , but you want to do that fairly quickly . |
| 45 | Give me the right details for contacting your radio people at this end and I 'll be in touch before you know it . ’ |
| 46 | He pulled up at the bridge and got out to show me the concrete cancer . |
| 47 | We only have an A4 scanner but if somebody would like to send me the relevant pages from the Torygraph I will have a go , the address is coming up at the end of the progrmme . |
| 48 | And a moment ago I had in front of me the relevant paper . |
| 49 | Teach me the glorious lesson that occasionally it is possible that I may be mistaken . |
| 50 | One thing about the strategy is that it seems to me the ultimate goal is perhaps to get rid of the warlords |
| 51 | ‘ The wave is my lover and she gives me the ultimate orgasm . ’ |
| 52 | Show me the ultimate intensifiers of sin . |
| 53 | And then — she called me the Lost Prince , but supposing there is another Lost Prince ? |
| 54 | With a high sense not only of justice but of dramatic effect he informed the judge that the only courses open to him were ‘ either to resign your post , or inflict on me the severest penalty if you believe that the system and law you are assisting to administer are good for the people ’ . |
| 55 | bring me the drowsy country thing ! |
| 56 | A moment later , I spotted the young Mr Cardinal not far away , still standing on his own , and it struck me the young gentleman might be feeling somewhat overawed in the present company . |
| 57 | His poem exemplifies for me the many wonders and the brilliant light of the transcendent ; and also the unity of our soul as it basks in the warmth of that light . |
| 58 | In particular it showed me the many opportunities we have , and that we are a talented organisation . |
| 59 | The lady prioress glowered at me , shrugged , and with ill grace took me back to her own chamber across the cloister garden where she poured me the smallest goblet of wine I had ever seen . |
| 60 | I met a man in the glen who seemed to know every spot , and gave me the Gaelic names of all the corries . |