Example sentences of "[verb] [conj] [verb] i [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | IT WAS a two-part induction process that dragged me into the brawling hostelry in the sky of NME Towers . |
| 2 | My pouch-seat automatically deepened and clutched me like an egg . |
| 3 | There was a bit of head-scratching as they pushed , squeezed and levered me into the passenger seat : ‘ The biggest bloke yet ’ . |
| 4 | Ryan stopped and clapped me on the shoulder . |
| 5 | She stopped and drew me behind a screen of goldenrod , tangled and wild like a neglected hedgerow . |
| 6 | I would like to invite members to stand and join me in a few moments silence in memory of Doctor . |
| 7 | on the road to Damascus and saved him , but he did , it was a tremendous surprise to the Apostle Paul that the Lord had saved him at all , he never got over it , he called himself the chief of sinners , but God 's grace , God 's mercy had been revealed to him , you and I when we get to heaven are in for a few surprises , the grace , the mercy of God is far broader and wider than our imagination , we 'll meet a lot of folk there that we did n't expect to see that leads me to a fourth proposition , not only will some be saved that we did not expect to be saved , but it 's clear that others will not be saved who expected to be saved there 's a passage in Luke thirteen , verses twenty five , let me read them again one the head of the house gets up and shuts the door you begin to stand outside and knock on the door saying Lord open up to us and then he will answer and say to you I do not know where you 're from , then you 'll begin to say we ate and drank in your presence , you taught in our streets , we know you Lord , we rubbed shoulders with you , we went to church , we experience those things , we knew the answers to the re to the questions but he will say I tell you I did not know where you are from , depart from me all you evil doers those words make it quite clear , here , there 's words of Jesus , there 's references to those who profess , to know the Lord Jesus Christ , but who do not in fact know him at all , they know bits and pieces about him , they 've seen him , you know it 's in its immediate context , they had seen him in the street , they had heard his teaching , there maybe those who had been fed by the , by the miraculous er multiplying of the loafs and the fishes , they had seen the miracle , some of them may have been healed by Jesus , they knew lots about him but they did not know him and he says I do not know you how many folk there are like this , they expect to be saved , perhaps because they go to church , perhaps because they 've got Christian parents , perhaps because they read their bible , perhaps because occasionally when they 're in trouble they prayer , they 've been confirmed , they 've been baptized , that , that they 're good , they 're honest , they 're not rogues , they would n't do a , a , a bad turn to somebody , not deliberately , they 're nice people but they , they do n't know the truth of what it says in God 's word , they do n't know the truth of Romans three and verse twenty because by the works of the Lord no flesh will be justified in his sight for through the law comes the knowledge of sin , does n't come the forgiveness of it , they do n't know the truth of Ephesians chapter two verses eight and nine for by grace you 've been saved through faith and that not of yourselves it 's the gift of God , not as a result of works that no one should boast , for we are his workmanship created in Christ Jesus for good works which God prepared before hand that we should walk in them , they do n't know the truth of er , er of Titus , chapter three and , and verse five where , where the apostle Paul says there , he saved us not on the basis of deeds which we have done in righteousness , but according to his mercy , how tragic it is to expect to be saved , to think you 're going to heaven and in the end to find that you 're not saved and Jesus says they 'll be many like that in that day . |
| 8 | Once , when we were going up one of the main avenues in the city a lump of thawing snow fell from a tree under which we were passing and hit me on the face . |
| 9 | And on a Saturday with Jenny going in if there 's any overtime you and old what's-a-name was there and he came and tapped me on the shoulder . |
| 10 | Mrs Donnan came and took me by the hand . |
| 11 | There the bailiffs pushed and shoved me through a porticoed entrance , down a long , dark , musty passageway into the main well of the court , fastening me to the bar ; beyond it sat the three magistrates before a square table ringed by clerks . |
| 12 | But it was not until I was at Cambridge , in the following year , that my mother noticed and took me to the family doctor . |
| 13 | He was another senior photographer for Surfing and reminded me of a more weatherbeaten Errol Flynn . |
| 14 | And her white Reeboks screeched at the marble as she turned and led me to the waiting forms . |
| 15 | I nodded and followed me to the house . |
| 16 | I shook my head , and she smiled and nodded and patted me on the shoulder and padded off to the kitchen . |
| 17 | Benjamin grinned and clapped me on the shoulder . |
| 18 | I remember feeling Morris dealing with my dead-weight , as he folded and shovelled me into the back of the cab . |
| 19 | That remi you 've C Cynthia saying that reminds me of the other thing that came out in feedback . |
| 20 | The feeling of numb unreality persisted and anaesthetised me through the arduous business of identifying the body and making the necessary arrangements . |
| 21 | He grunted and followed me into the apartment . |
| 22 | I would be most grateful if you could recommend and advise me on the aforementioned , plus compressors . |
| 23 | ‘ The warder came and told me to dress and led me to an officer of the court , ’ the small , self-effacing lawyer recalled in an interview on Saturday . |
| 24 | They laughed and clapped me on the back and handed the container round the circle again . |
| 25 | He laughed and clapped me on the shoulder . |
| 26 | They laughed and clapped me on the shoulder . |
| 27 | And yeah , they 've gone and re-credited me for the fifteen pound ! |
| 28 | I want you to love and desire me with the same degree of passion that Lucia loved and desired my namesake . |
| 29 | She recalled his saying , ‘ I want you to love and desire me with the same degree of passion that Lucia loved and desired my namesake . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ I 've a great deal to thank-you for , Edward , ’ he said , ‘ not many would have helped me the way you did or taken me in the way I looked that night . ’ |