Example sentences of "[noun] i be [verb] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | PS I am attaching the relevant sections of the script |
| 2 | At this early hour I was taking a final look at the layout of the course . |
| 3 | In my dream I was carrying a small child in my arms down a long road . |
| 4 | For my birthday in February I was given a good quality ‘ used ’ rowing boat . |
| 5 | As a boy I was given a little patch of our garden to cultivate . |
| 6 | ‘ Before the Firebird I was using an old Gibson ES-175 up until about 1971 , ’ details Sonny . |
| 7 | In July I was readmitted a second time , having finally obtained recognition of my French doctorate after more than a year . |
| 8 | As a child I was given a grey plastic gun as a birthday present . |
| 9 | In the circumstances I was asking a great deal . |
| 10 | As I can not afford a new diesel engine I am considering an old slogger Perkins 4,236 . |
| 11 | At the moment I am examining a large number of detailed proposals that have been put to me . |
| 12 | At the moment I 'm training a red-tailed buzzard and only letting it move a few inches — just off my fist and back again . |
| 13 | At the moment I 'm training a red-tailed buzzard , which is a much bigger bird , and its claws are strong enough to allow it to grip on to my glove , so this is n't so much of a problem . |
| 14 | And it is still if , not when though in this article I am assuming a working Tory majority in the Commons rather than a hung Parliament , which would change everything . |
| 15 | For the Fair Isle swatches with this article I was changing every 12 and 10 rows . |
| 16 | Every day I was sent a secret report by the Chief of Police , and the next afternoon I was playing cards with Fritz when Sapt brought it in . |
| 17 | Before I knew where I was , I had been wagered a great deal of money that I could not do it , and shortly before midnight I was leaving the hallowed portals of Ronnie Scott 's Club . |
| 18 | In my dreams I was admitting the full implications of my habit of self-denial , that is , that it amounted in effect to life-denial . |
| 19 | That first morning I was served a rudimentary breakfast in the Officers ' Home . |
| 20 | With every breath I am allowing the healing energy to penetrate and permeate my lungs , heart , liver , kidneys and digestive organs . |
| 21 | It is for these reasons that I felt then , as I do now , that in pursuing an industrial career I was performing a social service , of no less significance than my service in the armed forces . |
| 22 | Q I am having a real problem with nitrates , not only in my aquarium which is fish-only but in my tapwater as well . |
| 23 | After a few months as a general news reporter I was given a wider range of assignments and when Jim Miller left , my regular beats included the monthly School Board meetings and the daily Police Court and High Court sessions . |
| 24 | On the second offence I was given a suspended sentence . |
| 25 | When I started playing with white men I was called a Nazi , a traitor and was told I would be put up against a wall and shot . |
| 26 | Our session started out as a posed picture for the photographer but in the end I was showing the former world champion my favourite trick shot — jumping the white over two reds into the middle pocket — and he was advising me about the exact position of the white and then how to pull off one of those complicated round-the-table shots . |
| 27 | But by the summer I am writing a homosexual love-story which I preface with the following remark : |
| 28 | Last year I was given a beautiful blue pot hydrangea which I planted in the garden when it finished flowering . |
| 29 | Last year I was bought a tropical set-up as a present . |
| 30 | I was just glad in a way I was dressing the Prime Minister and not Mrs Lawson . |