Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] [subord] i [vb past] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thirty pairs of eyes stared with unwavering concentration as I dipped my hand into the all-too-familiar breakfast of slightly sour rice and salted fish . |
| 2 | I had been something like eighteen years in the ordained ministry before I preached my first sermon on Mary . |
| 3 | In this way , I amused myself for some minutes until I turned my head a fraction and discovered that the old lady was watching me . |
| 4 | I had enough of the hon. Gentleman when I increased my majority against him in the past two elections . |
| 5 | Which reminds me I meant to get weighed this morning before I had my breakfast . |
| 6 | Which reminds me , I meant to get weighed this morning before I had my breakfast and I forgot . |
| 7 | ‘ Just enjoying the taste of the rum , Corporal , ’ I replied , getting to my feet and swilling out the mess-tins and empty mug as I made my way through the drizzle to my now very muddy slit trench . |
| 8 | And hence Stephanie 's shock-horror performance when I made my innocent enquiries ? ’ |
| 9 | It is 40 years ago this summer since I bought my first knitting machine . |
| 10 | I felt that I had to make some sort of social effort so I swung my legs off the bed and sat sheepishly on the edge . |
| 11 | Oh do you know , it 's a funny thing when I had my ears pie ear pierced years ago that poured blood |
| 12 | The Swedish diplomat 's wife had to visit American tourist places instead of English ones so I had her saying : ‘ We are going to ze Rockingfellow Centre and ve are seeing Saks on 5th Avenue . ’ |
| 13 | I saw no signs and had gone a few miles before I saw my first human being . |
| 14 | It 's such ages since I saw my foster family and … and friends , but I 'll be back , Cora-Beth , you can be sure of that . |
| 15 | I had n't even dared go near Furnival Gardens since I saw my old man for the second rime . |
| 16 | My hands are real cold cos I lost my gloves and my fingers wo n't work proper — they 're all sort of numb . |
| 17 | You played in that match when I crocked my knee . |
| 18 | ‘ You 've changed a great deal , Angharad , ’ he said , ‘ you were just a little girl when I finished my apprenticeship and now look at you . ’ |
| 19 | So how did Tony manage to gain the confidence of the dealers , ‘ It took at least two or three weeks before I took my camera out and that was probably one of the hardest things I did . |
| 20 | Lee picked up the vibes and looked with wide-eyed apprehension as I held my breath and waited . |
| 21 | I was deeply imbued with the historic and cultural spells of this monumental structure when I took my first walk round the cloisters of the inner courtyard , whose first-floor gallery , open to the sky , is beautifully panelled and wainscoted . |
| 22 | He 'd never asked me that before , but in fact my religion had been important to me all along ; he only asked me that day because I had my head covered . |
| 23 | Summoning up all my courage , I entered San Esteban and its overpowering gilded Churriguera altar seemed to welcome me like a long-lost friend as I dipped my hand in the holy-water stoup at the door and knelt to pray in front of Claudio Coello 's heavenly blue painting . |
| 24 | It is now 4 years since I gave my first remedy in an LM potency and it has become my preferred method of prescribing for a number of reasons 1 ) No decision has to be made on potency level i.e. whether 6 , 30 , 200 , etc is indicated . |
| 25 | At the Scotland-Wales match I was severely reprimanded by a steward 30 years my junior for daring to place one foot on the hallowed turf as I made my exit from the ‘ schoolboys ’ enclosure ’ . |
| 26 | I hesitated for a long time before I began my experiment . |
| 27 | I parted with a feeling that it would be a long time before I earned her forgiveness , but I did her an injustice . |
| 28 | We had to wait a long time because I had my mother to look after and she was rather difficult . ’ |
| 29 | I 'm gon na go and shoot that woman cos I gave my cheque to the office . |
| 30 | And now she seemed to be planning a new use for those skills as I watched her gaze , fixed on Boy , or shifting from O to Boy . |