Example sentences of "[pron] [noun pl] [subord] [pron] [verb] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I ca n't take them tablets till I 've eaten something . |
| 2 | No logical reason , he wrote , but that will not make me change my plans once I have begun . |
| 3 | I feel a lot better though about my exams since I 've started revising |
| 4 | It 's a small , firm lump and seems to slip from my fingers when I try to feel it . |
| 5 | I could feel the different textures of wood , gravel and asphalt racing beneath my fingers as they came to rest on the road , and was terrified of a car coming up the cul-de-sac and smashing my hand . |
| 6 | of perhaps my characteristics cos I tend to go in to work at eight o'clock just before I write any more in and I do have to clear everything before I even start the day . |
| 7 | It was n't the wind that brought tears to my eyes as I turned to walk along the cliff path . |
| 8 | He seized a horrible pair of forceps and I closed my eyes as he started flexing his muscles . |
| 9 | I 'll close my eyes till we 've crawled over here . |
| 10 | I just could n't believe my ears when you started saying tenner , tenner will win the league ! |
| 11 | I struggled on for a while , but I know my limitations when it comes to design , especially as we have grown to expect a high standard in QP . |
| 12 | But I have n't moved any of my things until you 've examined the room . |
| 13 | I may seek to control him , if he is potentially useful to me ; but I shall be betraying my principles if I begin to enjoy the sensation of another resisting and yielding , if I develop a taste for power for its own sake . |
| 14 | She would be putty in my paws when she awoke to see me with my superb physique and elemental masculinity , not to mention my irresistible voice . |
| 15 | Even in disguise I knew her at once , for a truly sensual woman can not disguise herself from my perceptions once I have seen her . ’ |
| 16 | I 'll bring my matches when I like take the dog in I 'll nip upstairs and say I 've got ta get something and I 'll just grab my matches out of there in case he 's lost them or something ! |
| 17 | I held up my arms as I had seen German prisoners do in news-reels . |
| 18 | I could n't eat , and that night " my " insects swarmed behind my eyelids as I tried to sleep . |
| 19 | I do try not to be a stupidly over-indulgent grandparent , but then I remember how my own mother would refill jam tarts for my children after they 'd licked the jam out of the pastry , and they seem to have suffered no ill effects ! |
| 20 | ‘ I forgot to wipe the sweat off my hands when I started swinging , ’ he said , ‘ and my hands were so slippery that I fell . ’ |
| 21 | I 'm going to wash my hands cos I 've got glue on me . |
| 22 | The only real hiccup was that the local DHSS would not assess my benefits until I had moved in , and social services were not prepared to finalise the amount of their commitment until they knew the DHSS 's ! |
| 23 | ‘ They got me going by guaranteeing my expenses until I started to win some prize money . |
| 24 | Of course its members gain because they work in the service , but they put forward their views because they want to make sure that the service does not collapse under the strain and we do not have a repetition of the destruction that we saw at Strangeways . |
| 25 | At first the health authorities will have to place their contracts where they have placed them in the past . |
| 26 | The economic recession and the sharp rise in unemployment of that year forced the Conservative government to change its policies before they had got off the ground . |
| 27 | She approached her employers because she had decided she would like to set up her own business . |
| 28 | Furthermore , many graduates never even used their skills once they had finished the course . |
| 29 | Brussels does not impose its will on us , we accept its rules because we wish to do so . |
| 30 | Only the unfeeling Moor was left to succour her and she gritted her teeth as she began to climb a rocky incline , refusing to think about the future . |