Example sentences of "[adv] i [verb] of [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I thought well after ten years , I thought , well I want I still want to get on and erm so I heard of this job down at Cambridge Station as Assistant Manageress at the Refreshment Rooms , you see , and er it was n't quite the same because er at Ipswich , you see , although the Catering Manager 's office er my work was office work and typing you know general thing and er because he was away most of the day , most days , because of er er the ten stations er from stretching as I say from Chelmsford , Witham , Marks Tey , Colchester and er I think it was Clacton and er and Manningtree and er I think , I do n't know Manningtree and Ipswich of course and er then er Bury St Edmunds and , and that 's it and I am not sure whether you went to Newmarket or whether to Ca whether to Cambridge now Newmarket but er , you see , so the days went on and we worked every other Sunday and of course I know things were a lot cheaper then but you see the pay was n't , was n't very good . |
| 2 | The more I thought of that midnight face , the more intelligent and charming it became ; and it seemed too to have had a breeding , a fastidiousness , a delicacy , that attracted me as fatally as the local fishermen 's lamps attracted fish on moonless nights . |
| 3 | But now I think of these ideas as coming from a principle far more subtle . |
| 4 | Then I thought of another question — just as Mala asked it . |
| 5 | I always think of buttercups when I think of this time , for the fever hospital was at the end of a lane with meadows on either side , and these fields were bright with buttercups . |
| 6 | I ca n't recall as to the exact time when I learned of that instruction , but I was aware that the instruction had been given |