Example sentences of "[conj] i [adv] [verb] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Next came a stomach-churning visit to the Snake Temple , where I actually held a snake very briefly , but drew the line at having it photographed around my neck ! |
| 2 | And although I infinitely preferred a walk across the corner of the field to the privy by the duck pond , to the four flights of stairs I had to descend at Reine , with a com-munal Turkish crouch at the end of it , I wondered how Otto would adjust to outside facilities . |
| 3 | In may respects , my shop is just the opposite , although I certainly have a health foods section , as do many delicatessens . |
| 4 | Even the fact that I finally found a trickle of scummy water , which let me rinse some of the filth from my boots , did nothing to lift my spirits . |
| 5 | I then pointed out to him that I strongly deprecated a dissolution at this moment as I had implicit confidence in him and in the Conservative Party now in power , and I considered that as most countries in Europe , if not in the world , were in a chaotic and indeed dangerous state , it would be a pity if this country were to be plunged into the turmoil of a General Election on a question of domestic policy which will arouse all the old traditional bitterness of the hard fought battles between Protection and Free Trade : also that it was quite possible that his majority might be reduced , or that he might not get a majority at all . |
| 6 | His ring record alone demanded the attention of the BBBC and he believed that : ‘ It was through public opinion that I eventually got a title . |
| 7 | I made a record with Sonny Terry , called ‘ Whoopin' , that I also like a lot . |
| 8 | There is something so immovable , so enduring — yet I am perfectly aware that one day he will fall down — so mysterious about my old mate that although I ca n't say that I actually feel a surge of energy , I do feel some sort of ‘ reward ’ . |
| 9 | Under the circumstances then , perhaps it was wisely ordered that I never found a man to form that special relationship . |
| 10 | He said last night : ‘ I think I 've proved that I still have a lot to offer at senior level . |
| 11 | I admit that I once cared a hell of a lot about my appearance , but I 've changed . ’ |
| 12 | I explained to her that I only had a couple of quid to my name , but I 'd be willing to pay off the rest before six months were up . |
| 13 | It seems odd , but I was enjoying myself so much that I hardly gave a thought to the fact that we were alone , miles away from anyone , and that the average man in such a situation … |
| 14 | It is with great pleasure that I now enclose a copy of the video film made of the first semi-final round . |
| 15 | ‘ I 'm also pleased that I now have a style I can easily recreate at home . |
| 16 | It was while I was attending Sally Carmichael 's dancing class that I accidentally entered a beauty contest — the local Working Men 's Club where we practised was running a ‘ Queen of Sheffield Working Men 's Clubs ’ contest . |
| 17 | ‘ I have a good cry sometimes , ’ she said , ‘ in the same way that I sometimes have a spring-clean . |
| 18 | ‘ On the sleeve of the first record it was meant to say just Therapy , but I started the logo too far over to the left — and we only had enough money for one sheet of Letraset — I could n't start again , so I just added a question mark to make it fit . |
| 19 | As Sabra , a woman in her forties , told me ‘ If I go out I usually do have my Dupatta round me , but at work I ca n't wear it in case it gets caught up in the machines , so I just wear a scarf on my head when I leave the house — something is needed to save one 's Izzat ’ . |
| 20 | I knew that would be your question so I immediately radioed a request for that information . ’ |
| 21 | There were sometimes dangerous people near Haworth , so I always had a gun in the house . |
| 22 | Having made the Hannover picture I thought it would be nice to have a smaller version , so I now have a two-metre square version on canvas , also painted with Scanachrome , and I am working on the area of the television screen in a more painterly manner than I was able to use on the large one . |
| 23 | As I am new to this post I am not sure whether we sent you copies of new Community Care leaflets when they were first produced so I now enclose a set for your information . |
| 24 | We went everywhere : from garden parties in the grounds of castles , wedding receptions in marquees , hunt balls in assembly rooms , university teas on graduation day , garden fetes in the bishop 's palace , to the annual parties of car salesmen , the golden weddings of simple folk — once I even remember a gypsy funeral — ladies ' night at the masonic lodge , and the British Legion get-together . |
| 25 | Although it took a while and I crashed a couple of times , once I even knocked a dam down with a kite . |
| 26 | ‘ They probably killed a lot of people , and I probably have a lot of blood on my hands , ’ the investigating journalist was told by Robert Martens , who had spent two years compiling the lists in the US Embassy in Jakarta . |
| 27 | You need to understand that I have , as we watch the RAF a beautiful aeroplane , er Colonel and I just exchanged a thought on it . |
| 28 | They 're about that wide and they 're about that deep and I just put a circle of greaseproof in the bottom |
| 29 | It is not really because I was just Noel and I just had a chat this morning . |
| 30 | I must have been mad on the strength of one fish , going all out boilies but it was a double and I just had a feeling this was how the better fish might fall . |