Example sentences of "[pos pn] [adj] [noun] i [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I assure you that in my professional capacity I come across many jurors who are both indigenous Britons , and quite advanced in years , who do not fit into the ‘ long tradition of honesty and fair-mindedness ’ . |
| 2 | On my sixteenth birthday I walked into the house with a fag in every orifice ; I was legally old enough to smoke , so , I thought , just try and stop me ! |
| 3 | ‘ In my drunken stupor I looked at Sandy and mumbled : ‘ Fancy a wee trip on the water ’ , ’ he recalled . |
| 4 | I think that er that is a question better directed towards the French , possibly my colleagues in the foreign office but my understanding is that the French assembly have indeed er approved ratification er but the French government i is declining er to append the appropriate signatures to it er er until agreement over the erm the parliament building at at Strasbourg is completed erm but my honourable friend I think in true parliamentary form , asks questions to which he already feels he knows pretty well what the answer is and I suspect that my answer squares with what he knows already . |
| 5 | As I scrubbed away at my remaining teeth I reflected upon the number of obituaries of men in their early sixties which I 'd read in The Times over the course of the past few weeks , and I wondered whether the Great Reaper was running a special line in the age group for some divine , mysterious end , and if so , I thought , I might be next , and then they 'd be sorry . |
| 6 | With my left hand I fumbled inside my wallet . |
| 7 | ‘ When I first left school I did a foundation course in art but after my national service I went into industry . ’ |
| 8 | When Granpa asked me what I wanted for my fifteenth birthday I replied without a moment 's hesitation , ‘ My own barrow , ’ and added that I 'd nearly saved enough to get one . |
| 9 | Trying to ignore this assault on my fundamental antinomies I peered at the train set . |
| 10 | To my everlasting surprise I stayed in the main presenter 's chair — even though the programme 's title changed . |
| 11 | That 's my first station I came to Zurich . |
| 12 | Early in my first tour I argued with my colleagues that I doubted it would be possible to ditch a Wimpy or a Whitley on water , particularly if there was a heavy swell . |
| 13 | In one of my first jobs I plastered on the make-up and wore very executive-type suits . |
| 14 | And er my first job I had at Lyness was working for William on the tanks outside , tarmacadam under the tanks . |
| 15 | In my first article I wrote of the ingenuity and imagination I saw in children 's play in Asia . |
| 16 | ‘ That was my own story I put in the column , ’ said old Eddy Moulton stubbornly . |
| 17 | Not that I know all that many people anyway , I suppose ; Jamie is my only real friend , though through him I have met a few people of about my own age I regard as acquaintances . |
| 18 | When I 'm standing on my own carpet I feel like you do when you come back from holiday . |
| 19 | He referred me to a specialist , and shortly after my twenty-first birthday I went into hospital for tests . |
| 20 | At the end of my final year I stood as a sabbatical officer for the Union . |
| 21 | Dressed in my new clothes I went to Miss Havisham 's house , where her cousin opened the gate to me again . |
| 22 | At my next attempt I passed into Eton a whole form from the bottom of the school . |
| 23 | On my last visit I swam in the Grjótagjá pools — a true delight for someone so young and so unused to mixed nude dipping . |
| 24 | His sacred Altars I behold with Awe : |
| 25 | As we sat and sipped our half-pint shandies I reflected on what a lucky choice of company I had made . |
| 26 | At our first lunch I asked for canneloni to fill myself up . |
| 27 | Two years on , with a little help from our excellent childminder I look after him part-time during the week . |