Example sentences of "[noun sg] i [verb] [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Actually , I happen to have-a flask of Scotch on me , just in case I broke down on the road … |
| 2 | Er , but the interesting , the interesting thing is that they are prepared to pay and yet this obsession this obsession with this ideology that the only way you can get you can go forward in in terms of er placing this this country in any economic status in the way it may have been and er is is to privatisation of V A T. Chairman I look forward to the day when when the very air and this has been said for that we breathe will either be privatised or more important they 'll stick a bloody V A T on it . |
| 3 | As I walked across the car park I looked back at the police station and almost expected to see the figure of Inspector Drew looming at one of the windows as in an early Orson Welles film . |
| 4 | This is my milk I get out of the fridge |
| 5 | Of course I stayed overnight at the hotel and spent a good part of the following day placating the ruffled Emily , even though I felt sure she was not as disturbed as she made out . |
| 6 | I muttered thanks and as she disappeared to the kitchen I stepped up to the sitting room door , knocked rather timidly and entered . |
| 7 | Full of misgiving I drove on into the darkness . |
| 8 | ‘ At present I worry most about the unemployment statistics , the poverty data and any suggestions of tampering with the Retail Price Index . ’ |
| 9 | After we 'd agreed the itinerary I got on with the detailed flying planning , using the new French VFR maps and the American TPC ( Tactical Pilotage Charts ) which we bought from Stamfords in London . |
| 10 | At the height of the gale I go down to the pier to see how our local boats are doing , but all the anchors appear to be holding firm . |
| 11 | My last weekend with the car I went over to the Island of Luing , leaving the car ( foot ferry only on Sundays ) at Cuan Ferry . |
| 12 | After spending all morning talking to clients on the telephone , in place of lunch I nipped up to the golf club and played a few holes with one of the assistants . |
| 13 | In a kind of panic I walked back to the carob and along the east side of the gulley to the top of the cliff that overlooked the private beach . |
| 14 | I stopped at a pub I used rarely near the BBC and had a ploughman 's and a couple of orange juices , no alcohol , partly because I wanted to keep a clear head and partly to fit in with the cab-driver persona . |
| 15 | My combat jacket , knife , bags , catapult and other equipment I took down to the kitchen with me . |
| 16 | The entranced girl I stood behind in the gallery at Covent Garden in June , nearly fainting in the heat — such a summer , that year — to hear Chaliapin in Prince Igor … |
| 17 | Yes , if we skip all the intermediate years with , after the war I came back from the army to find we 'd been bombed out and were living in requisition accommodation , after a time , the , we were moved into a new flat over some shops . |
| 18 | For the moment I kept away from the university . |
| 19 | The next moment I jumped back against the wall , trembling with fear and horror . |
| 20 | I took sips of my wine and carried on with the supper , and at one point I went across to the bookcase and idly picked up a petal that was lying there . |
| 21 | To the crews ' embarrassment I stumped up on the bridge wearing the eye patch and the parrot on my shoulder with the added embellishment of an iron hook up the loose sleeve of my coat , to take Venturous alongside in full view of a crowd of holidaymakers lining the pier who , although somewhat mystified , obviously enjoyed the show . |
| 22 | And then with shoulders bunched and my eyes on the messed pavement I shuffle off down the drinker , and sit with tankard and tabloid in the comer by the fire . |
| 23 | For a while I got deep into The Coasters and The Platters and all this old doo-wop stuff , and that somehow led to writing a song for Tin Machine 's second album . |
| 24 | After a little while I went on to the drum with Mr Stevens ’ brother , Sid ; and then I got a full man 's money , one and eightpence , a lot o' money to take home then . |
| 25 | But once you have unfolded an ordnance survey map and made the cheese and pickle sandwiches , it 's hard to change your mind , and so on a hot June day I set off up the zig-zagging tourist path from Glen Nevis at ten o'clock in the morning . |
| 26 | We were four days in Piraeus and every day I went back to the Acropolis . |
| 27 | The other day I went back into the city to walk round some of my old haunts . |
| 28 | One day I walked out of the house , leaving all my possessions . |
| 29 | I blush when I recall the day I slipped out of the office , bound for HCI 's Tropicana Beach Club … |
| 30 | Er , in terms of training , commercial training and it 's not just the Fire and Rescue Service I spoke recently with the Chief Ambulance Officer , who 's experiencing the same problems . |