Example sentences of "[prep] [adj] [noun] [adv] i [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Then the drugs must have been taken then , unless it was during this morning when I unlocked the cupboard with Dr Rafaelo 's key to take out anti-inflammatory tablets for Señora Thorpe . ’ |
| 2 | My distress when this bombshell was dropped must have left its mark , for some time later I received a letter enclosing a card signed by a number of Australian cricketers , including Bradman , at a private dinner party . |
| 3 | And thus I can say that both on the moment of this resolution and for some time afterwards I had more sublime and happy feelings than at any former period of my life . ’ |
| 4 | To fit myself for this level of teaching after many years away I did an M.Phil . |
| 5 | He raged : ‘ I 'm hurt and angry that after five years here I heard I was sacked on my car radio . ’ |
| 6 | After last year when I lost the championship by one point on the last round I never imagined I would end up winning it this time with two rounds to spare . ’ |
| 7 | Yes but the , the general ones we 've got in those flip you know when I was off , when I had my cartilage removed in my knee , well I was off for six weeks so I got all the photographs and put them in order , the children and us , you know ? |
| 8 | But the green smell used to be there and it was strong enough to make me think of English summers when I looked at the sky . |
| 9 | So out I went , Halton is ringed with beautiful beech forests and one of my training runs just happened to take me through one of these forests where I felt I was utterly safe except for the birds and the bees . |
| 10 | I was forcibly reminded of these circumstances when I read Minuchin 's description of an anorexic 's family in which there were ‘ no closed doors ’ and where the anorexic girl felt that all her actions , even her thoughts , were observed by others , and therefore as much their property as her own . |
| 11 | After she had roared off , it was one of those days when I had the house to myself . |
| 12 | ‘ As of two days ago I told them you were still alive . |
| 13 | My mind cast back to the winter of last November when I stood on this same platform awaiting the arrival of a new intake . |
| 14 | It was like that night when I woke up and the hurricane was there , I could n't turn my lights on or nothing I was shitting myself . |
| 15 | Like that time when I saw you in Kent , you seemed to be all right together . ’ |
| 16 | You paint a picture like that Mars now I saw you do one time , empty with loneliness . |
| 17 | We 're in it every day now and Tommy was on like last night when I went in , Tommy was on to now say it . |
| 18 | In one week I listened to the English boy singing the praises of my dark colouring and frizzy hair , felt him kiss me on the cheek with obvious pleasure whenever I cooked a meal and when I came in from work , or when we sat watching television together , and found him waiting for me at the end of the road when I was late back for some reason . |
| 19 | I was shaking so much that I had to lift the kettle with two hands when I staggered down the yard . |
| 20 | and a cup of coffee and a cigarette , and I always do that but this day I was so tired after the doing the garden , both gardens like and fucking weeding them all and doing everything else and brushing out the back and doing I said to him for fuck 's sake do them dishes for me for a change William would you I said , so I got er got myself in the bath said I 'm away to bingo , so William 's gone out what happened ? eight , I had eight he had one you may get yourself I said ah fuck no wonder I have no fucking luck , so on the settee and said I 'm not going anywhere , I sat for ten minutes then I said ah fuck you why should I sit here so I lifted the car keys and walked out again then , fucking zooming out of and there was John coming up like that |
| 21 | About two-and-a-half years later I walked into a small clothes shop to see the celebrity holding court . |
| 22 | From that day onwards I entertained a high regard for his dexterity and skill in public affairs . |
| 23 | It was Daphne who gave me my first art book , The Treasures of Italy , in exchange for several cream wafers , and from that day on I knew I had stumbled across a subject I wanted to study for the rest of my life . |
| 24 | So I forgot about him , at least until that evening when I gave Ellen some practice with the sextant . |
| 25 | nanny 's down the road , but Carl was in this morning so I dropped it off to him it 's gon na be a long time |
| 26 | Until six weeks ago I had first class service , then , suddenly , the crankshaft snapped . |
| 27 | I was deep in such thoughts when I heard Mum 's unmistakable heavy tread coming towards the door . |
| 28 | I put a couple of quid in and I got four pounds something cos er went and bought some fags out of the machine and then I got the er the brown note flashing , from ten P so I stopped I have stopped . |
| 29 | ‘ I did eight years ’ work in four years when I came . ’ |
| 30 | I was questioned about this in recent years when I visited the Camp during one of my lecture rounds to the ATC in the Highlands , but I only add this yarn to illustrate that it takes all kinds to make any air force station , and I am sure our childrens ' children will be told and the tale will no doubt be embroidered to suit the occasion . |