Example sentences of "[prep] [art] [noun pl] [subord] i [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I ca n't think of anything except for the biscuits because I 've run out of biscuits . |
| 2 | I left the car outside the farm and was about to walk between the walls when I paused and stared at a cow in the field on the other side of the road . |
| 3 | As the sun began to go down , I wandered happily through the ruins until I came across a band of Timurid star-vaulting in one of the side chambers . |
| 4 | Several violent explosions close by , followed by clouds of black smoke rising in columns above the trees , shrapnel hissing along the ground and through the trees as I dived head-first into the trench to join the three Frenchmen . |
| 5 | These comprised a pork pie and some salami to stave off the munchies while I drove , a toothbrush and some toothpaste , and then a bottle each of tequila , lime juice and Asti Spumante for which I had plans . |
| 6 | ‘ I 've been waiting for you to look after the children while I fetch him . ’ |
| 7 | So Mary 's looking after the children while I have my hair done . ’ |
| 8 | I include due process as a separate virtue because I do not believe it collapses into either of the others as I describe these , but my arguments in this and the following chapters will pay much more attention to fairness and justice , and I shall mainly ignore procedural due process . ) |
| 9 | Just to highli I 'd just like to highlight a few of the principles before I comment on this dishonesty of this Government in , on the one hand enacting a major piece of legislation and on the other hand doing it in such a way that Councils 'll settle for failure because resources have not been allocated . |
| 10 | I did not recognize the Evans family of Penygraig as some of the last members of the old immemorial community of the hills until I had talked with Edward Thomas of Penywaun . |
| 11 | It was a ploy of Lord Darlington 's to stand at this shelf studying the spines of the encyclopedias as I came down the staircase , and sometimes , to increase the effect of an accidental meeting , he would actually pull out a volume and pretend to be engrossed as I completed my descent . |
| 12 | I remember nothing of the days before I left Jean-Claude . |
| 13 | On this latest apparent atrocity — I see it as that ; I have seen the film as much as anybody has — I have to be absolutely certain of the facts before I take action . |
| 14 | Paul starts to move the boats to the top of the falls whilst I run on ahead to talk to the police at the top of the falls with the nice man from the Northern Echo . |
| 15 | The thing I most disliked was the disapproval of the dons because I admitted I would like to write ! ’ |
| 16 | When asked eight weeks ago what her dream for the future was , Tatum replied : ‘ It 's that when John 's career is finished he takes care of the kids while I make two pictures a year and get to pick my scripts and work with whoever I want . |
| 17 | He had aged considerably over the last few months , and though he protested he was fit , healthy and perfectly capable of taking care of the kids while I got a job , I had my doubts . |
| 18 | I can not comment on details of the negotiations because I do not know the details of what is actually happening today , but it is quite clear that we have been arguing that matters affecting foreign policy should continue to be decided under the auspices of intergovernmental co-operation . |
| 19 | All this may seem obvious , but in fact it had not worked out like that in the earlier days of the cutters as I recall . |
| 20 | ‘ I was afraid of the Africans because I thought they would take over my farm . |
| 21 | When I was a bairn I loathed and feared these dogs , and as my parents often liked to get rid of me I used to stay for short holidays with both uncles , and so I saw more of the dogs than I liked . |
| 22 | I think erm most of the points as I 've said before , have probably been made and I do n't want to make them any more but I would just make one other when we 're talking about means tested it 's interesting that you 're advocating means testing in that way . |
| 23 | Realistically , I have been fighting against the odds since I took over . |
| 24 | ‘ I 'll bash my head against the walls until I break my skull . |
| 25 | ‘ I find I can blend in better with the locals if I understand their language . |
| 26 | ( Years later , he came down to a jam with The Pistols when I thought we needed a keyboard player . |
| 27 | She said : ‘ I am enjoying it although it is difficult for me with the customers as I do n't know the shop . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ I forgot to ask if you like garlic , but there was some in with the vegetables so I took a chance , ’ she said , adding the tomato purée to the pot with care . |
| 29 | By the time I was 22 , I 'd run up nearly £4,000 in debt , and was beginning to fall behind with the payments because I rested sending money off to pay for clothes I 'd fallen out of love with . |
| 30 | is it , how many miles is it that I fly to Turin and Zurich and do you want me to try and add that up and then it was into the cars I thought oh this is an easier question to answer , I 'll stick with the cars cos I know that I do twenty two thousand . |