Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] [noun] [verb] [verb] i " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Convention of Scottish Local Authorities has asked me how the discount system , as distinct from the rebate system , will work . |
| 2 | One of my other SCOTTISH OFFICE contacts has asked me to go in for a sandwich lunch on Wednesday ( 25th ) , which is kind . |
| 3 | Certainly his terse telephone technique had annoyed me last night , but not enough to make me want to spit at the sight of him . |
| 4 | It 's the great work God has chosen me to do ! |
| 5 | The label on the key Mrs Tamm has given me is crumpled and blank . |
| 6 | ‘ This black hole business has got me worried . |
| 7 | From the bottom of my pocket I produced a silver ta'wiz , the Sufi charm Zakir had suggested I purchase as a gift for Chaman . |
| 8 | The front page news continued to amaze me throughout the week : and article on how women will need another 1000 years to match the political and economic clout of men , followed by one on how President Clinton has increased the sales of saxophones by 15 per cent ( you can now order your own limited presidential edition 80 gold-plated for only $795 ) . |
| 9 | My contract with the Somervillian Art Fund has taught me , inter alia , that my bliss is somebody else 's horror , and vice-versa . |
| 10 | I 'm just looking for the biographical summary Ellis has given me . |
| 11 | In other words Cath wants to see me crying . |
| 12 | Summoning up all my courage , I entered San Esteban and its overpowering gilded Churriguera altar seemed to welcome me like a long-lost friend as I dipped my hand in the holy-water stoup at the door and knelt to pray in front of Claudio Coello 's heavenly blue painting . |
| 13 | During the previous six months I had been able to keep a more watchful eye on the whereabouts of the elusive Charlie , thanks to the help of a young officer Daphne had introduced me to who worked in the War Office . |
| 14 | Then I made another , sat down by the telephone , and took from my pocket the dirty envelope Kress had given me . |
| 15 | In fact , I had n't lived south of the river for nearly five years and that had been further over in Southwark until a small matter of an exploding terrace house had persuaded me to go flat-hunting . |
| 16 | My local police force has given me remarkable examples of young people in the south Wales constabulary area who have persistently reoffended . |
| 17 | The local weather forecaster had told me we 'd get rain and we did . |