Example sentences of "the [noun] i [verb] [pron] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the spur of the moment I offered him 40 — he almost wept in gratitude . |
| 2 | ‘ I knew it the moment I saw it last Sunday . |
| 3 | I knew from the moment I saw my squashed , bloated foot and my ankle that my trousers would have to be cut off . |
| 4 | I would not rest easy knowing Araminta would see you off without so much as a penny piece the moment I breathe my last . ’ |
| 5 | Idly I wonder if she 'd have done the same thing had the play been Shakespearean : ‘ Now is the winter of our discontent … but leaving aside discontent for the moment I want you all to put your hands together for good old birthday boy Barry in Box B. All together now , Happy Birthday to you … ’ |
| 6 | And I would also point out that we are not proposing excessive development , in one of the papers I 've I 've put round , and I repeat the point I made it earlier . |
| 7 | Be before you were chosen by whatever process a number of us was asked to comment and one of the things I felt it important to say was that the URC plays a very important role both in being a bridge between all these nations but also serving a particular reform tradition within Wales . |
| 8 | At the beginning I found it hard work because he did not seem able to concentrate . |
| 9 | Now , on the back I bought him some extra fog lights for back and I bought him them fog lights that goes int window . |
| 10 | Washbrook , the four-square and fearless warrior with the faded , jaunty-peaked , blue cap of both Lancashire and England , was 75 on Wednesday , the day I dared my many happy returns , and still as robust , hale and healthy as ever . |
| 11 | The day I call you Chief Rabbit , Hazel , that 'll be the day , that will ! |
| 12 | In my last article in the magazine I told you all about my trip to Saudi Arabia , but I did n't tell you why I went or what I hope to do next . |
| 13 | Rather than let you go to the contessa I thought it wise to let you waste an hour or two at the museum . ’ |
| 14 | But during the weekends I did my best to claim her attention , following her about from room to room as I had done as a small child , and chattering endlessly about life , literature and the events of the previous school-term . |
| 15 | To relieve the monotony I called my watchmate Peter and we decided to take a closer look at the yacht . |
| 16 | I really feel she said , I hope that we can sort something out , but the next morning of course I was first on the list I had my formal interview , mine was half past nine , but when I got in there Sue , and Steve which was gon na be the head manager and this girl from erm Princess Marina who was gon na be the nurse |
| 17 | Now the reason I ask you these questions , of course , is not you personally , but the Tourist Board is responsible for a grading scheme which is available for us , the consumers , to help us pick the right hotel for our needs . |
| 18 | My Lord the reason I to make it clear is not er unnecessarily it 's just that to enable a police had tried to not show anything , well we 've got the documents here and we 're very happy to receive them . |
| 19 | In the end I contacted my good friend Tom Poulton of the Tropical Marine Centre , Exeter , on the basis that I am at least a customer of his , albeit mainly for fish rather than equipment . |
| 20 | On departure , many of the younger guests , deeming themselves insufficiently primed , were about to ‘ go on ’ somewhere , and in the end I found myself alone on the pavement with Eliot . |
| 21 | I 'd called it that all my life so why should they try to force me to change the way I speak my own language ? |
| 22 | ‘ It berates me for the way I mistreated it last night . ’ |
| 23 | He does n't approve of the way I spend my free time . |
| 24 | The first one , I mean , er , this is not casting the stone , but this is the way I see 'em all . |
| 25 | ‘ On the order I want you all to march forward in straight lines . |
| 26 | By the time I reached my mid-twenties , being buggered about was something I simply accepted . |
| 27 | ( And all the time , at the back of my mind , the pedestals of famous philosophers , teachers , and experts were falling , until by the time I reached my own road they were just ordinary human beings . ) |
| 28 | I believe it was on this ride that I sensed something I had not felt since the time I took my French classes in London : a sort of exhilarating separateness . |
| 29 | Erm right er now definitely by the time I see you next time if not before erm I 'll get them okay . |
| 30 | Before printing the essay I thought it safer to send it to Shaw . |