Example sentences of "the [adj] [noun pl] i [vb past] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So I bought indoor-plants and was given indoor plants , and one of the indoor plants I expended my energy on was the fern with the bright , shiny leaves and the indestructible appearance bought that day when I had suffered the apocalypse . |
| 2 | On the odd occasions I met him , I felt that he 'd adopted all these trappings to keep off a world with which he could not cope . |
| 3 | In the intervening years I allowed myself to be gradually undermined and finally succeeded in losing most outward traces of my cultural identity . |
| 4 | Start by playing these combinations with one note then apply some of the melodic permutations I gave you in part 1 of this series . |
| 5 | As I walked back through the ballroom past the seated guests I saw my wife , daughter and son waving and smiling and waved back , relieved that it was all over . |
| 6 | I wondered whether he preferred the sexual experiences I imagined he must be having with all sorts of men to the one we shared . |
| 7 | But as I painted her stomach and breasts in the little kisses I knew she loved , biting and nibbling her all over , trying to relax her , she was still pondering on Changez . |
| 8 | I 'm having that delivered but the little items I bought myself . |
| 9 | ‘ I came in for a lot of criticism but I know in my heart that the good things I did there were very conveniently swept under the carpet at the time . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ In the present circumstances I felt it … safer … to have the balance of the Council know of my plans . |
| 11 | Cast your mind back to Day 1 and your first attempt at the elementary exercises I asked you to perform . |
| 12 | But this ruse failed , for the education journalists were not interested in the nice distinctions I offered them when they interviewed me on the phone . |
| 13 | After the heavy rains of the past days I expected them to be full , and they were , a lot fuller than when I had seen them the year before . |