Example sentences of "to [art] [noun pl] [subord] i [verb] " in BNC.
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1 | I would send it swooping over and under hers , or dive it down to the sands while I stood on a dune cliff , pulling the kite down to nick tall towers of sand I 'd built , then pulling up again , the kite trailing a spray of sand through the air from the collapsing tower . |
2 | Anyway , I will risk it , not because I want to give the fish a chance ; I do not believe in giving any fish a chance , I go to the races when I want to gamble . |
3 | By now , rather than dreaming of becoming Regius Professor of History , I was planning my speech to the cameras when I won my first Open Championship . |
4 | And , and you think to yourself oh we 've seen everything , but I used to get pleasure in taking somebody to the potteries because I knew they had n't seen it and it would be like ooh , when they got there , you could see the shock , the surprise in their eyes when they went in there |
5 | I happened to have with me the journal of Dorothy Wordsworth on my trip to the Dales as I had forgotten to return it to the public library , and you have my word that I dropped it the instant I was made aware that they were harbouring a drug addict . |
6 | I should hand you over to the Tech-Greens if I had any sense ! ’ |
7 | the er the lady that comes to the meetings cos I 've been going to them . |
8 | I went to the woods because I wanted to deliberat I , I not |
9 | Looking forward to the circus , but could I ask you not to throw me to the lions until I 've got my accounts in order ? |
10 | I always come back to the Stones when I think of The Smiths , because of the camp , but mainly because of the way each band illuminates their era for us . |
11 | White shreds cling to the bristles as I churn the water in frenzy . |
12 | My idea is to cast as close to the branches as I dare , then allow the current to carry the bait into the roots . |
13 | I was wrapped up to the eyes when I went u down to put my walking boots on as well because they 're comfortable and there were people going going round in their shellsuits and you know I must be feeling the cold more now . |
14 | I 'll go to the police if I have to . ’ |
15 | As a consequence , I will confine myself to the facts as I understand them . |