Example sentences of "i [verb] [adv prt] [adv] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I gazed out wildly over the crowds . |
| 2 | An interesting example of this , I read about recently in the press . |
| 3 | I sit down here in the absolute silence with my reflection , in a sort of state of mystery . |
| 4 | I sit back down on the bench and sort of snuggle into my coat to try and keep warm . |
| 5 | ‘ I rode out today of a purpose to meet you . |
| 6 | Station Officer Alan Bridle , from Canning Place 's Green Watch , said : ‘ When we arrived I got up on to the roof and then lowered myself down into the centre . |
| 7 | And I enjoyed it , it was quite good , I got on well with the staff . |
| 8 | I got on well with the teachers there before I went to Bridge Road . |
| 9 | Well , my gran had told me that she 'd gone down to see her friends who 'd get the Brown Lion after them by this time and er I decided to go down and tell them as I could see if they had n't got the radio on they would n't have known so as I walked from Burchells down Road I could see doors throwing open lights were coming on , people were coming out in the street and dancing and I got round down to the Brown Lion and it was all in darkness , and I rang the bell on the side door and I heard a few bumps and bangs and Mr who 'd kept it then came to the door , and I said do you know the war 's over and er he said oh no come on in that 's w now his son was a prisoner of war and they had been , he 'd continually tried to escape so much that he had his photograph taken in the Sunday paper , the , the Germans had had kept chaining him to the wall and other prisoners , other soldiers had got these photographs of him and smuggled them out and got them back to England , to the nearest papers , and er he he 'd said to my nan cos he knew she 'd always worked behind the bar , he said will you serve if I open the pub now , which was about eleven o'clock at night and she said yes of course , and the they opened the Brown Lion at about eleven o'clock at night in next to no time the place was full of people drinking , celebrating and of course the next day was really it . |
| 10 | I got out silently at the next roundabout . |
| 11 | When we saw Helen Stoner 's light , Holmes and I got in quietly through the window . |
| 12 | Darren , 21 , said : ‘ The smoke was very dense , so I got down low on the floor and pushed the kitchen door open . |
| 13 | I peered back ruminatively into the pen . |
| 14 | I wandered back up to the station concourse . |
| 15 | Allan Scuffle ( or scuffling Allan ) gave me a frank grin and handshake , and I wandered back down to the Liffey . |
| 16 | When I woke up back in the war , I could feel the difference at once . |
| 17 | I woke up early in the morning and remembered about Boris and the cupboard . |
| 18 | In the 100 metres Allan got away to a fine start , I came through fast at the end , there was a photo-finish between us and he got the verdict . |
| 19 | As I came up out of the trough , the wave was pouting out a lip like the deck of an aircraft carrier . |
| 20 | Maybe it is time that I came in out of the storm . " |
| 21 | When I came in early on the Saturday morning , I was very surprised to find that Mr Jimmy Mackenzie — patrolman — had washed all the glasses for me — unasked . |
| 22 | I came off well in the area of sweet coupons , too . |
| 23 | ‘ Well , I came back here to the apartment and Rico 's not home . |
| 24 | Perhaps he said nothing , and I came back here in a dream … ’ |
| 25 | I , I think er erm when I first started down there , it was a job , I thought well this is a good job fifteen bob a week , that 's , that 's a lot more than some of the other boys who 'd left school got , they were twelve and six you see and erm , I think erm I came back out of the forces and took over more responsible jobs , I do n't think I could have gone to anything else but transport . |
| 26 | ‘ I came out here for a breath of air , ’ he said , ‘ but I guess it 's time to go back now . |
| 27 | I came out here with a sconce torch . |
| 28 | ‘ Look , I came out here in a muddle . |
| 29 | As we speed nearer and nearer , I hunch up closer to the windscreen to see every poignant detail of its last few seconds . |
| 30 | I walk back up to the top gate . |