Example sentences of "[prep] the [adj] i " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cichlasomaniacs are all too familiar with the current confused taxonomy of their favourites , but for the uninitiated I had better explain the basic situation — even if you find taxonomy boring you may find this helpful in understanding the names currently applied to these fish . |
| 2 | It 's nice for the young I think . |
| 3 | While we sat on the plane waiting for the injured I noticed the dog . |
| 4 | For all this however , he has an iron nerve and told me , ‘ I have never been scared but when I go out for the National I get a tingling sensation . |
| 5 | Well to me when I come home of the Crimean I look at these massive tips you know in Blaenau on your left and the old on the right and that , erm if the old man that first rucked his pick and shovel or whatever trussel and or whatever they started would have known what he was starting then , it was like the Klondike of Wales . |
| 6 | Still , if you knew the pressure on beds here during the Festival you would be glad not to be in a tent in the gardens — often the fate of the young I do not , however , anticipate being away , as I can not really afford to be ( either literally £££ ) or away from job search which gets daily more depressing . |
| 7 | Since the launch of the WISE I bus in 1984 vehicles have been used for periods of between one and three weeks in some 100 LEAs and 1000 schools throughout England , Scotland and Wales , quite apart from the members of the public who have seen the vehicles at exhibitions , conferences and special events . |
| 8 | Er but , you know , I , I 'd , as I say , I think er and then if we just , if we can just pick up like the odd I mean , I 've , I 've had a long chat with Anne , we 've had a long , erm meeting with Anne yesterday about it , and she 's gon na start pushing cos you know , she 's really done the Royal upstairs , it 's |
| 9 | Well , when there are , I mean , I think , well I think it really con I mean , when I 'm with the Dutch I really thought the other day I can till David comes back again , quite quickly . |
| 10 | I had rooms in college that year , so instead of turning east along the High I carried on down Magpie Lane and round the corner into Merton Street , taking care over the cobbles , treacherous when wet . |
| 11 | From the inner-city I steer shakily over the Liffey and through the cobbled streets and mixed primary colours of old Dublin , through a wide stretch of bleak , bland suburbs and onto a motorway . |
| 12 | ‘ From the little I 've grasped about him I 'd say that was unlikely , to say the least . ’ |
| 13 | From the little I knew of you it seemed out of character . |
| 14 | From the little I 've been able to piece together when my father has chosen to let slip some information , I 've been able to get what I think is an accurate idea of what happened . |
| 15 | From the little I saw of the game Ipswich seemed quite content with standing inside their own penalty box and only closing down people when they got within 2 yards of it . |
| 16 | ‘ In the long-run I 'd like to be looked on as a composer rather than a stick player . |
| 17 | In the short-term it might work as a morale-booster for players to see a fresh face , but in the long-term I do n't think anybody else could do any better than Howard . |
| 18 | In the above I have assumed that we are dealing only in values , and that we are not considering how prices of production , average rate of profit , etc. , are formed by the introduction of ‘ Dept . |
| 19 | Someone was , and probably is , with me , helping me in the little I am trying to do . |
| 20 | Then I used to go round the fucking I 'd say why did n't you waken me be |
| 21 | Well we shall have to stick to the occasional I bought some of that cheese . |
| 22 | In Standard English they range from uh-huh and yes to the explicit I agree with you . |
| 23 | As I walked to the fair I noticed a polystyrene cup , a discarded baby 's dummy and a chicken leg ; hardly a balanced diet for a fox . |
| 24 | That borders on the nasty I think . |
| 25 | On the question of the public conveniences erm I feel there 's been a lot of discussion about this , this kind of issue and I feel that what we 've got now is a good agreement erm , we 've got still providing a good level of service with attendance at the central I do n't like referring to conveniences , at the time that they are most needed and I think that now I would n't like to see us go without that if we do n't really need to . |