Example sentences of "[noun] [pron] [vb -s] i [art] " in BNC.
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1 | I scrounged that off Tom McAskill who owes me a favour ’ |
2 | Put this to the wife who strikes me a blow with the potato-masher . |
3 | I 've arranged with a friend who owes me a favour that I 'll supply the supervisor for medical equipment being flown to Bucharest . |
4 | One night he brings me a huge bar of Old Jamaica chocolate and watches while I eat the whole lot . |
5 | ‘ I go to a lot of fellowship meetings and I see a counsellor once a week which gives me the tools to handle life on a day-to-day basis . ’ |
6 | Wisely , Roxburgh wo n't change it , but says : ‘ By including Durrant it gives me an added dimension and an option to our midfield play . ’ |
7 | For one thing it gives me the opportunity to write to you , and also I must have time to draw breath and come to terms with this astounding piece of good fortune that has befallen me . |
8 | I always feel happier or calmer with a pen in my hand , for writing is the one activity which gives me an unquestionable dignity and , if I may dare to claim it , an unconquerable pride . |
9 | cos that way it gives me a bit more incentive , it gives me an idea of how it 's looking |
10 | And every year he brings me a red rose and a note with the words written : Rudolf — Flavia — always . |
11 | The second and third weekend I get to the lake just before daybreak armed with a pair of binoculars and settle down for a couple of hours in a spot which gives me a good view of all , or most , of the water . |
12 | I have over the years many times come to the rostrum but for the first time it gives me no pleasure at all in saying what has to be said . |