Example sentences of "[noun] i [be] [vb pp] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Possibly due to my lack of marquetry expertise I was drawn towards the three veneer section , and E.J. Higgs ‘ Light Music ’ ( left ) won third prize in the class . |
| 2 | As a young person , I am often quite afraid to go out on the streets in case I am approached by one of these grey-haired vandals and informed how much worse the world is these days or interrogated as to why young people do n't have any respect anymore . |
| 3 | ‘ In any case I was born in World 's End , everyone there has been very good to me . ’ |
| 4 | I was a little unsettled by the fury of the blizzard , and hugged the top of the ridge all the way along , but avoided taking in the top due west of Cairn Gorm in case I was blown off my feet . |
| 5 | At the end of the investitures I was joined by my family and we walked to the exit through the long corridors joined by small flights of deep-carpeted stairs . |
| 6 | If you have such a policy if you were to have criteria of the kind I 'm alluded to erm does that still leave it too open in North Yorkshire , might it still be too wide too many erm er opportunities might meet locations might meet these criteria . |
| 7 | After the first half hour I was hooked by its beautifully lucid narrative , but thrown by the guffaw factor in some scenes . |
| 8 | As a last resort I was put into a special centre for people who wo n't adjust to school . |
| 9 | As I left the cinema I was seized in an irresistible spasm of shivering . |
| 10 | Of course I am addicted to Alexis although I admit the entire thing is very far fetched . |
| 11 | Of course I was sent to bed without any supper . |
| 12 | Serum pepsinogen I was measured in the sample taken immediately before starting the meal by the commercial radioimmunoassay kit manufactured by Incstar Ltd ( Berkshire , UK ) . |
| 13 | Gastric juice ammonium concentration , antral histology , and serum concentrations of gastrin and pepsinogen I were examined in nine H pylori positive and nine H pylori negative uraemic patients . |
| 14 | The day before the election I was treated to an unsolicited political speech on behalf of the Conservative Party . |
| 15 | His smile was so elfin I was reminded of a troll and a performance of Peer Gynt I had seen at the Maddermarket in Norwich . |
| 16 | One dank afternoon I was summoned to the Gorengs ' lounge . |
| 17 | That particular Friday afternoon I was shut in my private office with Geoff Tulloch , one of the coming men in the organisation 's data-processing section . |
| 18 | Finally , after reading Practical PC I am attracted by the idea of building my own computer . |
| 19 | After two minutes I was showered with hot tea and a selection of cakes from the next door cubicle . |
| 20 | In a recent telephone conversation with the CAA I was connected with the department that allocates frequencies for such beacons . |
| 21 | To my utter horror I was put on Fry House , which was the house for pregnant women at that time . |
| 22 | ‘ If rhythm 's a drug I 'm hooked on you/Show me every move/We 've got perfect motion ’ — just like Madonna or Betty Boo at their best , this is pure and damn-near perfect pop , and for once it 's even better in the flesh . |
| 23 | Several times I was stopped in my tracks by the sight of something I could not identify . |
| 24 | Also at times I was overcome by tiredness , really knackered . |
| 25 | And as she opened her legs I was flooded by thoughts and feelings I 'd never had before . |
| 26 | I first recall the line in 1959 when as a young boy scout I was taken to camp at Pont-y-Pant . |
| 27 | As a result I was ridiculed by the other children . |
| 28 | As a result I was bidden to Clarence House for a pre-lunch gin and tonic with her and Princess Margaret . |
| 29 | At the Sphere Club I am struck by how aggressive everyone looks . |
| 30 | Tumbling blearily on deck in my pyjamas I was confronted by the huge bulk of a klondyke trawler ramming alongside us , and I was just in time to see her huge fender catch our motor dory and sink her where she was tied to our stern . |