Example sentences of "[adj] i [be] [verb] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At 7.30 I am walking out through the town in the direction of Lochy bridge then across Blarmhor . |
| 2 | In 1672 , for example , the Dutch Cromwell , de Witt , was torn limb from limb in the street by a frenzied mob , and in 1986 I was beaten up in a bar . |
| 3 | At the end of 1986 I was put on the waiting list and stopped work . |
| 4 | No , all I say to Richard , is I 'm sorry I 'm tied up . |
| 5 | In other words , I C I , Ingaselectric , A E I , all the big firms , all the er coal mines , all the British Rail , well British Rail in those days , and these large firms trained large numbers of apprentices and then after the five years they tipped you out , I 'm sorry I 'm going back a long while , into what they call an improver status and then you could either come back to the firm or you could go , stay where you were . |
| 6 | What happened was I happened to be in the corridors there and the gentleman came in , that 's on the Friday afternoon , gentleman came in and asked to see the Headmaster , so I took him along to see who was the Headmaster then , and erm shortly after that I was called up to see and erm asked me if I 'd like to apply for this job because had seen me erm bringing me up to , bringing him up to see and he said erm , well what about that young fella who brought me up there and would he like to apply . |
| 7 | When I was eighteen and a half I was let out , but I think I got institutionalised being there three and a half years , and I wanted to stay there . |
| 8 | When I was nine months old I was taken out to India by my parents who had a theatre company — they still have it , in fact , and they still tour . |
| 9 | I realized early on how much I was getting out of the callers and the fact that some of them seemed to get something out of me too increased my confidence in other areas of my life . |
| 10 | ‘ Couple of my boys tell me you 're trying to earn a piece of that five grand I 'm putting up . |
| 11 | All I 'm pointing out is that those steps are a hazard , and one which any sane architect would have omitted from his plan from the start . ’ |
| 12 | If this is it , I am sure I am going out on the highest note possible . ’ |
| 13 | Just to top , make sure I 'm topped up . |
| 14 | I 'm sure I was set up and this girl was exactly the sort of person they 'd be able to get to do it , because there was no sense in it otherwise . |
| 15 | At first I was washing up and making the tea , then I progressed to collecting requests before I finally took the plunge and started doing my own programme . |
| 16 | First I 'm going down to the village to fetch old Bonnie and get her to have a look at that ankle . |
| 17 | At one point in 1987 I was bowling up the M6 talking to a colleague in London on my ‘ hands-off ’ Cellnet phone — it had a microphone in front of me on the visor . |
| 18 | ‘ Naked I was sent back ’ , he says at one point ( recalling the story of Scyld ) , but he does not say who sent him . |
| 19 | After one day on my own I am put back on trainee status . |
| 20 | After a year or two I was nipping out at lunchtime to pick up a new skirt for the office party , calling at the dry cleaners , handing in the photos to be developed and meeting friends for lunch with the best of them . |
| 21 | God , to think how chuffed I was to get out of uniform . |
| 22 | Yeah , it 's alright I 'm giving up now anyway |
| 23 | The next I was blown up ! ’ |
| 24 | At last I 'm coming out ! |
| 25 | By the time I was eight-years-old I was going around with a prostitute . |