Example sentences of "[noun pl] [conj] i [verb] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then the words rebounded back to my ears and I heard their sound and their meaning , and the pain came back at that moment , too , and it all made sense , the way a policeman 's knock on the door must make sense when you 've committed a crime . |
| 2 | I nodded , and she closed her eyes and I saw her shoulders slump a little . |
| 3 | , I 'm on antibiotics cos I got my . |
| 4 | However , it was not for me to tell him how to treat his advisers , and half an hour later three civil servants arrived with their notebooks whereupon I dictated my suggestions to them . |
| 5 | We sat round the fire with our leftovers and I answered their questions about the day 's events . |
| 6 | Personally I 'd hate to see Hodge go , he gives his all and as has been mentioned on a number of occasions scores very important goals but I suppose their is really no place for sentiment with the way we 've started this season . |
| 7 | Well I feel erm really that we should have a little bit more compassion amongst ourselves as women and when I had my first child I had a very good friend who went through the pregnancy with me who is waiting for a child to arrive by adoption , and she had the baby a couple of months after I had my baby . |
| 8 | Well , I have been following this mailing list and have yet to post a message , but am sad to see that it is under these circumstances that I post my first … |
| 9 | Like if I worked at home on Saturday night , and I worked at home on a Sunday lunch-time it would be really , really busy all the time , and like there 's four areas to cover in and there 's only two areas and I think its too |
| 10 | I was about fifteen ; I made my first record and I started playing in nightclubs and I had my first drink . |
| 11 | He asked me if I knew anything about ley lines and I confessed my ignorance . |
| 12 | You will follow every suggestion she makes because the only way you can get back to Paris is on two feet and I doubt your ability to even walk across this room . ’ |
| 13 | For a while though , I had a psychological block to sailing in fresher winds because I thought my weight and strength was not up to it . |
| 14 | I had n't even dared go near Furnival Gardens since I saw my old man for the second rime . |
| 15 | Even today , decades after I saw my first such microscope slide , I still think them extravagantly beautiful and can easily get lost in contemplation of the cellular thicket the microscope reveals , made the more intriguing by the curious , almost three-dimensional effect the stain gives ; as it brings into vision only a few of the total population of the neurons present , the cells seem to stand out like trees in a winter mist ( Figure 10.6 ) . |
| 16 | He was alone for just a few minutes and I made my offer . |
| 17 | In this way , I amused myself for some minutes until I turned my head a fraction and discovered that the old lady was watching me . |
| 18 | ‘ I 'd pet ( the mice ) ‘ em , and pretty soon they bit my fingers and I pinched their heads a little and then they were dead — because they were so little ’ |
| 19 | My history teacher , who was a liberal , joked about such attitudes and I followed her cue . |
| 20 | They stood up to be counted , to save their men 's jobs , their community and their families ' futures and I salute their courage and wish them well in their pit vigil . |
| 21 | We have a meeting within the next couple of weeks to discuss those proposals and I assure my Hon. Friend that we will publish the details as quickly as possible . |
| 22 | Well that 's the best thing , cos I 'm on a case a couple of weeks and I rang your police on Friday night |
| 23 | Er this is quite commonly accepted as er in use in many places and I think my our colleagues on the other side of the table have been using the same basic modelling methodology . |
| 24 | Sir , I have been with my master for twenty years and I know his appearance as well as I know my own . |
| 25 | It was the first time that I had run a 60 metres in years and I improved my personal best to 6.63 seconds , which I was pleased with — but not so happy , obviously , to lose to Lincoln by one-hundredth of a second . |
| 26 | I was a member of AMMA for eight years and I understand its concerns , but I have quoted the brief which shows its support for the Bill 's underlying aims . |
| 27 | ‘ I 've been playing throughout the year for the past six years and I think my body is telling me it is time for a break , ’ he said . |
| 28 | ‘ I 've been playing throughout the year for the past six years and I think my body is telling me it is time for a break , ’ he said . |
| 29 | ‘ I 've been playing throughout the year for the past six years and I think my body is telling me it is time for a break , ’ he said . |
| 30 | It is the concrete being that reasons ; pass a number of years and I find my mind in a new place : how ? the whole man moves ; paper logic is but the record of it . ’ |