Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] i [adv] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This episode put me off water for years , the platform had seemed almost as high as the Blackpool Tower which we had just visited . |
| 2 | On another occasion one child asked me why owls flew . |
| 3 | Are the 4 cylinder engine mounts suitable to take a Perkins engine without chassis welding and will this engine give me more torque for towing than the present engine . |
| 4 | A servant girl brought me up water , I washed and lay back on the bed to rest before dinner . |
| 5 | And Joe 's mum give me mostly pound coins and get it changed for a ten pound note . |
| 6 | ‘ Well , I 'd never done weights before I came to Chelsea , and my wife gives me better things to eat than bananas . |
| 7 | The first GPs of the season brought me more success than I 'd ever dreamed . ’ |
| 8 | Friday morning saw me up Aonach Mor among all the skiers , sweating daintily in the snow through their expensive Gore-Tex . |
| 9 | One day while out visiting with Father John a man asked me how things were in my country . |
| 10 | Would the smell put me off sex ? |
| 11 | Hopefully if the doctor prescribes me more antibiotics tomorrow then I 'll have finished them by then — if not we 'll have to rearrange things . |
| 12 | The week-long shower drives me up ladders |
| 13 | ‘ Nurse sent me home early.because I 'm ill , ’ she said in a small voice and walked slowly up the stairs . |
| 14 | To find out what the food was like in the RAF today I asked the Catering Branch to tell me how things were different from my days ( the 1950's , I 'm not that old ! ) . |
| 15 | There was a note telling me both Jack and Pat , his wife , were out and could I feed his hens . |