Example sentences of "[vb -s] his [noun] [conj] i " in BNC.
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| 1 | He regains his strength when I sit upon the bed beside him ; he reaches for me , he kisses me violently . |
| 2 | He shakes his head and I get a shiver , remembering just that gesture of his , repeated and repeated so that it became like a nervous tic after a while , back in Strathspeld , after Clare 's funeral in ‘ 89 ; a gesture of disbelief , refusal , non-acceptance . |
| 3 | There 's a power cut ; the lights go out and we light candles and gas lamps and end up — a hard core of seven of us ; Andy , me , Howie , another two local lads and a couple of the traveller boys — down in the snooker room where there 's a beat-up looking table and a leak in the ceiling that turns the whole of the stained , green-baize surface into a millimetre-shallow marsh , water dripping from each pocket and dribbling down the bulky legs to the sopping carpet , and we play snooker by the light of the hissing gas lamps , having to hit the white ball really hard even for delicate shots because of the extra rolling resistance the water causes , and the balls make a zizzing , ripping noise as they race across the table and sometimes you can see spray curving up behind them and I 'm feeling really drunk and a bit stoned from a couple of strong Js smoked out in the garden earlier with the travellers but I think this dimly lit water-hazard snooker is just hilarious and I 'm laughing maniacally at it all and I put an arm round Andy 's neck at one point and say , You know I love you , old buddy , and is n't friendship and love what 's it 's really all about ? and why ca n't people just see that and just be nice to each other ? except there are just so many complete bastards in the world , but Andy just shakes his head and I try to kiss him and he gently fends me off and steadies me against one wall and props me up with a snooker cue against my chest and I think this is really funny for some reason and laugh so much I fall over and have distinct problems getting up again and get carried to my room by Andy and one of the travellers and dumped on the bed and fall instantly asleep . |
| 4 | And here 's , here 's , hold on a minute here 's , here 's something else here 's a statistic , in America in America , when a policeman , every time a policeman fires his gun and I 'm not talking about one or two I 'm talking everyone , it 's a statistic , you all know what statistics is I hope ? |
| 5 | ‘ We do hope Mr De Klerk gets his mandate but I do not want to say there will be a review of policy in our dealings with his administration . |
| 6 | ‘ Monsieur de Craon does his job and I do mine , ’ Corbett replied drily . |
| 7 | SIR John Harvey-Jones knows his business but I ca n't stomach the self-righteous attitude of some managers who have taken their companies to the brink of disaster . |
| 8 | Councillor Buchanan , therefore , is confused in imagining that the board is a committee of the council , on which he bases his argument that I should not have remained in office . |