Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun] and i [vb base] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I have been watching videos of my fights and I have been making a lot of basic mistakes . |
| 2 | I am keeping them alive in my heart and I want you all to do the same . ’ |
| 3 | Two inches on my hair and I look as if I 've had my face thinned and people start speaking in hushed voices in my presence . |
| 4 | She said ‘ No , he likes my cooking and I keep the house very tidy . ’ |
| 5 | Mr Bell was dismissive of the criticisms , commenting : ‘ I have managed to get through campaigns without knowing the names of my opponents and I think I will be reasonably successful this time , too . ’ |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Well , you see , the trouble is Marg I go out on my bike and I think , ooh it 's cold I 'll and then I forget going in the |
| 8 | Er we had a very good example of that in application sub the other day with where I 'm sure it was very helpful to have that input and there is considerable respect paid for the patch view in planning in my experience and I think that 's very healthy . |
| 9 | ‘ You 've got all my money and I 've had no dinner meself for three days , ’ I said . |
| 10 | She 's made me more responsible and I 've done better in my exams and I 've worked at my English . |
| 11 | I 've done my exams and I think I 've done well in them . |
| 12 | It 's real cold against my skin and I jump a bit , but I reckon it looks really good . |
| 13 | on their own back , she did n't ask for it and June ai n't worked since Christmas , so er , I says I know what it 's like with my sister and I mean she 's been right in it ai n't she ? |
| 14 | ‘ My sister and I have been estranged some years . |
| 15 | Despite the way I sometimes rag her , she is my sister and I do love her , so do n't take this as being disloyal . |
| 16 | I know she can be difficult , but she is my sister and I love her . ’ |
| 17 | That is what I have in my kitchen and I find that it is very simple to lift and scrub the tiles that take the most punishment , like the ones by the cooker . |
| 18 | So I look at my watch and I see it 's nearly midnight . |
| 19 | The problem is I 've found myself more and more attracted to my son-in-law and I know he feels the same way . |
| 20 | ‘ I make my living and I support my mother ! ’ |
| 21 | The only point is that I want that foreigner not to undersell my labour and I want him to be as competent to do the work as well as I would do it myself . |
| 22 | On the one hand there 's Little Liz , and on the other there 's Lovebite ; but just as I think I 've made a decision , the image of Lord Lane comes into my mind and I get all confused again . |
| 23 | I 've wiped them from my mind and I think you 're about to do so as well . ’ |
| 24 | As I trudge my way home through the city streets The cats and the houses retreat And a thunder of hooves beats in my mind And I gallop through acres of wheat . |
| 25 | ‘ The world championships are in the forefront of my mind and I have to be patient . |
| 26 | ‘ That will depend on my performances and I hope that as long as my form for Liverpool improves I will be knocking on the door . |
| 27 | Nothing ‘ happened ’ — but that was n't my fault and I do n't think much of a man who 's foul-mouthed enough to insinuate things about his own sister ! ’ |
| 28 | ‘ My fault and I feel badly about it . |
| 29 | A small smile plays teasingly around the corners of my mouth and I ask , ‘ Do you have jobs ? ’ |
| 30 | I must choose my words with care as well that my clients and I think that there was very much an effect of people wanting to have a relief road , but also wanting to have it as far away from themselves a as they could have it . |