Example sentences of "[art] [adj] [noun pl] i [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Volunteer Eileen said : ‘ For half a second I thought it was a hoax but as he began to name the four streets I took him seriously . ’ |
| 32 | After the heavy rains of the past days I expected them to be full , and they were , a lot fuller than when I had seen them the year before . |
| 33 | Those were the last words I heard him say for over two years . |
| 34 | On one of the last occasions I saw him , I mentioned my dealings with Mountbatten and asked what he thought of him . |
| 35 | I was having a War at the time — the Mussels against the Dead Flies I think it was — and while I was in the library poring over the book and trying to keep my eyes open , soaking up all those damn silly Imperial measurements , the wind would be blowing my fly armies over half the island and the sea would first sink the mussel shells in their high pools and then cover them with sand . |
| 36 | Actually , I did n't like the way Diggs questioned me about what had happened , and for a few moments I thought he might have guessed , but my replies seemed to satisfy him . |
| 37 | After a few attempts I found I was turning like Robby Naish for the first part of the turn , then falling in on the inside of the turn . |
| 38 | But after a few years I discovered I was not earning enough money from my patients . |
| 39 | And I went down , I went somewhere else there was a few places I saw them so erm I said to , I said to Robert now you know those shirts , that shirt I bought you for Christmas ? |
| 40 | I then started lungeing him and within a few months I rode him out at walk : a very difficult task . |
| 41 | I was sleeping with my boyfriend , and after a few months I found I was pregnant and I had to stop going there . |
| 42 | The warts are all there too for without a few blemishes I think it would be a rather dull story . |
| 43 | At a meeting of the Cairngorm Club he told a hushed audience ‘ For every few steps I took I heard a crunch as if someone was walking after me but taking steps three or four times the length of my own . |
| 44 | In particular he thinks the educated should have at least two votes , he does n't say how many erm that 's a matter determined case-by-case I take it , erm erratically it could be a thousand votes I mean he does n't rule that out , he does n't say it has to be more than one er two , but erm his view is that the educated to a specially privileged in a specially privileged position because they are erm more able to use their vote sensibly or to be given more than one vote , so we need now there 's going to be a question erm how do you know who the educated people are to make such suggestions , anyone with a university degree will be pleased to hear gets more than one vote on Mill 's system . |
| 45 | if we , if there was no nuclear weapons I reckon we would of , probably would of been at war with Russia now |
| 46 | As I was picked from about a hundred applicants I think I did quite well . |