Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] i [verb] [pron] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In this hope I name it the Mar Pacifico . ’ |
| 2 | This morning I boiled her a nice fresh egg , and she ate the lot . |
| 3 | Just as he reached the top step I gave him a push — not a hard push , just defensive . |
| 4 | The following day I sent him the stamps and a couple of days later I received in the post not the book but a cheque for slightly less than the value of the book and postage combined , together with the following note , which I reproduce in its entirety : ‘ Herewith a cheque for £20 . |
| 5 | Either way I thought it a nice gesture , and when I next caught his eye I smiled . |
| 6 | Late that night I ask myself the age-old question . |
| 7 | You , you know that paper I showed you the , the reason that we 're making these recordings , it says so er words , so the normal words go on the state about and so they 'll know , they 'll know what the language was , why , in the nineteen nineties |
| 8 | Du n no people have said like that will last a really short time or a really long time , but what 's considered a short time I know what a long time is , a long time is like sort of four months three sort of four months onwards in n it for like people our age , what would a short time be they ? |
| 9 | When I first heard the first noise I thought what the bloody hell 's that and I turned the sound down . |
| 10 | One night I promised myself a hot water bottle , a basket of marzipan fruits and a video . |
| 11 | ‘ One day I asked her a question as I was getting on , and she just smacked my face … |
| 12 | Big overlap on , especially on stuff like this about the dynamics erm do n't forget that sort of first sheet I gave you a long time ago about |
| 13 | That was the first time I discovered what the word ‘ reputation ’ meant . |
| 14 | There are compact , slow-growing forms of nearly all our native trees , but though these are always my first option I consider it a mistake to limit planting choice to our indigenous flora . |
| 15 | The Second Quartet , composed in 1951 , is a far more concise work in a much freer tonal idiom , mostly avoiding the elaborate texture which marks the earlier quartet : perhaps for that reason I find it the more memorable of the two . |
| 16 | In any event I wish you every success and happiness in your chosen course and your future career . |
| 17 | ‘ Yet at the same time I imagined what the celebrations would be like at Molineux . |
| 18 | The other day I sent you the invitation to the MRA Assembly here in June . |
| 19 | Each time I sent him a rewritten chapter , he sent back a long list of objections and questions he wanted me to clarify . |
| 20 | finished that medicine I finished it the my chest , I still feel sick . |