Example sentences of "[art] [det] [noun] [conj] i [vb past] " in BNC.

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1 It is very difficult a Sunday , but it Actually although we did n't take a vote on the bus , the few people that I did speak to a few people , and they were not terrible exited at the idea of of an outing during the week .
2 I talked utter rubbish for hours , and on the few occasions that I faltered Lorne would break in and take over until I had recovered my strength .
3 The deterioration in my companion 's movements in the few weeks since I had last seen him was distressing to observe .
4 I ca n't remember now whether in fact we were allowed any at all while we were in the Waaf , but I know that for the few years after I became a civilian again and clothes rationing still went on , the ration allocation was so small that the prospect of buying , for instance , a new winter coat was exceedingly small for most women , especially those with children , whose needs had to come first .
5 I was going to , one of the , the many things that I went to away last meeting with was , was the idea of , that I 've missed it this time for Playback is a list , a listings kind of mechanism , so obviously this is the first one
6 ‘ Well , OK , yes , we do feel shabby — in the same way that I felt bad when we re-released ‘ Rubbish ’ .
7 Not in the same way that I knew of his brother , who made money in biscuits and owned a gleaming Daimler car which he drove very cautiously over the potholes in the road outside our house .
8 I tried to say that I understood , that I 'd felt much the same way when I lost Jess .
9 But would the story have been told in quite the same way if I had been black , or a woman , or nearer their own age and social background ?
10 ‘ In the same way as I had bought her , ’ he agreed bitterly .
11 I also need a formal letter in original from as owner of the vehicle that I am the permitted registered keeper and user — in the same way as I had to have such a letter from .
12 When I was anorexic I postponed the idea of myself-as-mortal in the same way as I postponed the idea of myself-as-sexual-being .
13 I had one friend from another house who felt the same way as I did about the school and the whole process we were being put through .
14 And no , no , I would n't want her to end up the same way as I did . ’
15 In very much the same way as I suggested with my analogy of the German and English rowers ( Chapter 5 ) .
16 I sold them for the same price that I had paid myself .
17 Most people in bands have quite similar backgrounds and I reckon a lot of them shared the same experience as I did .
18 She had approached the pool from the same direction as I had , and , evidently disturbed by me , had crossed the water and gone into the dense tree and scrub jungle on the right-hand side of the glade .
19 ‘ In the same battle that I lost my leg , old Pew lost his sight .
20 Sure enough , Lewis Luther , or whoever , turned up in full Airborne rig — I was pretty sure it was the same bike and I made a note of its number this time — and they did the business as they had at Holborn .
21 As the spend over the three years will be more than that — last year 's spend was £17 million and I expect this year 's to be £25 million , making a total of £42 million — I suppose that I could give my hon. Friend the assurance that he seeks , but even if our figures were so way out that I could be caught on that commitment , when I consider the matter next May — assuming that the burden still falls to me to do so — I would have to make the same calculation as I made this year .
22 ‘ I 'd had one drink but I would have taken the same stand if I had n't had a drink at all .
23 And er in some way or other you know , not always in the same position but I 'd always er had something to do with it .
24 ‘ We play in the same position and I thought I 'd proved myself last season .
25 Its officials may not have come to exactly the same conclusions as I did , but they should have tried to find out .
26 On the album I make the comment that somebody had asked me the same question and I said , ‘ Yep , my left hand 's doing good , right hand 's doing alright , my mind 's as sharp as a tack .
27 The Sheriff asked me the same question and I gave him the same answer as I have you . ’
28 His eyes had turned the same colour and I caught a whiff of that strange perfume which sometimes emanated from him , sweet but sickly .
29 I like to think I 've been helpful to somebody else , so that they do n't make the same mistake as I made , or so that they know the responsibilities they 're taking on if they do have the baby .
30 You 've got ta stick to the same order that I showed you this morning , yeah ?
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