Example sentences of "[conj] i [vb base] [pron] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although I tease it with a tender rage |
| 2 | The old Frenchman was delighted with the tobacco and soap and he insisted that I join him in a drink . |
| 3 | But it is impossible for me not to feel that my body is other than I , that I inhabit it like a house , and that my face is a mask which , with or without my consent , conceals my real nature from others . ’ |
| 4 | It is important that I put myself in a position to be able to give you the best possible advice . |
| 5 | ‘ And is n't it fortunate that I know you for a blind fool ? ’ |
| 6 | Now that I seek myself in a serpent |
| 7 | I got so tired of having juice pouring into my bag that I take it in a little lemonade bottle now . |
| 8 | Please let solicitors deal with everything , and also , please believe me when I say that I want nothing but a few mementos of my father . |
| 9 | I try to justify it in terms of training the intellect to think in an abstract and critical way , so I regard it as a general education . |
| 10 | South Gully looks good so I excuse myself past a team on the first pitch who are finding the thin , bubbled ice formation awkward . |
| 11 | This way , Dad and I get you for a little longer . |
| 12 | Everyone sits quietly in the room and the leader draws an imaginary circle with a finger and says ‘ Here I have the wonderful magic circle and I sign it with a dot . |
| 13 | Dinner I boil myself just a few potatoes , and I eat them with a piece of bread … |
| 14 | I tell them that I have the heart of a small boy and I keep it in a jar on my desk ’ |
| 15 | The cottagers of Pook 's Common used to have grazing rights but I 'm the only one to keep an animal now and I keep mine in a paddock belonging to Tom . |
| 16 | They gave me money , and I put it into a jar like Granny had with the egg money . |
| 17 | I know , I went , I got some whelks once and that was in Bay , they were lovely whelks and I put 'em in a bucket and er did n't think and now I used to put some flour in with 'em . |
| 18 | All the perennials are bought in containers and I grow them for a year in their pots to see how they cope with the conditions , then I plant them out in the garden . " |
| 19 | I am childless ; but the Jews are my children and I love them as a parent should , which is to say that I do n't love them for their qualities ( remarkable as these seem to me to be , naturally ) , and only wish them to exist , and to flourish , and to have their right to life and love . |
| 20 | And I 'll do mine so I had three sixty and I split it as a ten times thirty six and then I had two times five for that ten okay ca n't go any further there . |
| 21 | Finally I for one would nt be too bothered if Howard left.What he has done for the club will always be remembered , but no one man is bigger than the club ( apart from maybe Don ) , and I have it from a very good source that if Howard leaves the club , Leeds will soon run into 15 million quid.Is he worth that much ? |
| 22 | There is evidence around the country particularly in , in , in , in Milton Keynes where that sort of arrangement applies and I think we as a County Council as the waste er as the Disposal Authority must make sure that we put in place arrangements which will encourage that sort of thing to happen . |
| 23 | I thought he played well against England last week and I see him as a valuable member of our squad . ’ |
| 24 | The sunlight is falling like a gentle rain and I see it as a silent , unpolluting fuel ; which when it reaches the ground bursts forth in leaves and flowers and is the strength which upholds the trees , and if it failed , all life would fail . |
| 25 | I am here partly because I was fortunate enough to have the happiest and healthiest of childhoods and I see it as a very happy obligation to try to do my best to ensure that all over the world it is possible for other children to enjoy something of what I had . |
| 26 | There 's a man and a woman sitting at a table by the window , and I watch them for a bit . |
| 27 | The smoke sort of hangs in blue layers above the bed and I watch it for a bit . |
| 28 | There 's a fag end on the ground by my eye and I watch it for a bit . |
| 29 | No I 'm not , erm if I , if I take her for a long run . |
| 30 | Right I 'm convinced such a good breed and you very kindly rigged this Topper up for me so well you wo n't mind if I take it for a spin will you ? |