Example sentences of "[noun sg] i [vb base] [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is my milk I get out of the fridge |
| 2 | At the height of the gale I go down to the pier to see how our local boats are doing , but all the anchors appear to be holding firm . |
| 3 | And then with shoulders bunched and my eyes on the messed pavement I shuffle off down the drinker , and sit with tankard and tabloid in the comer by the fire . |
| 4 | But once you have unfolded an ordnance survey map and made the cheese and pickle sandwiches , it 's hard to change your mind , and so on a hot June day I set off up the zig-zagging tourist path from Glen Nevis at ten o'clock in the morning . |
| 5 | I know the person whose house , I mean , I 've spoken to Jane at some length and I 'll probably ring her tonight erm but erm , I , I might go around and see old erm tomorrow at a coffee morning I think up in the village |
| 6 | She is a historian , or more properly a micro-historian , and she is writing a history of our hillside — the road I walk up from the station and the various lanes and alleyways that open off it . |
| 7 | At the top of the dry valley I scramble down to the green path , following the old hedge of thorns and elders , pointing the way , beckoning me onwards as I descend the gently curving path down the rolling hillside . |
| 8 | That was like er er what you call a linseed oil , they call is text that 's some animal 's erm oil I think out of the house and cos they used to , used to rub that in and you could them down lovely . |
| 9 | Last year I set out on the same quest , but met with little success . |
| 10 | As soon as I was out of sight of the school I cut up through the cottages and round the back of the school on to the path to Bourani . |
| 11 | But the chances are as a customer I go back to the dealer and he says ‘ ah , you 've got a warranty , claim on that ’ . |
| 12 | Each time I come out of the onto I 'm impressed by the fact that the snow has been much more pronounced on our side of the road than on the other , which has cleared much more quickly . |
| 13 | Every time I go out in the rain or down a flooded road , the front carpets get soaked . |
| 14 | The only thing they do n't ask is what time I get up in the morning and what time I go to bed at night . |
| 15 | And by the time I get back to the house I expect you to be gone . ’ |