Example sentences of "[noun sg] i [verb] [pron] [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 ‘ Of course I know nothing about the process of childbirth , ’ she said , with an austere expression about her lips … .
2 when she came up yesterday I said , we 've had our dinner , I said do you want , want some dinner ? of course I put it in the oven for her
3 So this afternoon I had him on the settee
4 ‘ An' where 's the money I gave yer fer the pictures ? ’ he demanded .
5 Finding myself in the coal bunker at the back of the bungalow I did nothing till the morning of dawning when maximum light was to be utilised for a rather essential cold water wash under an outside tap , and I was soon back on the solid road remarking that the hedgerows ' newborn leaves utter great things .
6 Yes it 's great , I mean in the first year lecture on Tuesday erm in the break I gave them in the middle of it the the corridor was like thick with tobacco smoke y'know you could hardly
7 I did n't approve of what he was doing , but if I refused his money I would be more and more visible , so I took it , and when he had gone off in relief back towards the dining car I gave it to the barman .
8 rush and Summer slack I sell it by the yard .
9 Like a fool I told her about the man I 'd been living with .
10 Outside in the corridor I grabbed him by the elbow .
11 Discovering how much I wanted you , right from the moment I saw you in the flesh for the first time , was harder still .
12 Much to my shame I knew nothing of the Cambrian Railways as most of my interest up to then had been in the Southern Railways and to a greater extent industrial railways , and so decided that much research was necessary , which along with the commencement of renovations will form part of our next episode : - ‘ A NEW STATION IN LIFE ’ .
13 But for Ilsa 's sake I asked him about the gleaming star and discs on their rainbowed ribbons and he became almost talkative .
14 I , when , when we go down to playschool I walk but because it takes what fifteen minutes to walk into town I put him in the pushchair
15 At a particularly exciting point I dropped it between the seats in front , and insisted that my parents ask the people to look for it .
16 from my vantage point I saw nothing in the few seconds between the County Inspector 's announcement to have incited what appeared to be a concerted start by the police .
17 It was definitely time to say farewell and stepping down from the canal at that point I found myself on the very street of my son 's house .
18 ‘ Remember the lecture I gave you in the train .
19 It 's for this latter meaning I chose it as the name of my new holiday company .
20 I often walked along the shore , and one day I saw something in the sand .
21 That is where I spilled vodka on it the day I wore it for the first time . ’
22 Next day I shot him in the arm during our fight , thought that was the end of the whole thing , and left France .
23 On the appointed day I presented myself at the villa .
24 Alter that night I threw myself into the struggle on Mrs Rumney 's behalf .
25 Oh yes , every month I call him into the office and I say , it still is n't good enough , pull your socks up .
26 Yeah and that 's another thing I found I had a letter from the Social Security saying would you please send your order book back you 're not entitled to any more money , your sickness benefit 's run out , I thought it ca n't have , I do n't go back until the twenty fifth of March , phones up for the appointment I got it on the fifth of March , nine days ago
27 So I present this pattern I push it through the decoders and I see that that line 's maybe is active so I put a one in there to record the fact that that logic term er occurred .
28 In the course of the paper I addressed myself to the question : ‘ Why is it that people unhesitatingly talk of feeling hot as well as of feeling the heat of things ? ’
29 Every morning I drove him to the hospital , waited for his X-ray treatment , drove him home again and helped him to bed .
30 My Lord the first er issue is as a matter of English law and the English law position , my Lord in making my main submissions to your Lordship I took you to the case , we looked at the statements of er the House of Lords and er Lord in particular with whom the other Law Lords agreed , my Lord do you wish to go back to the fact again ?
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