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

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1 ‘ Actually , I happen to have-a flask of Scotch on me , just in case I broke down on the road …
2 As I walked across the car park I looked back at the police station and almost expected to see the figure of Inspector Drew looming at one of the windows as in an early Orson Welles film .
3 This is my milk I get out of the fridge
4 I muttered thanks and as she disappeared to the kitchen I stepped up to the sitting room door , knocked rather timidly and entered .
5 Full of misgiving I drove on into the darkness .
6 After we 'd agreed the itinerary I got on with the detailed flying planning , using the new French VFR maps and the American TPC ( Tactical Pilotage Charts ) which we bought from Stamfords in London .
7 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 .
8 My last weekend with the car I went over to the Island of Luing , leaving the car ( foot ferry only on Sundays ) at Cuan Ferry .
9 After spending all morning talking to clients on the telephone , in place of lunch I nipped up to the golf club and played a few holes with one of the assistants .
10 In a kind of panic I walked back to the carob and along the east side of the gulley to the top of the cliff that overlooked the private beach .
11 My combat jacket , knife , bags , catapult and other equipment I took down to the kitchen with me .
12 Yes , if we skip all the intermediate years with , after the war I came back from the army to find we 'd been bombed out and were living in requisition accommodation , after a time , the , we were moved into a new flat over some shops .
13 The next moment I jumped back against the wall , trembling with fear and horror .
14 To the crews ' embarrassment I stumped up on the bridge wearing the eye patch and the parrot on my shoulder with the added embellishment of an iron hook up the loose sleeve of my coat , to take Venturous alongside in full view of a crowd of holidaymakers lining the pier who , although somewhat mystified , obviously enjoyed the show .
15 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 .
16 After a little while I went on to the drum with Mr Stevens ’ brother , Sid ; and then I got a full man 's money , one and eightpence , a lot o' money to take home then .
17 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 .
18 We were four days in Piraeus and every day I went back to the Acropolis .
19 The other day I went back into the city to walk round some of my old haunts .
20 One day I walked out of the house , leaving all my possessions .
21 I blush when I recall the day I slipped out of the office , bound for HCI 's Tropicana Beach Club …
22 In the dead of night I crept down to the breakfast room , the nerve centre .
23 ‘ At midnight I crawled back to the village on my stomach .
24 So after the opening I ran out of the dressing room to where Dad , in his red waistcoat , was waiting with all the others .
25 I remember on one occasion I dashed out of the television studios to the bookshop in Norwich without a trace of make-up on and these kids fell off their bikes , saying ‘ Ugh , in real life you do n't look at all like you do on TV . ’ ’
26 ‘ And as to how I found you — when you did n't answer the phone I went round to the flat .
27 Last month I went back over the past 40 years of owning knitting machines and described some of the ways that I made sufficient money for the machines to pay for themselves .
28 As a teenager I grew up through the rock ‘ n roll era and witnessed the influence many pop stars exerted on things such as fashion and philosophy .
29 As a teenager I moved out of the nursery into the attic .
30 Con Fenton 's cottage was less than half a mile away and on my way back to the surgery , on an impulse I pulled up at the door .
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