Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] [conj] i [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | " Lift that bloody foot like I told you ! " |
| 2 | I gather this is normal practice but I find it a little unreasonable . |
| 3 | I thought , ‘ this will make the carrying of the tea to the remaining resident members of my family an uncommonly pleasant event , because they will all smile upon me instead of producing the customary resentful grunt when I stir them from sleep , and they will say ‘ Good morning , dear husband/father ( as the case might be ) , and they will reach under their beds for the gift-wrapped goodies so lovingly prepared and concealed the night before , and handing me their tributes they will voice their gratitude to God that I have survived so far , and will express the pious hope that they may be able to repeat such sentiments on this same date for many a year to come . |
| 4 | They hand-made him this acoustic guitar and I thought it was really beautiful , so I thought I 'd like something like that . |
| 5 | That moustache is not an English moustache , the flower in the button-hole is from some foreign field and I fancy he does not care for his pickled egg . |
| 6 | It only has the force of a recommended practice whereas I believe it should have the full force of a standard , but at least it is there and perhaps in the fullness of time it may attain higher status . |
| 7 | Although I have serious reservations about the methodology of most of these studies ( in that they are far too pessimistic about the ability of the business community to respond to changing circumstances following changing relative prices ) and although some of the shortages which appear are due not so much to the limits of nature as the intervention and regulation of governments , nevertheless they raise sufficiently serious doubts about such things as the effects of carbon dioxide and the present lack of adequate recycling that I believe they must be taken seriously . |
| 8 | ‘ I am carrying a load of wiring and electronic equipment so I knew they would be interested in it , but I am completely in favour of this type of search . ’ |
| 9 | It may well be a social skill but I think it 's |
| 10 | Coun Len Douglass said : ‘ He has obviously been told to stay away by the Labour group but he was there in a civic capacity and I find it very sad . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ Graeme has the ability to become a top-class performer and I rate him highly . |
| 12 | ‘ It was an exciting record but I thought it was badly made . |
| 13 | I strongly agree with my hon. Friend and I join him in paying tribute to the management of the health service in his part of the country . |
| 14 | ‘ Arazi has been working like his old self and I hope he can go back to America for the Breeders Cup and win like he did last year . ’ |
| 15 | I pick up my old self and I see it 's silly . |
| 16 | To Timothy his dear dad great mercy and peace to you from God the father and Christ Jesus our Lord I give thanks to the God of my forefathers who I worship with a clear conscience when I mention you in my prayers as I do constantly night and day . |
| 17 | You see and that al old aunt that I told you about she always referred this road through as the new road . |
| 18 | I think that 's extremely true and extremely sound advice and I hope we can go away today bearing that in mind . |
| 19 | It was only when friends accused me of being a pompous , humourless prat that I realised it was meant as a joke . |
| 20 | ‘ I know I 'm going to be a marked man but I like it when people are tight on me . |
| 21 | During the next few days I lived in terror , doors locked , ready to fly — to leave through the front door if Aunt Louise came to the back , or out of the back door if I saw her coming down the path . |
| 22 | That was n't the reason I gave her to David , but because she was a trained dancer and I thought she could help David get the simple steps of the minuet together , because he had difficulty in putting two steps together . |
| 23 | Let me leave you there for the moment with my views of high morale as I saw it , and I saw a great deal of it during my constant circuit within the Command . |
| 24 | ‘ My father is an unpleasant old man and I daresay I shall be . |
| 25 | And he 's he 's a little old man and I think he 's smashing ! |
| 26 | Red Cottage was unsuitable for other reasons , but there was space and fresh air and I think I need these . ’ |
| 27 | He gave a lifetime of service to British public life and I know he will be greatly missed by his many friends and admirers both in the Labour Party and outside politics . ’ |
| 28 | Before he left , he held out his free hand and I took it . |
| 29 | Before he left , he held out his free hand and I took it . |
| 30 | the possibility of deliberate , purposeful social improvement and I think it 's much more straightforward than people generally suggest . |