Example sentences of "the [noun sg] i [verb] [pron] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the first meeting in the department I did what every other Transport Minister appears to have done over the previous ten years : I hired Professor Sir Alec Cairncross to advise me . |
| 2 | Er I felt , I 've been after Danny for nearly twelve months to come see and not been able to get him on the night I want him the only night he was able , was available was I think it was one night when we had something else on I ca n't remember what it was . |
| 3 | During the night I visited him every three hours as my vet had told me that if his leg had broken completely it would n't be fair to leave him suffering . |
| 4 | I cash in on my sex appeal I take all the credit I give you the |
| 5 | the minute I saw what a mess she 'd made |
| 6 | Which helmet , oh the helmet I see him every morning driving to school . |
| 7 | For the rest of the journey I told him the plot of My Fair Lady . |
| 8 | And the reason I call it a candid portrait is because I do n't think that the he may have seen somebody there with a camera , but he certainly was n't posing for the camera . |
| 9 | How I wished I could buy him a record-player for all those useless records , but there was no point in thinking along those lines , so in the end I got him a belt , made of different coloured woven leathers , very gay and rather spivvy , only of course it would n't look spivvy on him . |
| 10 | But he would concede nothing , and in the end I gave him a dry little bow and thanked him for the tea . |
| 11 | ‘ The map I gave you the last time . ’ |