Example sentences of "[adv] i [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I felt uneasy and the back of my neck was prickly with sweat , but relentlessly I kept the same pace towards them . |
| 2 | But mostly I remember the fishing and if it had n't been for having to carry a gas mask , go without sweets and put up with loud bangs in the middle of the night , I would hardly have known a war was going on . |
| 3 | Would n't I like to curl up on the sofa ? — and mostly I enjoyed the sweaty heaving pleasures of the British Legion do , where the guests galumphed and the men got drunk and waved bottles around — and one thing I noticed through all the ranks of society , no matter what the background , or the income , or the form the party took , was that as the evening wore on women would begin to look pained and patient and longed to get home , but did n't like to say so for fear of being accused of ruining the evening 's fun . |
| 4 | mostly I have the erm tut my sp special tapes records |
| 5 | Correction : mostly I watched the women watching it . |
| 6 | Slowly I unfolded the thick paper and spread it flat in front of me . |
| 7 | Slowly I leave the land 's hard lights behind , |
| 8 | Nervously I left the safety of a good peg and did a few free moves towards the next one , 20 feet away on the blank left wall . |
| 9 | Hazel stakes are unquestionably the best but when I caught rabbits professionally I had the estate make me up a set of iron stakes of only ⅜ inch ( 1 centimetre ) diameter , with a small shoulder at the top to prevent the top line sliding down the stake . |
| 10 | Then you can give him the clothes , right I want the clothes . |
| 11 | The initial research provided nothing , but eventually I discovered the scientific name and came up with a photograph of Synbranchus marmoratus , also known as the Marbled Swamp Eel . |
| 12 | Eventually I reached the cliff top . |
| 13 | Eventually I interrupted the diatribe to point out that I was paying him to take me to the newspaper , not for his opinions about it . |
| 14 | Eventually I thought the only way I could control what I was doing was to decide on one specific charity — I chose Muscular Dystrophy — and work just with them , which is what I did . |
| 15 | Eventually I reach the road and follow it to its top , surprised by how close I was to the summit of the pass . |
| 16 | Eventually I reach the same old compromise . |
| 17 | Eventually I struck the compromise . |
| 18 | Melville explains , ‘ The downside got overlooked because of the crusading side , but eventually I got the sex mag blues . |
| 19 | Eventually I walked the night away , twice hiding in the ditch of the old Glencoe road as lagerlout cars — I could hear their maleficent approach down the glen — tyre-screeched past . |
| 20 | ‘ I belong to the Duke of Gloucester Trust and eventually I persuaded the officials to try fitting one of my whistles . |
| 21 | Eventually I had the other repeat to make the three parts , so then I could make harmonies by playing along with the tape . ’ |
| 22 | I swallow , throat dry , tears finally coming into my eyes and eventually I squeeze the words out : |
| 23 | ‘ Eventually I suppose the Unknown Lands will become Khanates , ’ Jotan said . |
| 24 | I 'm totally left-handed , but eventually I learned the bottleneck style used by blues singers . |
| 25 | But then I , eventually I tried the building trade again and I joined a firm called er forget , or something like that and I was working up in George Street in , in , in Edinburgh . |
| 26 | Eventually I called the police and they broke down the door . |
| 27 | I have most of them already and besides I enjoy the reputation of being the best teacher . |
| 28 | The glassy grain of water looking upward I see the bed |
| 29 | When I found out what was going on I persuaded the colonel to go for a little holiday — and then , ’ he continued angrily when Hilary snorted derisively again , ‘ when I did meet you , I could n't believe my eyes . |
| 30 | From somewhere I got the idea of going to art college I 'm sure it was because I 'd read about all the rock musicians who 'd started their bands at art colleges — John Lennon and Keith Richards in particular . |