Example sentences of "[prep] i [verb] their " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Yes , a great bunch of fellows , I thought — language was a bit of a problem , but they were so keen for me to join their party , they just would n't take no for an answer — really friendly people , I thought … ’ |
| 2 | But whether or not there is a complete justification for me to regard their advice or instructions as guides to my conduct in the way I regard a binding authoritative directive depends on my other goals . |
| 3 | She expected to live her life as though she still had four maids with me doing their work . ’ |
| 4 | I said I want to write my own novel , I wanted to take the characters from Rebecca , who of course would come to me bearing their pasts , but I wanted to move them right away from Rebecca and then write on , and that 's what I did . |
| 5 | Of this period Glass says ; ‘ I loved Charlie Parker and Bud Powell but it never occurred to me to play their music . |
| 6 | ‘ I loved Charlie Parker and Bud Powell but it never occurred to me to play their music . |