Example sentences of "[noun] i [verb] [pron] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 And on my faith me think it good reason
2 In case I get it wrong ?
3 It is of course a great advantage if the organization starts , so to speak , with this in place and in our case I believe our scientific heritage and background lead naturally to a wish to hear , dissect and learn from others ' views .
4 For a loathsome instant I felt her awkward quivering weight on my back as she found her feet , and her voice saying …
5 On my way through Kelvingrove Park I flipped my once-precious packet into a wastebasket and walked on .
6 M. I gave you that book to read because I thought you would feel identified with him .
7 As I get her into a fresh pair of rubber knickers I feel something cold on my face .
8 There is such volubility I find it hard to follow what some people are saying , and they make no compromises for non-native speakers .
9 One night in March I visited my old friend at his home in Baker Street .
10 Though I know that the struggle is taking place somewhere , as a housewife I find it harder to believe that there is a part in it for me .
11 Of course I saw her naked .
12 Of course I remember them eighties and nineties here .
13 So a lawyer came , and of course I had my own office , confidential stuff , so he wanted to give it to me .
14 It took me all day to convince my mother that there had been a change , but by the next afternoon I found myself flat on my back in the hospital again with injunctions not to move .
15 The day I went up to university I left you all , country gentry all … country where my father was stifling .
16 On occasions I also added acrylic medium to the Quink to prevent any unnecessary bleeding of the line , although at times I enjoyed its non-waterproof qualities and allowed the ink to run .
17 As chairman of the recently established development committee of this respected national association I enclose its first appeal brochure , in the hope that your Trustees will support our important apolitical and expanding remit .
18 I made a lot of mistakes as any young person does , but I never made the mistake of thinking I knew it all as far as the Africans were concerned . "
19 I brought a keyboard and an eight-track machine , and Juan and I set it up in my apartment on campus , even though we were n't supposed to play music loud.Then I made my first record , Triangle Of Love .
20 When the Maggot became too boring about football I told him cricketing stories until he shut up .
21 No it 's no good Dennis I heard it last week .
22 Soon after starting my search I found my first good hammered — the Edward half-groat illustrated .
23 Two years after I killed Blyth I murdered my young brother Paul , for quite different and more fundamental reasons than I 'd disposed of Blyth , and then a year after that I did for my young cousin Esmerelda , more or less on a whim .
24 I grab him by the lapels , and as my fingers scrabble for a hold I drop my little micro-transmitter into his breast pocket .
25 Alan I owe you this from a year back . ’
26 Once , I could n't remember how many breaks for rain there were or in which session I scored my hundred .
27 With the fall of Singapore the fate of Rangoon seemed sealed and on 19th February I paid my last visit to the Delta , to bring back our missionary nurse and to confer with village clergy and elders and teachers about what should be done if the worst happened .
28 With David 's help I unfurled my multi-coloured paraglider , donned a helmet and strapped myself into the simple harness .
29 For a second I glimpsed her wet , frightened face : then she was hurtling away from me , bouncing over the water like a rag doll , her arms and legs flailing .
30 However , I am prepared to confirm that in my evidence to the Select Committee I made it clear that the regional electricity companies were obliged to purchase the most economic electricity on the market .
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