Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] i [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Oh eleven shillings I think it was eleven shillings a week . |
| 2 | As I get her into a fresh pair of rubber knickers I feel something cold on my face . |
| 3 | ‘ I came to see you about some notes I sent your husband . |
| 4 | After a few attempts I found I was turning like Robby Naish for the first part of the turn , then falling in on the inside of the turn . |
| 5 | After a few minutes I roused myself , gathered up the clothes , and went round to Dominic 's room , holding his key through a handkerchief . |
| 6 | Well they 're not new blimming , new pict though they 've decorated have n't they , they 've done one coat now , I look like Nora Batty with wrinkles in this tights I told her to phone me from Woking station but she 's probably er |
| 7 | At a meeting of the Cairngorm Club he told a hushed audience ‘ For every few steps I took I heard a crunch as if someone was walking after me but taking steps three or four times the length of my own . |
| 8 | I then started lungeing him and within a few months I rode him out at walk : a very difficult task . |
| 9 | Yes , oh Rocket , for the first few months I had him , after he was rescued , and he was so protective of me , because I 'd given him a good home and never , never hit him in the face . |
| 10 | I was sleeping with my boyfriend , and after a few months I found I was pregnant and I had to stop going there . |
| 11 | ‘ Right , there are some books I want you to look at — general background to give you the feel of the thing . |
| 12 | With all sorts of primeval fears about dark cupboards and traps and ghostly animals I put my hand on the handle , turned it , pulled and jumped back . |
| 13 | ‘ Now you 've lost your job through your ex-boss 's devious manipulations I suppose you decided to try to move in permanently on me ! |
| 14 | I wondered whether he preferred the sexual experiences I imagined he must be having with all sorts of men to the one we shared . |
| 15 | and she ooh I do n't know I 'm gon na have to something to her cos some weeks I get it and some weeks I do n't , I said you ought to think yourself lucky you get an extra ten pound , I said , we do n't ! |
| 16 | Some weeks I earn nothing . ’ |
| 17 | He wanted me to handle all the money side and do the bills but some weeks I had nothing for food , nothing for bills , nothing for the children . |
| 18 | And , on meeting up with the Apache after 30 years I like it now . |
| 19 | In fact , for some years I had my own dog , first Bess and then Judith , and she was my responsibility to feed , groom and exercise . |
| 20 | Former Top 40 presenter Tony Blackburn said : ‘ In the old days I think it meant something to be the Christmas No. 1 and there would be great excitement in the run-up to the last chart . |
| 21 | She was a hard worker , and I call myself a hard worker and I know that some days I push myself too hard and my mother 's done that all her life . |
| 22 | Some days I think I 'm only young — I fell straight away for her [ the baby ] — I used to think before I was married I 'd better get all the clothes I want now because I 'll never get them when I 'm married — but I was wrong , because I can really have all I want now … |
| 23 | some days I feel it now Dennis . |
| 24 | But after a few years I discovered I was not earning enough money from my patients . |
| 25 | For the first few years I rested my chin on the concrete wall separating the spectators from the players and saw many wondrous things . |
| 26 | For the next few years I threw myself into a whirlwind of activities — involving myself in a Women 's Aid refuge , women 's centres , campaigns , demonstrations and conferences . |
| 27 | After a further few days I brought my suitcases up from London . |
| 28 | The teachers were very helpful and caring , and for the first few days I thought I was getting on quite well with my new classmates . |
| 29 | And yet … we 'd had such a good few days I suppose I wanted to keep the mood going . |
| 30 | That first day at school depressed me , and during the next few days I begged my parents to let me stay at home , which of course was out of the question . |