Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] i [verb] [indef pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As I get her into a fresh pair of rubber knickers I feel something cold on my face . |
| 2 | Some weeks I earn nothing . ’ |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | In some of these shops I observed one , or more females , stript of their upper garment , and not overcharged with their lower , wielding the hammer with all the grace of the sex … |
| 5 | Yeah I worked for fives years I 've plenty of practice |
| 6 | For the following twenty-seven days I approached everyone I knew , from the Bow Building Society to distant aunts , even fellow-students , but none of them showed the slightest interest in backing a young woman undergraduate to the tune of sixty pounds in order that she could buy a fruit and vegetable shop . |
| 7 | For three weeks I had nothing to do and I sat down and decided — I have recorded all these pieces before — to see if there was not something more behind the music . |
| 8 | These days I pay someone from Brides Haven to come over here at regular intervals to keep an eye on the place . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ I just hope one of these days I do something else that proves to be as phenomenally successful . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ In my worst moments I thought everyone knew , except me . ’ |
| 11 | From my past experiences and many finds I have plenty of knowledge in the field and this enables me to help people choose the right detector to suit them . |
| 12 | ‘ For nearly two years I did nothing , but as I had worked very hard very young , I had no feeling of guilt that I had to do something , because I had already proved that when I wanted to work , I could do it . ’ |
| 13 | On top of all my other problems I had something of an upheaval on the domestic front when my daughter and her two children had to move in with us for a while . |
| 14 | er for special services I invite everybody , and I 've got about fifty on my books which I think I can afford to go around when I get there , can you do a couple , they live near you |