Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] i [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Finally , foreign museums started contacting the Ministry of Culture and asking if they could buy , let us say , a picture by Malévich or Popova , and then it became clear that I had the pictures . |
| 2 | This choice was helped to be made when one of them wrote me a nasty letter saying that it was clear that I wanted the other as my friend ( which , if I may say , was a lot of nonsense ) ! |
| 3 | ‘ I am extremely annoyed about it and I want to make it clear that I find the policies of the British National Party abhorrent . |
| 4 | It does n't seem to me sensible that I have the masters of the quality manual , master lists of procedure holders and so on because |
| 5 | To imagine that there is er a great undercurrent of violence inside our football grounds is now quite wrong and I think the game is n't getting enough credit for the way in which it 's tackled it . |
| 6 | Is it ok if I use the unit ? ’ |
| 7 | ever so old and I lost the thing |
| 8 | Trainee chef Tom Wilkinson , 20 , said : ‘ The action sequences were entertaining and I rated the whole thing as pretty good . ’ |
| 9 | Afterwards , while the congregation said the rosary , praying for an end to the war , I heard individual confessions — confessions in wartime are particularly painful and I find the experience more harrowing than any other of my duties as a priest . |
| 10 | Gazza said : ‘ Some of what he did might have been wrong but I respect the fact that Maradona made himself the player Napoli could n't do without when he was in Italy . |
| 11 | The café looked deserted as I approached the front door . |
| 12 | Anyway , it was dead quiet and I felt a bit funny as I opened the door- ’ She stopped . |
| 13 | ‘ She was very understanding when I ended the relationship , and we still remained great friends . |
| 14 | ‘ I was 17 years old when I committed the offence for which I was sentenced to die , and I did n't even start thinking and caring about my life until I was at least 20 . ’ |
| 15 | And so it was quite accidental that I started the club . |
| 16 | To my astonishment the words came flooding back , and for some ten minutes , while the train lay cocooned in a web of silence and darkness , I continued my singing , grateful that I had the compartment to myself . |
| 17 | He said : ‘ I had brand new shoes on ; it was warm and they were uncomfortable so I undid the laces . |
| 18 | Like many others from the 1960s and before , I am fortunate that I missed the modern way and so view science as a richer and altogether more fulfilling experience . |
| 19 | Her handwriting was distinctly visible so I rewound the film and stopped it to see what she had written . |
| 20 | Even the most reliable equipment is at the mercy of the fuse in the plug , and I would hope that if the Rocon circuit went off for this ( or any other reason ) , the remaining 200 watts would keep the tank from lethal chilling until I spotted the problem ( I am often away for days at a time ) |
| 21 | Look , it 's alright to have a bit of fun with this , but the matter is deadly serious and I use the word deadly advisedly . |
| 22 | ‘ No diet is easy and I found the first few days hard , but by the end of the first week my skin became clearer , my nails grew stronger and my hair was healthy and shining . |
| 23 | The King 's Cross scheme may not be perfect and I respect the views of local Members who say that it is far from perfect . |
| 24 | As someone who made little enough progress beyond Youll Cup school tennis and county junior teams in 20 years , I remain to be convinced but I enjoyed the three hours I spent reading the book . |
| 25 | His recent return to England brought with it a 120-day qualification ban and he admitted : ‘ This game will be crucial because I need the extra edge . |
| 26 | Nothing else was real till I grounded the ball . |
| 27 | He was always vague when I brought the subject up , so I never pushed it . |
| 28 | It was dark when I left the farm : about five o'clock on a late December day , the light gone early and the stars beginning to show In a frosty sky . |
| 29 | As a conservator in Europe , involved with the treatment of stone and marble affected by the ravages of twentieth-century pollution , I was delighted when I saw the great marble buildings at Agra seemingly unaffected by such problems . |
| 30 | I was dismayed when I heard the Home Secretary 's statement . |