Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] [conj] i [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We 're going in the right direction but I do n't know where the piste has got to . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ We are trying to educate young people and point them in the right direction and I do n't think we are fulfilling our duty very well when we have a rule like this . ’ |
| 3 | I could n't kick a door if I was sat on the bloody latch so I had to do something else . ’ |
| 4 | What , why have you put down that you have your regional accent and I have an Irish accent ? |
| 5 | I know I 'm on the right route when I spot a bus marked ‘ Pensioners Touring Kerry ’ . |
| 6 | It was a strange experience and I felt out of place , like the old duck out of water . |
| 7 | I tried the church door one last time in the vain hope that I had mistakenly found it closed , but closed it remained . |
| 8 | But he added : ‘ First and foremost , I 'm a professional footballer and I make sure everyone knows that . |
| 9 | I do not want matriarchy to replace patriarchy as an interim measure because I retain unshakeable faith in women 's ability to organize , to be caring and to be , just in so many ways , superior to men . |
| 10 | As my honourable friend said from the front bench , the Labour party is absolutely firmly committed now both by the voices of the leadership and the votes and the resolutions at our party conference that we are in favour of a proportional representation system for the European parliament and I hope that when the elections come Mr Deputy Speaker , and people will be arguing about why they 're voting for Europe on June the ninth in one boundary as opposed to another and why they 've got erm erm different rules for this election of course as indeed for the last European election because the registration will be different , allowing all kinds of erm how can I put it foreigners in inverted commas , to vote in our elections in this country because it is the European elections that we will actually put the point across that er for the future there will be different arrangements made indeed . |
| 11 | " Lift that bloody foot like I told you ! " |
| 12 | Barbara told Clinton : ‘ There is a shift in the political wind and I feel that it 's blowing our way . ’ |
| 13 | It would be wrong to conclude a link between heterosexuality and low self-esteem because I know and work with many healthy heterosexuals . |
| 14 | IT was with total disbelief that I read F Jefferay 's letter suggesting that the stiff fines imposed on those caught driving with worn tyres were designed purely to reduce car ownership . |
| 15 | My worst country I think would be New Zealand as I do n't remember any of the country and it would appear to me a complete stranger if I moved there . |
| 16 | I had just checked into the hotel and come down to the sunken terrace when I saw armed men running in a crouched position by the swimming pool . |
| 17 | Thirty pairs of eyes stared with unwavering concentration as I dipped my hand into the all-too-familiar breakfast of slightly sour rice and salted fish . |
| 18 | Now it 's on the financial and administrative side that I suspect that the Home Office is concerned about and I believe they 've gone the wrong way about it . |
| 19 | I gather this is normal practice but I find it a little unreasonable . |
| 20 | It is with the greatest possible pleasure that I write to you once more , this time to confirm that your Company 's independence has been preserved after a battle which has lasted over nine months . |
| 21 | ‘ There speaks the man who drove us here at such breakneck speed that I began to take pity on his poor Ferrari 's engine . |
| 22 | It was broad daylight when I read this passage and the sunlight that radiated through the high plate-glass windows illuminated a scene of modernity and order . |
| 23 | No , first time , well first time on Guess the Scores , just the odd quiz that I 've won before ; horse racing . |
| 24 | Yeah , we 've got a wrong driver and I did n't have one in my things so I might have to regroup with a proper let's have a look in DOS and see what mouse drivers it 's got . |
| 25 | And in a sense it happens to be English language and English literature that I teach , but I do n't really think I 'm teaching that , what I 'm doing is helping people to think , hopefully , and have ideas and excite them about ideas and think about themselves and the way they live . |
| 26 | Subjectivity is a daily pitfall but I seem to observe that being ‘ earthed ’ has little to do with intellect , class , fortune or even belief . |
| 27 | I had been something like eighteen years in the ordained ministry before I preached my first sermon on Mary . |
| 28 | I thought , ‘ this will make the carrying of the tea to the remaining resident members of my family an uncommonly pleasant event , because they will all smile upon me instead of producing the customary resentful grunt when I stir them from sleep , and they will say ‘ Good morning , dear husband/father ( as the case might be ) , and they will reach under their beds for the gift-wrapped goodies so lovingly prepared and concealed the night before , and handing me their tributes they will voice their gratitude to God that I have survived so far , and will express the pious hope that they may be able to repeat such sentiments on this same date for many a year to come . |
| 29 | I rose this morning after a few days of calm without mystical experience and I walked through a steep valley in a golden light of dawn that was like a rich but transparent garment covering all things . |
| 30 | Every time I looked in the mirror — and I can be a very careful driver if I want to be — I saw the languid bride with shuttered eyes and hair adrift . |