Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] i [verb] [pron] " 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 | 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 . |
| 3 | ‘ 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 ! |
| 4 | I wondered whether he preferred the sexual experiences I imagined he must be having with all sorts of men to the one we shared . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Different weeks I mean we concentrate on wallets because of the pitch . |
| 7 | I says if I 'd 've wanted a slice of fat and I 'd 've want burnt tomatoes I says I would 've ordered them . |
| 8 | I mean the Scottish boys I mean they always wanted the big end of the stick you see ? |
| 9 | The more I observe , the more different categories I think I discover , with different characteristics . |
| 10 | With the verbal arts I think it can only be done for the moment by writing about nature . |
| 11 | In the early days I remember we could spend an hour talking round one position . |
| 12 | Obviously erm in in receiving those additional figures I accept what the in senior inspector says about not er opening up the need side of the debate but clearly is I think the er Mr from Harrogate is saying it does it does cast a question mark on the supply dimension of the debate in terms of additional and commitments coming into the the figures to meet the Greater York housing requirement . |
| 13 | Whilst in laborious Toils I spent my Hours , |
| 14 | for all the u fatty foods I eat I fry pasta , deep fat one , deep pan , oh I do n't know , you know what I mean |
| 15 | Ms Tierney , of Victor Paul Terrace , Edinburgh , told a fatal accident inquiry in Dunfermline yesterday : ‘ On 15 August when he complained of blinding headaches I took him to my GP who referred him to Milesmark hospital in Dunfermline with suspected subarachnoid haemorrhage . |
| 16 | In the intervening years I allowed myself to be gradually undermined and finally succeeded in losing most outward traces of my cultural identity . |
| 17 | As I walked back through the ballroom past the seated guests I saw my wife , daughter and son waving and smiling and waved back , relieved that it was all over . |
| 18 | So I bought indoor-plants and was given indoor plants , and one of the indoor plants I expended my energy on was the fern with the bright , shiny leaves and the indestructible appearance bought that day when I had suffered the apocalypse . |
| 19 | which is enough to do four little little pictures I thought I might do for the craft thing in September , erm you know our flower festival and erm in which case I 'd have had to purchase a few of your little thingies that 's pretty . |
| 20 | Look at that little boy there in the leather coat and the little glasses I think it looks lovely . |
| 21 | My oil paintings often involve a lot of fine lines and small details , but when using fine brushes I find it very difficult to get the oil paint to flow from the brush very smoothly . |
| 22 | My oil paintings often involve a lot of fine lines and small details , but when using fine brushes I find it very difficult to get the oil paint to flow from the brush very smoothly . |
| 23 | I 'm having that delivered but the little items I bought myself . |
| 24 | If we put them in little bags I think there 's some more in the grass outside . |
| 25 | Yes I would agree , would favour that because I think it would force another issue , if , if the independent rule too often against the deferred pensioners I suspect they 'd organise themselves . |
| 26 | But as I painted her stomach and breasts in the little kisses I knew she loved , biting and nibbling her all over , trying to relax her , she was still pondering on Changez . |
| 27 | Hm , quite like the white ones I think I probably like the white ones better Am 's , let's have the white ones . |
| 28 | I have spent my adult life here but because of little pinpricks I feel I do n't belong . |
| 29 | . When two of my sons were little boys I took them to our old great-uncle Lord Albemarle 's yearly reception on Waterloo Day , that they might hereafter be able to say in their old age that they had seen and spoken to someone who had been at the Battle of Waterloo himself . |
| 30 | President , congress , with these few brief remarks I commend my report to congress . |