Example sentences of "[noun pl] [subord] i [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Richard moved about in the bathroom ; the light hurt my eyes so I turned on my stomach and hid my face in the pillow . |
| 2 | I told her she was telling porkies because I knew for sure that God put it there as a sign he was never going to drown us all again or otherwise wreck the planet . |
| 3 | But , remember , it 's only a few months since I won in Barcelona . ’ |
| 4 | The following is a typical example of the character of the RAF as I saw it for the first time about a couple of months after I got to Baghdad . |
| 5 | Some months after I spoke to Feroza I learnt that she had had to return to Pakistan . |
| 6 | It must have been nearly three months before I heard from Mrs Ainsworth , and in fact I had begun to wonder at the bassets ' long symptomless run when she came on the phone . |
| 7 | ‘ Is that a promise , Chris , or will I have to wait another six months before I bump into you — literally ? ’ |
| 8 | The hand-claps sometimes seemed to be keeping time with my leisurely steps as I wandered under the arcades in the hot night , but that was just a coincidence . |
| 9 | The smell of burning plastic stayed in my nose and the bright glare of the burning mixture danced in my eyes as I hurried to the next hole , glancing at my watch as I did so . |
| 10 | ‘ But I know I am not going to get as many goals as I do for England . |
| 11 | buzzing in ears when I go to bed at night . |
| 12 | I was contemplating the truth of these words as I drove up Pukea Road , a turning off the Kam Highway past Pipeline heading towards Waimea on the hill side . |
| 13 | The tears were still pissing from my eyes when I fled to the can . |
| 14 | Jeff Richer had choreographed the salacious routine , which began with me oozing down a cat-walk in a long black velvet evening coat and sliding it off my shoulders as I turn to camera revealing the lace gown . |
| 15 | ‘ I just looked at my books when I felt like it . |
| 16 | I have covered the whole year , but because January is in your shops , February already subscribed , March imminent and April only recently covered in my monthly column ( 11th December ) , I have not been as detailed with these four months as I have with the rest of the year . |
| 17 | She 's very concerned and the present line partial though it be , represents a a blight situation on that , on the , on potential er occupants of that line and certainly erm I find myself more in in er agreement with Darcy 's views than I do with the other two councillors of East Grinstead , that 's not er not secret |
| 18 | It impelled me to request Eliot , for the first time of more times than I care to remember-as it was a chore which I have been obliged to shoulder often enough myself-to act as a referee . |
| 19 | Two hours later I am mentioning to Tony that I have been to Tromsø airport more times than I have to Gatwick . |
| 20 | Of her time at Somerville Sue comments : ‘ I 'm afraid I got far more from my extra-curricular activities than I did from my studies ’ . |
| 21 | ‘ It is n't just long steady runs — in fact I did n't do any more plodding about before Twin Cities than I do for my 10,000m training . |
| 22 | ‘ Then I came south to Royston but Queen Margaret and her party had already returned to London to collect all their possessions so I followed in hot pursuit . |
| 23 | I think maybe I have more ill effects than I imagined from last night … ’ |
| 24 | By providing patients and their owners with organised puppy parties , I can save more lives than I will with drugs or scalpel . |
| 25 | ‘ On my own two feet if I have to , but I do n't think that will be necessary . |
| 26 | As the sun began to go down , I wandered happily through the ruins until I came across a band of Timurid star-vaulting in one of the side chambers . |
| 27 | I should mention other relevant matters before I refer to the statutory provisions . |
| 28 | I had already seen a couple of ringed seals , several eider duck , many Arctic terns and kittiwakes and a few scruffy immature glaucous gulls before I crept into my bunk to sleep . |
| 29 | In my child 's brain he crashed at my feet as I walked through a strange city . |
| 30 | It was what they used to call a " banger " and it exploded at my feet as I hurried along the dark passage in answer to the door bell 's ring , making me leap into the air in terror . |