Example sentences of "[noun pl] [subord] i [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had aged considerably over the last few months , and though he protested he was fit , healthy and perfectly capable of taking care of the kids while I got a job , I had my doubts . |
| 2 | ‘ I forgot to ask if you like garlic , but there was some in with the vegetables so I took a chance , ’ she said , adding the tomato purée to the pot with care . |
| 3 | My feet got so hot and sweaty I took my trainers and socks off and walked along in my bare feet till I saw a traffic warden looking at me as if she 'd get me arrested . |
| 4 | Then I walked across empty fields for some hours until I reached a village . |
| 5 | It was the summer 1989 when I went down to the golf club with a friend and played around with him after that I borrowed his clubs quite regularly and practised eventually mum & Dad chipped in and I bought myself a set of clubs well to be exact I bought myself a bag of three iron and a putter during the next two years I had saved up and built up my set of clubs until I had a half set of irons and 2 woods during that time I had always left my clubs at the golf club to save me taking the clubs to the course every time I played . |
| 6 | ‘ I played football in my younger days till I had a bad injury in my knee which I 'm now suffering from — chronic arthritis . |
| 7 | ‘ I have an old friend who works for a publisher in New York and I stayed with her for a couple of weeks while I found a job . |
| 8 | It is not quite eight years since I made a beginning ; so that my plants must be considered as young ones . |
| 9 | It is now 16 years since I wrote a book , The Poor of the Earth , to popularise one of the huge international conferences that were common during the seventies , the United Nations ' Second Development Decade . |
| 10 | Ian Snodin , back after four hamstrings and two knee operations , said : ‘ That was my first 90 minutes for two-and-a-half years , and it 's been four years since I played a full match in midfield . |
| 11 | I ca n't remember now whether in fact we were allowed any at all while we were in the Waaf , but I know that for the few years after I became a civilian again and clothes rationing still went on , the ration allocation was so small that the prospect of buying , for instance , a new winter coat was exceedingly small for most women , especially those with children , whose needs had to come first . |
| 12 | I can see this now , yet it was not until nearly ten years after I became a Christian that I finally faced the issue that whatever other influences had been involved in my conversion ( such as my family and friends and the work of God in my life ) there was a sense in which the decision to believe was entirely my responsibility . |
| 13 | At this level the subordinate is saying ‘ I 'm helpless to solve my own problems so I need a wise person ( Parent ) like you to solve them for me . ’ |
| 14 | I saved up these back pages until I had a complete set and my mother sewed them together on her treadle -operated Singer machine . |
| 15 | ‘ I wo n't ask you any more questions until I get a proper answer . |
| 16 | I like to see the goods before I make a decision and have a point of reference for returning them . |
| 17 | ‘ — read my mind , then how could you answer my questions before I had a chance to ask them ? ’ she gabbled , and took a deep breath . |
| 18 | Of course I must add that the concept of ethnicity is available to them , as it would not be available to my neighbours if I bought a cottage in Suffolk , unless they were anti-Semitic . |
| 19 | ‘ No interrogation I conduct ends until I get a story that I believe . ’ |
| 20 | So I was mentally on my toes as I took a floater into the city and then left it , mingling with all the pedestrians thronging the walkways . |
| 21 | Can you excuse me for a few minutes while I have a word with the others and then I 'll be straight back to you ? ’ |
| 22 | It 's ages since I had a haircut . |
| 23 | DEEP in the frozen wastes of Canada I felt near to tears as I watched a fluffy baby seal gaze adoringly into its mother 's eyes . |
| 24 | I was on my third cup of coffee and looking around at the other coolies when I saw a familiar blue overcoat coming through the door from the street . |
| 25 | I saved money on cot sheets because I bought a couple of king-size sheets and cut them up to make three cot sheets out of each one . |
| 26 | The train for Dover left at Il.00 am so I bought a copy of Soldier magazine and leafed through the photos of happy-looking squaddies as I drank a cup of British Rail coffee , which tasted hot and disgusting . |
| 27 | And they went back to their chuckling 's and grinnings while I made a scowling withdrawal . |
| 28 | ‘ He escorted me to his lodgings , where he treated me with every kindness , and dried my clothes whilst I managed a few hours sleep . ’ |
| 29 | I was in the fruit and vegetable section waiting to weigh some potatoes on the scales when I saw a bairn of about three years old , a bonnie wee lad with fair hair and big dark blue eyes , picking apples out of the bin and shoving them into his mother 's shopping bag . |
| 30 | ‘ Usually — on the rare occasions when I take a woman to bed . |