Example sentences of "[noun sg] [prep] [art] [noun] i " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was always impressed by the quality of the students ' preparation for the lessons I observed on my weekly visits to them and by their willing capacity to learn by their mistakes . |
| 2 | On mornings when there was no case for the court I used to enjoy sitting in Chief Fyvie 's office and hearing him talk of the ‘ good old days ’ of the enforcement of law and order in Scotland and in Montreal . |
| 3 | They tell me if I walk in a certain direction for an hour I 'll come across a road and by the time I set my watch and compass they 've vanished over the dunes . |
| 4 | As I knew this , there was no excuse for the way I behaved . |
| 5 | All to do with the s I mean th the Dock Commission they claimed a lot of money off the Corporation I think over that cos they |
| 6 | How the sensor transmits the pulse into a usable driver for a tacho I do not know . |
| 7 | No chance to talk to Mum about the bike I dream of day and night ! |
| 8 | Oh , I wish I had a two-pound coin for every toilet I 've burst into , hissing at myself : ‘ Stoppit will you for Godsake you 're forty years old will you stoppit STOPPIT GROW UP YOU BERK I am not crying I am NOT GOING to give them the satisfaction — waaaagh ! ! ’ |
| 9 | After sticking the hook through a crust I make an experimental cast across the river , well away from the swim , choosing a dock leaf as my target on the far bank . |
| 10 | ‘ I will bring the shoes I am making for you now , the ones with the amethysts as decoration and I will expect payment for the work I 've done , mind . |
| 11 | I am giving up my throne for the woman I loathe |
| 12 | Open your heart for the gift I am bringing . |
| 13 | ‘ I managed to get an interview with the Sheik for an article I was writing . ’ |
| 14 | There 's also a general view in the community that community care itself is not necessarily really working very well , there 's some fears about it , some uncertainties and a member did mention , it may have been Jim you know or somebody mentioned about the seven hours domiciliary , from my experience as a councillor I am not sure that simply because that figure exists that that means that that is satisfying the need of those people and in any case the sort of people who need to go into residential care , who can no longer be maintained in their home , with whatever help we give them or with whatever help their family have to give them they 're not necessarily the sort of people who we 're talking about need to go in a home . |
| 15 | In my experience as an inspector I have been surprised at the frequency with which there are no or inadequate schemes of work within secondary school departments , with the effect that there is either repetition between the years , or gaps and discontinuities . |
| 16 | McMahon hardly considered it would do anything else : ‘ I sit here in my cell writing this , having served almost nine years of a life sentence for a murder I did not commit … |
| 17 | Idly I wonder if she 'd have done the same thing had the play been Shakespearean : ‘ Now is the winter of our discontent … but leaving aside discontent for the moment I want you all to put your hands together for good old birthday boy Barry in Box B. All together now , Happy Birthday to you … ’ |
| 18 | He looks to score off every ball and he 's the best runner between the wickets I 've ever seen . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ I 've got nearly enough money for the things I want , and my brother , Robert , is a lord — Lord Burlesdon . |
| 20 | I could n't get the money for the film I wanted to make . |
| 21 | ‘ No , just a small present for the people I 'm visiting . ’ |
| 22 | I 'll tell you a story about a place I went |
| 23 | Maybe if I could make myself invisible , then I could walk down a street without feeling on trial for the way I look . |
| 24 | Mr chairman as a colleague I felt he was alright . |
| 25 | The idea was that I should be in the right state of mind for the concert I was about to conduct . |
| 26 | ‘ Leeds were always at the back of my mind as the side I would like to join if I came back to England , ’ said the 6ft 2in , 16 stone Iro . |
| 27 | There is a perilous gap between the table I write on and the word ‘ table ’ . |
| 28 | To find employment my father moved to Peterborough and although I have since lived at Rathcoole for a period I have found my childhood friends difficult to trace . |
| 29 | There is also just possibly an analogy between the interruptions I described in ( ii ) and the unadopted state of the lane . |
| 30 | I wish I had a pound for every time I have denied holding a meeting with the T & g . |