Example sentences of "[noun sg] i [verb] [pron] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And on my faith me think it good reason |
| 2 | In case I get it wrong ? |
| 3 | It is of course a great advantage if the organization starts , so to speak , with this in place and in our case I believe our scientific heritage and background lead naturally to a wish to hear , dissect and learn from others ' views . |
| 4 | For a loathsome instant I felt her awkward quivering weight on my back as she found her feet , and her voice saying … |
| 5 | On my way through Kelvingrove Park I flipped my once-precious packet into a wastebasket and walked on . |
| 6 | M. I gave you that book to read because I thought you would feel identified with him . |
| 7 | There is such volubility I find it hard to follow what some people are saying , and they make no compromises for non-native speakers . |
| 8 | Though I know that the struggle is taking place somewhere , as a housewife I find it harder to believe that there is a part in it for me . |
| 9 | Of course I saw her naked . |
| 10 | Of course I remember them eighties and nineties here . |
| 11 | So a lawyer came , and of course I had my own office , confidential stuff , so he wanted to give it to me . |
| 12 | It took me all day to convince my mother that there had been a change , but by the next afternoon I found myself flat on my back in the hospital again with injunctions not to move . |
| 13 | The day I went up to university I left you all , country gentry all … country where my father was stifling . |
| 14 | As chairman of the recently established development committee of this respected national association I enclose its first appeal brochure , in the hope that your Trustees will support our important apolitical and expanding remit . |
| 15 | I made a lot of mistakes as any young person does , but I never made the mistake of thinking I knew it all as far as the Africans were concerned . " |
| 16 | When the Maggot became too boring about football I told him cricketing stories until he shut up . |
| 17 | Soon after starting my search I found my first good hammered — the Edward half-groat illustrated . |
| 18 | I grab him by the lapels , and as my fingers scrabble for a hold I drop my little micro-transmitter into his breast pocket . |
| 19 | Once , I could n't remember how many breaks for rain there were or in which session I scored my hundred . |
| 20 | With David 's help I unfurled my multi-coloured paraglider , donned a helmet and strapped myself into the simple harness . |
| 21 | For a second I glimpsed her wet , frightened face : then she was hurtling away from me , bouncing over the water like a rag doll , her arms and legs flailing . |
| 22 | However , I am prepared to confirm that in my evidence to the Select Committee I made it clear that the regional electricity companies were obliged to purchase the most economic electricity on the market . |
| 23 | Once having framed the thought in my mind that I was a lesbian I found myself unable to keep silent about it . |
| 24 | And she says come on , my , you girl I tell you this and that . |
| 25 | They have their own morality I think we all know that ! |
| 26 | On the spur of the moment I offered him 40 — he almost wept in gratitude . |
| 27 | Something made me snatch the woolly choirboy from its metal gallows ( even at that moment I noticed its surprising weight ) . |
| 28 | I knew from the moment I saw my squashed , bloated foot and my ankle that my trousers would have to be cut off . |
| 29 | ‘ I knew it the moment I saw it last Sunday . |
| 30 | I would not rest easy knowing Araminta would see you off without so much as a penny piece the moment I breathe my last . ’ |