Example sentences of "[noun sg] i [verb] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I had to tag him on to group deals as a makeweight — you know , like the contract I did for twelve of my players with UK Airlines . |
| 2 | In this case I begin with two on a 16 , and if necessary go down to one caster on an 18 . |
| 3 | But that one was and I heard a year ago but I never saw it till the bus driver I went with some years ago up to John O'Groats . |
| 4 | Right , MyMouse is remmed out cos I do n't want I do n't erm I , I choose when I start , which mouse driver I start on one , one of the mouse port and one of the serial erm times . |
| 5 | The principal difficulty I have on this aspect of the case is that in Mr. Lester 's submission reference to Parliamentary material as an aid to interpretation of a statutory provision should be allowed only with leave of the court and where the court is satisfied that such a reference is justifiable : ( a ) to confirm the meaning of a provision as conveyed by the text , its object and purpose ; ( b ) to determine a meaning where the provision is ambiguous or obscure ; or ( c ) to determine the meaning where the ordinary meaning is manifestly absurd or unreasonable . |
| 6 | One day , I fear that a demonstration of the kind I faced in 1982 will go wrong and someone will get hurt . |
| 7 | Of course I failed on all counts and so I was ignored most of the time — passed over . |
| 8 | He said of course I scampered through these bull rushes , they never saw me they never caught me and they never ever knew who it was who 'd done it , see . |
| 9 | Of course I refused with much indignation , and he grew very angry . |
| 10 | All the money I earned in that period my husband 's cousin took away from me . |
| 11 | I pledge to increase the amount of time or money I give to environmental and development organisations . |
| 12 | As I stripped off and dipped my arms into the steaming bucket I wished with all my heart that the porcine uterus was a little short thing and not this horrible awkward shape . |
| 13 | As I lie here under the green , seaweedy tent I remember from some trite television interview , a remark made by Brigitte Bardot , loopy Parisienne , namely that in all her many love affairs she was off at the first sign of the waning of passion . |
| 14 | In fact , my recent painting of Paddington Station was inspired by a sketch I made in 1953 when I was still a student . |
| 15 | The only wheel I found on this trip is still very much in business , grinding corn on two pairs of stones . |
| 16 | From here , that means a short cab ride , and I phone a mini-cab firm whose card I find in one of my pockets , the Ace Express Super Silver Service . |
| 17 | Whatever reply I find for that one , obviously it is not going to be |
| 18 | One agent I met with admitted that I was known in the business as a ‘ bit of a cheap turn ’ . |
| 19 | During the year , we have also reviewed the investment of our liquid funds , we have planned a ‘ Patrons ’ scheme , with an eye to support particularly from the smaller banks in the City ; we have introduced credit card payments , and resolved a major uncertainty I referred to last year over our Lombard Street offices . |
| 20 | And er that was quite a few years ago , about the conditions and on tea estates , and er er that was partly why we switched mostly to Kenyan tea I think after that . |
| 21 | The most common suggestion for garam masala I find in authentic Indian cookery books usually suggests equal quantities of cinnamon , cardamom and clove , with or without the pepper , a perfect complement to the spices of the mixture that began the cooking . |
| 22 | I READ with interest the article about me ( Echo March 2 ) which draws on an interview I gave with two journalists from the Sunday Mail . |
| 23 | A : what have you got to do this afternoon B : oh I 'm * going to repair the child bar A : what do you mean CHILD bar B : uh it 's er metal bar goes acr — has to be fixed from one side of the car I mean from one side of the back seat to the other for the BABY seat to go on A : AH … |
| 24 | This picture of myself develops from a myriad of experiences , particularly from the feedback I get from other people . |
| 25 | somebody 's Chronicle I borrowed for some reason |
| 26 | On a personal note , may I say that when I want to hear the Fourth Symphony for pleasure , which is relatively speaking often , I turn not to Munch or Dutoit but to an old tape I have from 1954 of the much underrated Albert Wolff conducting the Swedish Radio Orchestra . |
| 27 | You 're still the slim chick I knew in nineteen seventy four . |
| 28 | And at the beginning of the following term I wrote in huge letters on the front of my rough book ( regularly inspected by the housemistress ) , ‘ Exuberance is beauty ’ . |
| 29 | I actually wanted someone to share the excruciating sad pleasure I got from some of the words … . |
| 30 | I apply a multiplier of nine , it follows that the figure I allow for this period is five hundred and thirty four thousand seven hundred and ninety seven pounds and sixty four pence and the total cost of future care is therefore eight hundred and ninety four thousand seven hundred and ninety seven pounds and sixty four pence . |