Example sentences of "[noun sg] i [verb] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Because ’ — his speech slurred a fraction — ‘ I 'm going to tell you a story I heard the other day which I could n't possibly tell you if you had a lady Archdeacon . ’ |
| 2 | As I swabbed the table with disinfectant I had the old feeling of helplessness . |
| 3 | In each case I pressed the national authorities concerned to allow me to send a UK ‘ observer ’ to their investigation and I am happy to say that our request was agreed to on each occasion . |
| 4 | A year later when I had Katie and I was married , I did n't want " to go to hospital in case I got the same treatment , but they were totally different . |
| 5 | Well in that case I think the cheapest cheapest alternative yeah is erm , if you 're gon na do er something like that , would be a barn dance in the hall down Edinburgh Way er which you get quite cheap |
| 6 | Route II came in 1943 with Brian Kellet climbing on from the chimney rift of Route I to cross the upper slabs . |
| 7 | Then after about an hour I heard the familiar heavy tread of Dad 's boots on the cobbles . |
| 8 | Yet when I step off the bus at the Coronet cinema I get the same lurch as when I first left home . |
| 9 | Of course I know the vast majority — especially the New People — do n't care a damn about any of the arts . |
| 10 | Over the first course I made the usual polite inquiries about Sally 's new job and asked her what she had been up to for the last half-dozen years or so . |
| 11 | Er and of course I seen the present managers are , are th the one you know only just lives down the road here he 's recently retired . |
| 12 | Of course I share the hon. Gentleman 's sympathy in the case of Mr. Newell . |
| 13 | and you get gale force winds blowing down there and of course I opened the back door and there were panes of glass flying past |
| 14 | Of course I give the hon. Gentleman that assurance . |
| 15 | Of course I give the hon. Gentleman the pledge that we shall take up any of those cases , should he send the details to me . |
| 16 | In the afternoon I watch the English football . |
| 17 | With a prayer of thankfulness I rowed the few yards to her , made fast the dinghy to a cleat on her transom , and climbed on board . |
| 18 | Whenever I picked up my guitar I played the same basic scalar and arpeggiated patterns . |
| 19 | Far out to sea to the west I saw the bright lights of the Athens boat . |
| 20 | ‘ For my part I believe the African Jesus would have won if it had not been for the Dark Host . |
| 21 | On this field I found the best combination was to set the Silver Sabre at minimum discrimination and maximum sensitivity . |
| 22 | Cutting down on food , I was University missing whole meals , telling people I was training , I 'm a P E teacher so sport and the perfect body was very much up front , so the more weight I lost the better I was told I looked until it became totally out of control and I was eating an apple and black coffee a day and then vomiting so that I had nothing in me . |
| 23 | And they come in , I mean he skids in the hall at night I mean it 's my fault I threw the rubber ring towards the kitchen down the hall he sort of skidded before he got there and there was a , and he must of had mud er , you know like like he had |
| 24 | So when we walked from the pool to the car I felt the whole impact of the sun . |
| 25 | Leaving the pretty village of Thwaite I climbed the green lane to Shunner and below the summit had overtaken " the Dog Man " . |
| 26 | Right , I have two letters on the side I open the first one . |
| 27 | Mummy I got the all the children watching the pictures |
| 28 | ‘ No wonder I got the damned boat cheaply , ’ he said . |
| 29 | I would also like , and I know this is where I 'll get problems I would if we are gon na try and get the kids into a routine over them doing their work I think the easiest routine for them to have is that you do you , you get , you have your lesson you do your homework that night and you hand it in the next day . |
| 30 | As in a dream I seized the bristly hairs . |