Example sentences of "[vb -s] that i [vb past] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And it just so happens that I mentioned to one of my doormen that particular night that I could do with one of those machines to keep a careful check on my blood pressure . |
| 2 | He talks of my ‘ reticence and charm ’ and says that I looked like an ‘ office-worker ’ ! |
| 3 | There are other entries describing my passion for clothes , and also my concern to look good — for example , it notes that I insisted on having long hair , despite problems of manageability . |
| 4 | The illustrations show a small hoard of silver coins consisting of one Elizabeth and four Mary groats that I found near Bridgewater , Somerset . |
| 5 | But the fact remains that I retreated to Gullholm because it 's the one place in my world free of the entire sex . ’ |
| 6 | The ‘ Snowball turnips that I used as a catch crop wherever a patch fell vacant were deliciously tender and sweet ; so too were the young ‘ Early Nantes ’ carrots I cropped among the ‘ Topper ’ shallots . |
| 7 | One supports that I lay in the street looking and waiting for a a man they mention tonight and that man is a well known killer of British soldiers . |