Example sentences of "['s] [noun sg] [conj] i [verb] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ You 're forgetting , ’ she reminded him , ‘ it 's only other people 's money that I enjoy spending . ’ |
2 | So I started there and they put me on a month 's trial and I dithered about about this month , whether I was good enough , and they 'd forgotten all about it , by the end of month , trial . |
3 | I do n't think there was any commitment on Angy 's part but I 've no doubt Eddie hoped — and believed — there would be , given time . ’ |
4 | Well do you want that Littlewood 's shirt that I 've got , still says that we 're going , I get up on Sunday and go to and , no we 've got to go to with that coat , take that coat over |
5 | I mused on Toby 's story as I walked towards the clubhouse and so intent was I on my thoughts that I nearly knocked over Sally Drayton as I passed the PGA hut . |
6 | A lot of talking has been coming from Eubank 's camp and I 've kept quiet , but now it 's my turn . |
7 | Come and see the sorcerer 's kitchen where I brew up the grotesque potions that make me a legend here . ’ |
8 | Cheerful crashes and bangs floated up from Doris 's kitchen as I went back upstairs , and I could hear outbursts of raucous male laughter and pinch-induced shrieks . |
9 | I heard them no sooner I turned to walk away which I did after a brief moment 's hesitation when I wrestled with the foolish notion of somehow eliciting a confession out of the florid man that he was lying and that Leicester Square did indeed exist ; not realizing then that he was right , and that there really was no such place as Lei-cester Square . |
10 | Q. I am a beginner with around a year 's experience and I set up a 48″ × 21″ × 18″ ( water height ) marine tank last December . |
11 | Apart from the grandiosity of the plan , and the exaltation of the mood of Jubilate Agno , the work reveals the man in all his undefended innocence : ‘ For I blessed God in St. James 's Park till I routed all the company ’ . |
12 | I think it was all in Kenneth 's mind and I think Kenneth 's hang-up about his backside and his obsession with cleanliness would have made physical love very difficult for him . ’ |
13 | I waited for her to bring up the subject of Graham 's murder because I knew she would have been very upset . |
14 | My chest ached with a child 's fear while I cringed in the deeply recessed doorway of North Three . |
15 | I work for Team Sport Scotland and part of my reignement is erm coordinator for women and girl 's football and I find that with the equal opportunities policies of many of the education regions now that more football is being played in primary and in secondary school and the district councils I go to visit I would say that the majority of them are definitely wanting to put money into promoting girl 's and women 's football . |
16 | Well , erm , it 's difficult to make forecasts , particularly with the S E C breathing down one 's neck but I think one can say that the industry conditions , if you were to read the reports of other companies and for us , is pretty much erm , status quo , in other words the domestic excuse me , domestic industry 's doing quite well , the rig , the rig count 's up , the Canadian rig count 's up , international markets remain rather soggy but some of them are qui you know on a , on a selective basis some are quite good . |
17 | And then I shall inform the Public Prosecutor 's department that I 've informed both of you . |
18 | Suddenly the Yeti turned up in the men 's department where I worked . |
19 | ‘ Luke 's coming and I do n't want to see him ; I could n't bear it . ’ |
20 | My father said the 17-horse power would use too much petrol , but it gave me a year 's pleasure before I swopped it for an A30 van . |
21 | I was once sitting in Syl 's car when I heard Nour 's voice . |
22 | I am grateful for the Minister 's reply and I know that she will have been as horrified as the rest of us by the images and the conflict that was reported from Somalia last weekend . |
23 | I was enjoying Oxford so much that I sometimes forgot that moment in Clare 's bedroom when I made my decision about my future vocation . |
24 | I was so frightened by the blind man 's violence that I obeyed him without question , and took him into the room where the sick captain was sitting . |
25 | In anger she wrote : — whatever you have a mind to do Ellen it is not for you to dictate Oreste 's future and I confess I was disturbed to have you write as though he were your son and not mine , which he is and you know you can not keep him and that it would be wrong . |
26 | Our offer secures Wheway 's future and I urge Wheway 's board to recommend it . ’ |
27 | Erm in the afternoon at St William 's College and I think that 's ab I do n't know what it 's about two pounds fifty or something . |
28 | This problem was regarded as not too conducive to the fry 's well-being so I removed the rock holding the eggs to another tank of identical temperature and water conditions . |
29 | ‘ Mind you , there does n't seem to have been a moment 's peace since I started out in the Irish News away back in 1929 . |
30 | I was so carried away by the wisdom of my hon. Friend 's question that I found it necessary to repeat it . |