Example sentences of "i [verb] [adv] [verb] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Or , ’ he demanded harshly , ‘ do you have someone other than me lined up to pay your mortgage ? ’ |
| 2 | She told me to come back to get my blood pressure checked again . |
| 3 | Mr Chairman er when we discussed this last time er I expressed the view that in fact er the county council had better things to do I 've not changed my mind erm since but I have been reminded that er when er the Roman Emperors er found ascension in the ranks when Roman Emperors found ascension in the ranks they provided bread and circuses and I have to say that I regard the two notices of motion which were placed in Mr notably fox hunting and this debate on V A T as bread and circuses . |
| 4 | So you I mean you well how did you what kind of erm food wh I mean do you where do you get your loc I mean where do your food from ? |
| 5 | While you 're listening you could quietly and I mean quietly put your things away . |
| 6 | I lay there feeling my stomach sinking slowly.into the sand on the top of the dune . |
| 7 | Like if I sit there painting my nails he 'll say what started that ? |
| 8 | It was a hot , sunny day in summer when Cathy and I rode out to meet her cousin . |
| 9 | I looked out of the window and it was the back garden of Dr Jane 's house , and when Mrs Pitt came up to serve me and I complained Dr Jane laughed , and it was really Dr Jane all the time and the whole place was horrible and dark and dirty and when I got outside to follow my friends the ones who were usually in the dream there were n't any people and we were in a sort of studio and the village and the inn it was so obvious now I felt a fool for going in and sitting down and expecting to be served was the crudest sort of cardboard stage set like a model for a child 's history lesson and the colours were horrible and it smelt of a sort of horrible glue and — — |
| 10 | well it got just eased of a little bit and I thought oh well I 'd make it , so I hopped up to get me erm pension erm and I just got down here when it started again and I came around the front from there and I came around the front I was soaking |
| 11 | While we waited for Pam to repack her carrier-bags ( she always ends up with twice as many as anyone else ) I tried unsuccessfully to force my size sevens into a pair of Kath 's size fives . |
| 12 | I tried not to let my fear go through the reins : it was very hard . |
| 13 | I tried desperately to keep my gorge from rising and my stomach from emptying the contents of its last meal . |
| 14 | During this time I tried hard to forget my feeling for him . |
| 15 | I tried hard to capture their strange beauty , and flowing movement |
| 16 | So when Bernard rang and said that he and Colette would be away for a fortnight — would I like a break ? — I moved in to babysit their cottage by the sea . |
| 17 | I bent down to get my my night-shirt , it 's in my drawer with all my jumpers |
| 18 | I pretended not to notice her look of astonishment and got on with my shining . |
| 19 | So , right at the start , I promised not to burn my portrait , no matter what it looked like . |
| 20 | The next day I ventured out to see our new village , conscious that many curious eyes were on me . |
| 21 | I want not to move your passions but your reason . |
| 22 | I want slowly to remove his wig ; gently to untie his gown ; slowly , so slowly — and terribly , terribly privately — to whisper in his lovely , lovely ear , while he struggles in vain : ‘ De minimis non curat lex . ’ |
| 23 | I thought I 'd either holed my shot or that I had missed the green as well . ’ |
| 24 | I 'd just got my licence and I drove into Manhattan , because I got my licence the day I turned sixteen . |
| 25 | I ca n't think in the art , in the art thing cos I like to I 'd just finished my coffee as well and |
| 26 | I was at the wardrobe , I 'd just took me trousers off and the bloody door flew open and I turned round , he was on the bed ! |
| 27 | I 'd just bought her record ‘ It Cuts Both Ways ’ . |
| 28 | I 'd barely finished my prawn cocktail before I realised I could fall for him . ’ |
| 29 | So I flipped around and made for the ground , I 'd completely lost my bearings , I did n't recognize it , did n't even know which panel it was . |
| 30 | My God , I 'd even told my grandfather that I was coming home — and bringing my future bride . ’ |