Example sentences of "i [adv] [verb] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When he walked in I thought , You can take me dirty dancing any day of the week . |
| 2 | I rarely find much satisfaction in debating harder abstractions or metaphysical teasers with him . |
| 3 | I duly put this plan to Eliot , who , to my mild surprise , did not seem to regard it as so fanciful an idea as I had anticipated . |
| 4 | In all my life there have been very few occasions when I badly wanted more money and that was one of them , because on my wage of three shillings a day as an AC2 I was unable to drape her with expensive clothes . |
| 5 | I badly needed more money , so the take-over could not come too quickly as far as I was concerned . |
| 6 | After some further outside tests and a fair amount of soul-searching , I eventually bought this detector and the 10.5in accessory coil . |
| 7 | What are the maximum stocking levels for a tank of 48″x12″x15″ with a Fluval 4 internal filter , and will I eventually need additional filtration ? |
| 8 | ‘ I vigorously condemn all violence directed at people or property , ’ the secretary of state for the sea , Charles Josselin , said in a statement . |
| 9 | I slowly munched diced meat pie stuffed with herbs . |
| 10 | The real world has long left behind the age when old so-and-so could decide ‘ I rather like this slogan ’ or ‘ My constituents think we ought to do such and such ’ without that ‘ feeling ’ being backed up by professional research and experience . |
| 11 | Also , Christie 's tell me that their film and entertainment sale of December 1991 saw a mere 10 per cent unsold by value and a paltry 25 per cent unsold by lot , which of course does not add up to ‘ a third of the lots ’ unsold , as I wrongly stated last week . |
| 12 | And , I better get this dinner out . |
| 13 | I better get another bottle of that er |
| 14 | I better get another knife . |
| 15 | I personally came one morning and erm the building up |
| 16 | It occurred in the Foreign Office and the Foreign Office , and I personally take full responsibility for it this afternoon before the House . |
| 17 | I personally abhor high pressure sales tactics adopted by Afcor . |
| 18 | I personally welcome that change . |
| 19 | Mansel Jones , Hillhouse International power station manager , said : ‘ I personally feel this law is a positive move . |
| 20 | We made a start today with the notion that seems to me most central to our inquiry — the one with which , as it happens , I personally have most difficulty . |
| 21 | I entirely reject that suggestion . |
| 22 | I foolishly sent this medal home . |
| 23 | But here 's another key tip for those Vox users out there : I only use one channel . |
| 24 | I only ask this question because devotees of this composer have probably never been in a better position to acquire a good cross-section of his output on disc . |
| 25 | It did n't take long and I only spotted one word with more than one syllable . ’ |
| 26 | And he said well just get yourself home and tell your father that I want it paid for this time because I only replaced that glass last week , which he had |
| 27 | I only remember one thing that she said and I do n't know when she said it : |
| 28 | ‘ I only managed 26th place taking 43 minutes , but Howard Moiser came 14th with a very credible time of 38.10 minutes , ’ he said . |
| 29 | ‘ Bathsheba , ’ he said , coming closer , ‘ If I only knew one thing — whether you 'd allow me to love you , and marry you after all — if I only knew ! ’ |
| 30 | There are a lot more people than that , there , I only put one advert . |