Example sentences of "i [adv] [verb] [det] [noun] " 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 | ‘ I vigorously condemn all violence directed at people or property , ’ the secretary of state for the sea , Charles Josselin , said in a statement . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | I do n't know , if you 're like me but , I must confess , I I get er , I would n't say pleasure , but I rather like those incidents where he tells the disciples off , not because he 's telling them off , but because I can fit in wi with what they 've been up to ! |
| 10 | I merely by-pass those nerve-ends . |
| 11 | I better leave this pools money out . |
| 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 welcome that change . |
| 16 | Mansel Jones , Hillhouse International power station manager , said : ‘ I personally feel this law is a positive move . |
| 17 | I personally beg all mothers to insist that their governments work towards this end . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | As a student I obviously do many activities during school hours . |
| 20 | On the hon. Lady 's second point , yes , I entirely support such schemes . |
| 21 | I entirely reject that suggestion . |
| 22 | I foolishly sent this medal home . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | 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 |
| 25 | The frontispiece from a copy of the music from the Peer Gynt suite by Grieg was a beautiful piece of artwork even before it was decorated , so I only arranged some flowers in two of the corners , rather than all the way round , which would have overpowered the original design . |
| 26 | ‘ I only put that dress on to cover up some bad drawing . |
| 27 | I only got this book last week . |
| 28 | And I only get this sort of breakfast when you 're angry , he thought . |
| 29 | I only wish that Dad could know of your loyalty . ’ |
| 30 | I only wish more complaints were as easily dealt with as this . |