Example sentences of "the [noun sg] i [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When we were at the park I took the down there cos |
| 2 | Then in the last two lines of the appendix I read the panel on doctrine seeks permission for the joint commission to meet twice yearly as necessary to study documents of doctrinal interest . |
| 3 | On the ridge I encountered the most incandescent mountain I have ever seen . |
| 4 | Beneath the shirt I saw the outline of her breasts . |
| 5 | SOMEHOW , FILMS BY the Coen Brothers are n't quite like the cinema I see every week . |
| 6 | Sometime in the afternoon I recovered a little , but I felt faint as I stood up , and realized I had not eaten anything all day . |
| 7 | Later in the afternoon I saw a meal for all 600 prisoners being cooked in one gigantic iron pot over a blazing fire . |
| 8 | In the afternoon I watch the English football . |
| 9 | As I opened the case I heard a groaning , splintering noise , which caused me to experience extreme pain as the bridge flew off and whacked me on the side of the head ! |
| 10 | But then , in the far corner of the field I found a medieval buckle . |
| 11 | No and just have a look at the computer I mean the printer that 's about half a metre long . |
| 12 | Erm are we continuing trading or because I , I fear that in , in in particular and with due respect to the Chairman I think the hospital discharges at the moment are leaving a little bit to be desired . |
| 13 | In the kitchen I scoured the cupboards , and poured disinfectant over small black creatures like woodlice . |
| 14 | When he went in the Dolphinarium I got the bus up to Devil 's Dyke and had my sandwiches up there . |
| 15 | This is not because I take them for granted — On the contrary I marvel every year at the miracle of that never-empty basket in The Undercroft and the crowds round the stalls . |
| 16 | During a lull in the shouting I made the tea , and as I was pouring the cups out Mum asked Dad what she should do . |
| 17 | I walked this afternoon from my room to the School and in the lane I met a cat carrying a hedge sparrow . |
| 18 | One day when I went to give my language class at the university I found the word maricone ( queer ) chalked in large Gothic letters on the blackboard . |
| 19 | That 's just the story I told the clan ! ’ |
| 20 | Do you know the story I mean the parable I mean ? |
| 21 | Far out to sea to the west I saw the bright lights of the Athens boat . |
| 22 | I remembered the noise I remembered the noise as we went past the pub , so I went back to the pub and sure enough there were fifty Sorry thirty burly men . |
| 23 | John Smyth QC reported to Mrs Whitehouse that , ‘ having seen the play I have no doubt whatever that a prima facie case exists that a criminal offence has been committed ’ . |
| 24 | I , personally , always tried to avoid being drawn into any kind of union or political affairs , but in the case of the Association I made a slight concession in that I agreed to become Editor of our newsletter , which started out as a news-sheet and eventually grew into a magazine called " Coastlines " , featuring articles , reports from the cutters , poems and competitions . |
| 25 | I would like the members of this authority to have a look at the reply I make no apology for the length of the reply to Mr 's very important question . |
| 26 | As we squelched along the road and into the farmyard I felt a feeling of utter exhaustion . |
| 27 | I found a photograph of Paul as a baby in one of the albums I kept in the loft , and after the ceremony I wrote the name of the new catapult on the back of the picture , scrunched it up around a steelie and secured it with a little tape , then went down , out of the loft and the house , into the chill drizzle of a new day . |
| 28 | In the ceremony I smeared the metal , rubber and plastic of the new device with earwax , snot , blood , urine , belly-button fluff and toenail cheese , christened it by firing the empty sling at a wingless wasp crawling on the face of the Factory , and also fired it at my bared foot , raising a bruise . |
| 29 | And so I when I got back from the talk I had a look and sure enough there are , throughout the British Isles there are five New Brightons . |
| 30 | On the album I make the comment that somebody had asked me the same question and I said , ‘ Yep , my left hand 's doing good , right hand 's doing alright , my mind 's as sharp as a tack . |