Example sentences of "i [adv] [verb] [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I rarely find much satisfaction in debating harder abstractions or metaphysical teasers with him . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | I badly needed more money , so the take-over could not come too quickly as far as I was concerned . |
| 5 | After some further outside tests and a fair amount of soul-searching , I eventually bought this detector and the 10.5in accessory coil . |
| 6 | ‘ I vigorously condemn all violence directed at people or property , ’ the secretary of state for the sea , Charles Josselin , said in a statement . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | And , I better get this dinner out . |
| 9 | I better get another bottle of that er |
| 10 | I better get another knife . |
| 11 | I personally welcome that change . |
| 12 | Mansel Jones , Hillhouse International power station manager , said : ‘ I personally feel this law is a positive move . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | I entirely reject that suggestion . |
| 15 | I foolishly sent this medal home . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 |
| 18 | ‘ I only put that dress on to cover up some bad drawing . |
| 19 | I only got this book last week . |
| 20 | And I only get this sort of breakfast when you 're angry , he thought . |
| 21 | I only wish that Dad could know of your loyalty . ’ |
| 22 | So before you 're about to criticise the Spectrum , ask yourself this question : if I did n't have a computer and I was trying to look for one and I only had enough money for the Spectrum , what would I do ? |
| 23 | what would you like from the catalogue sort of thing and I only had this catalogue to Cos I pa you know I paid for it what di did they have ? |
| 24 | ‘ I only fell that time because of those steps . |
| 25 | er , the Easter fair will take place on April the twenty ninth , now I 've heard from Goldthorpe , I only heard this week , and their , the production they 're doing is My Fair Lady , now we 're hoping to go on the Thursday , March the nineteenth , the tickets , the balcony is three pound and the stalls are two pound fifty , and they , there 'll be your bus fare on top so if any of you are interested please give me your names this afternoon so I can get them tickets sorted out , right , now if that |
| 26 | ‘ It is not true that I only play this game for money . |
| 27 | Were n't gon na get nothing , I was on , I only wanted some money . |
| 28 | ‘ I only want this farce to be over so I can get on with my life . ’ |
| 29 | But first , but when we first came here I spent three hours on a Sunday morning , and I only did that area where you play football . |
| 30 | erm I only have another month in office . |