Example sentences of "the [noun] i [vb base] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And there is a sense in which this applies , but although I can appreciate his point that seeking a good reputation may well dominate the practical order , if it were also to dominate the activities I have designated ‘ second-order ’ then it makes nonsense of the possibility of ‘ disinterestedness ’ , enjoying something for its own sake . |
| 2 | The activities I have tried have been successful , and I shall try many more . ’ |
| 3 | Will , oh , it 's all the response I get , we 're far too busy we have n't got the manpower you know , er |
| 4 | If I close this week with only seven , I may only end up with one sale , and that 's not gon na to give me the income I want and big H wants so I can take her out for a Chinese . |
| 5 | ‘ From the park I hear rhythms … |
| 6 | ‘ From the park I hear rhythms … |
| 7 | Hill said : ‘ This is the opportunity I have worked for and I would like to thank the team for putting their faith in me . |
| 8 | I all the forms I 've before are version numbered and dated . |
| 9 | ‘ I 'm much more restrained now in the hats I choose to wear . |
| 10 | ‘ It 's hard to believe such a vivacious personality is lost to us ’ , ’ Dysart was quoted as saying 'and harder still to accept that the stand I have taken against terrorism may have brought about her death . ’ ’ |
| 11 | The acoustic I use is a Yamaha APX12 — a stereo acoustic twelve-string . |
| 12 | Having given this example of structuring I perhaps need to make clear some of the terminology I have been using before looking at more examples . |
| 13 | We 're able to put up most of them , while the remainder I 've sent round to The Beach Hotel . ’ |
| 14 | But I take my immediate clue from the American critic , Norman Holland : ‘ unity is to the text as identity is to a person ; or you could say , identity is the unity I find in a person when I look at him as if he were a text . ’ |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | I 've only got the base I 've lost the top . |
| 17 | The simple lines of modern architecture break up space and light in a very mechanical way , and not with the variety I seek in my paintings . |
| 18 | The simple lines of modern architecture break up space and light in a very mechanical way , and not with the variety I seek in my paintings . |
| 19 | I alternate the direction of these strokes , imitating the direction I use to apply the pastel in the first place . |
| 20 | I alternate the direction of these strokes , imitating the direction I use to apply the pastel in the first place . |
| 21 | They are heading for a gathering at a place I can not see on my map , but they seem content with the direction I have chosen . |
| 22 | I know that I went there when the change I have spoken of must have been already complete . |
| 23 | The support I 've got now is not really professional . |
| 24 | erm I 'm very sad to be leaving Oxford , I 've very much enjoyed working here , and it 's been good to work for a council with such a high commitment to H I V , and to fighting Aids , and erm I very much the support I 've had from the committee and I hope it will continue erm in this way . |
| 25 | No chance to talk to Mum about the bike I dream of day and night ! |
| 26 | Of the programmes I 've watched-not all of them , let me confess-only the third , on the dhow in the Gulf seemed to enter into a wholly unknown , and dangerous environment , a way of life I could never have imagined . |
| 27 | And my Lord a short part I wish to refer you to and that is on page a hundred and seventy nine which is er the section when the judge was dealing with er the law of duty and the judge Mr Justice said during the trial I express some concern to what evidence has been called it is not necessary to refer to lawyers professional liability by . |
| 28 | I 'm a creature of habit — in the way I have my hair cut , the suits I wear , the eternal brown boots that I get ribbed about and which are fleetingly seen by the viewers at the end of the programme as we come to the closing headlines . |
| 29 | You know the thing is I feel that when I was tried to get the theatre board and I have contacted various people on the board I have never been listened to . |
| 30 | Now , on the board I have listed some possible targets . |