Example sentences of "of [noun sg] i [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I know from the messages of support I have received from those in the arts world and elsewhere how much your leadership , interest and enthusiasm will be missed . |
| 2 | In relation to all the major types of support I have considered — the sharing of households , the giving or lending of money , the provision of practical support — the principle that support is most likely to be given if the advantage is mutual , or if there is a clear expectation that assistance will be given in return , is a prominent feature . |
| 3 | This continuity has practical as well as expressive value , because it facilitates the organic style of change I mentioned a moment ago as a practical advantage . |
| 4 | was saying the overall winner was Lucinda Murray on Just Jeremy , and er he first asked her over er a glass of champagne I believe , celebrating her twenty-fifth birthday with a party on Friday , er was that beneficial to success ? |
| 5 | It was a reasonably clear evening and since I had already had a couple of glasses of champagne I decided to cycle over to Sally 's flat in Fulham . |
| 6 | Kind of but a cross between the ringlets you do and the ringlets that I had and the type of hair I 've got . |
| 7 | reveals the fruit in ripeness , when the floss inside is ready to be plucked , as soft as the lock of hair I keep with me always from your dear golden head . |
| 8 | I can swear to every pie I have swallowed , to every cup of sack I have gulped , to the few good women I have met and , thankfully , to every bad woman I have slept with . |
| 9 | What happens in the Celebration is of Election is that the erm it happens at the end of mass I think or round the end of mass . |
| 10 | Route II came in 1943 with Brian Kellet climbing on from the chimney rift of Route I to cross the upper slabs . |
| 11 | ‘ If you will only accept the offer of payment I made to you earlier , then the rest of the debt will be paid very shortly . ’ |
| 12 | And your setting will be even more integrated into your book than was the setting in the sort of story I have called a backgrounder . |
| 13 | ‘ For out of much affliction and anguish of heart I wrote unto you with many tears ; not that ye should be grieved , but that ye might know the love which I have more abundantly unto you ’ ( 2 Corinthians , 2:4 ) . |
| 14 | I ca n't tell you the terrible sense of horror I had . |
| 15 | All that needs to happen , in between , is this moment of horror I mentioned . |
| 16 | In between snatches of prayer I cursed , using every filthy word I knew , until that bloody barge was heading straight back to the bank . |
| 17 | After 24 hours of freedom I knew no one was going to lock me up again |
| 18 | On my third day of freedom I managed to steal some coins and sent a note to my master in Ipswich . |
| 19 | The company 's managing director understood my initiative and the degree of freedom I required , and encouraged me — so a delicate trust was established between client , painter and agent . |
| 20 | Worst case of heatstroke I 've ever seen ’ |
| 21 | But at the time of building I think it was just continued practice from the victorian days to run it round on the top . |
| 22 | Er well on on a this kind of level I mean |
| 23 | With lots of luck I came face to face with a round face man in uniform . |
| 24 | ‘ It was the first bit of luck I 'd had since I first set eyes on you . |
| 25 | Anyway , if I could just erm describe how I managed to get there in the first place , which was all a matter of luck I suppose as much as anything erm I went to the East Anglian schools for erm blind and deaf children at Gorleston on Sea from nineteen twenty eight to nineteen thirty six , erm , in those days erm education for the er disabled er continued until sixteen . |
| 26 | ‘ I was cold and wet by this time , but after a tour of inspection I found the house was deserted . |
| 27 | More realistic pay , dependent on my level of expertise and the amount of responsibility I hold |
| 28 | Well there are ways are n't there I mean even in traditionally , I mean what of wet-nursing I mean that 's an example is n't it where a woman gets another woman to do the job for her . |
| 29 | staying open , I ai n't going , I ca n't handle it I said I just wan na get out , it was really like a sentence I just could n't stand it of course I laughed , me and Elaine went to the meeting same place , same wall and I kept looking at her and we brought you in here to say thanks , and Elaine looked at me and I looked at her and I said well if that 's all he 's got ta say I said I 'm not , I , what did I say to Elaine ? |
| 30 | And of course I knew that this hierarchical organization offers the possibility of reward and incorporation into the highest ranks to those who conform to such dictates . |