Example sentences of "i [verb] [adv prt] the " in BNC.

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1 And I back up the line I had to go .
2 I feel somewhat like a Saint Bernard as I track down the American conductor John Nelson by telephone across the Alps .
3 In Chapter 14 I sketch out the fundamentals of a structuralist theory of truth .
4 I sketch out the whole scenario in seven minutes flat .
5 I skidded down the escarpment in high spirits and made a bee-line for the town .
6 It was too cold and windy to sit and wait , though , so I limped back the way I had come , embittered at having to walk unnecessarily .
7 A pale autumnal sun played over Etive as I gazed up the beckoning folds of Spartan Slab with another partner , watching the leisurely antics of an American climber and his female ropemate on this classic VS .
8 Back in the bathroom , so I turns down the bed , and goes . ’
9 Now it would maybe not be appropriate if there was to be an alternative government bill that would deal with these type of matters er in front of us and please to say that when I read out the list of sponsors , it 'll be shown there are people from all parties , or all parties in Britain in this house , who are true democrats .
10 So 38×84″ was my conclusion and I made up the stretchers .
11 I made up the difference out of my own money . ’
12 So I made up the rest and everyone liked it .
13 I twisted around and almost blinded myself by staring straight into the sun , but then , through the dizzying glare , I made out the long silhouette of a tall man who seemed , incongruously , to be dressed in a long , transparent dressing gown .
14 I crept back the few yards to the way marked path and walked on down the track .
15 Trevor was not the sort of fellow who said , ‘ For art 's sake have I broken up the bar . ’
16 I choked back the tears and mumbled that I was glad I 'd had cancer .
17 And I mean over the years you can sort of pick a sample out and say ‘ It 's pretty close , this one ’ ; or , y'know , ‘ Do something about it ’ , there and then , if you think there is anything that can be done .
18 I felt that the design for this holiday picture should be a natural and less structured design than normal , so I laid out the pressed stems of eucalyptus which naturally fell into a fan shape and used that as the basis of my design .
19 I led up the awkward flake crack to a sitting stance on the Pedestal — a huge , flat topped flake stuck to the face — and called up the big guns .
20 I intend over the next Journals to put them on record for all members , who are unable to visit the Museum at Bishop 's Castle , to reproduce them for you .
21 ‘ As from today ’ , he writes in his resignation letter , ’ I tear off the mask of studied ambiguity that your organization did give me twelve years ago .
22 Each week , on shopping day , I tear out the first page and have a ready-made shopping list .
23 I fought down the ghastly urge coming up from my stomach .
24 I fought off the duvet and padded to the door , grabbing a towel from the bathroom to wrap around my waist and avoiding a cunning ankle-tap trip-and-throw move from Springsteen .
25 Nathan and I bring up the rear , and soon we are alone , with Nathan buried beneath the nylon sledge cover .
26 I bring up the subject of music .
27 I bring up the others , cooling all the while , before we flounder over to the descent rake and back to the house .
28 ‘ Can you manage to get up to the house under your own steam while I bring up the food ? ’
29 In fact , when I bring in the afternoon tea , Mr Farraday is inclined to close any book or periodical he has been reading , rise and stretch out his arms in front of the windows , as though in anticipation of conversation with me .
30 Obviously I bring out the worst in him . ’
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