Example sentences of "i [adv] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | Derive an expression for the magnetic field H at a point P distant a from the centre line of a long thin conducting strip of width b ( Fig. 3.19 ) which carries a longitudinal current I uniformly distributed across its section . |
2 | I had just winched in the staysail 's port sheet when the explosion sounded , or something so like an explosion that I instinctively cowered by Wavebreaker 's rail as my mind whipped back to the crash of practice shells ripping through the sleet in Norway . |
3 | Er , and I got up and I protested about it , on the grounds that if they could n't run a great big pop hall for , and I wholly agreed with the idea , of of them providing the facility . |
4 | It is well known that I disliked what was in the first three-year letter of intent , but I wholly approved of the principle . |
5 | I wholly agree with the right hon. Member for Sparkbrook that it would be inappropriate to oppose the Bill on Second Reading , but , like the right hon. Gentleman , I intend to look closely at what happens to it during its passage through the House . |
6 | ‘ I 'm not sure I altogether approve of that . ’ |
7 | I began Chapter 4 by contrasting two views of physics , which I loosely characterized as the instrumental and expressive view . |
8 | For the reasons that I have given , I am sceptical of the existing system and therefore I rarely speak on such motions . |
9 | I rarely comment on Irish affairs , not because of lack of interest but because the Irish communities would reject any opinion or suggestion if they considered it a ’ Brit ’ suggestion or opinion , but , in this instance , the circumstances are so hideously distressing that I feel compelled to comment and to ask the Minister whether he thinks it a heavy irony that last Friday 's incident followed successive discoveries of large caches of arms and whether perhaps it was a desperate attempt by the IRA to reassert some degree of authority . |
10 | I 'm not what you 'd call the retiring type , and I rarely flinch from a fight when I 'm sure of my own righteousness ; but there is one thing I can not cope with , and that is unprovoked aggression . |
11 | I rarely got beyond this point in my sales patter before expressions of incredulity replaced polite interest . |
12 | I rarely go to her house and I do n't think she 's ever been to my flat , but our friendship is very much part of our working lives . |
13 | I 'm doing all these books , writing things and life is too short , time is passing too quickly , so that 's why I like my houses so much , and why I rarely go to other people 's houses . |
14 | ‘ I rarely used to Hasselblad . |
15 | I could dispense with anything else , everything else , including visits to the tax office which I rarely do except to replace my er brochures and and er things that I send round for information . |
16 | I rarely drink in the week , and I 've never acquired a taste for wine . |
17 | I rarely talk to my parents these days , or visit the family home . |
18 | So next day I duly went to the synagogue , rather self-conscious in my trilby hat , surprised to find women sitting in the gallery only , much impressed with the singing of the cantor and the blowing of the ram 's horn , and a little taken aback by the quick exit at the end of the fast , presumably to get back home for the first square meal of the day . |
19 | Although I duly applied for the Fellowship , I was unsuccessful , no doubt to my lasting benefit , as similar failures have served to prove . |
20 | In February 1940 at the Labour Exchange at Devizes , I duly registered for military service . |
21 | I duly arrived for my first drive . |
22 | I duly arrived at 9.30 am . |
23 | However , Brownie Helper 's husband would act as chauffeur , so not being able to think of more excludes , I duly arrived at the appointed hour , to find a welcoming party of six little girls , all anxious to fetch and carry equipment . |
24 | I duly called at her house in Thistle Street . |
25 | ‘ In those days , the new psychology was just beginning to make itself felt in the circles I most frequented in Oxford , ’ he told readers of the 1950 reprint of Dymer . |
26 | That 's what I most remember about it : pain like you would n't believe . ’ |
27 | But then I lose what I most want from it , that it be in a room with other objects . |
28 | ‘ The books I most admire in the European tradition are , ’ he says , ‘ 19th century novels by the great Russian writers and by English writers like Jane Austen and George Eliot . |
29 | I knew that I wanted a free and independent life although I secretly subscribed to the idea of marrying a professional , sighted man . |
30 | I secretly hoped for twenty-one . |