Example sentences of "[verb] i [vb past] [vb pp] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then I too realized I had made the right decision to stay put in hospital . |
| 2 | ‘ I 'll do anything , ’ I told them , and it was n't till afterwards that I realized I 'd done the right thing 'cos where else was I to go ? |
| 3 | ‘ But , darling , suppose I had done the same when I was expecting you ? |
| 4 | For long before my camera had been stolen I had noticed the unhealthy reliance people had on photographs , and their ability to take them , to make sense of what they saw . |
| 5 | Falconry is not a sport confined to women , but on this occasion I felt I had seen the perfect emblem for the ‘ Mistress of the Beasts ’ . |
| 6 | ‘ I thought I 'd be beaten , ’ Turi said , ‘ but I began to realise I 'd chosen the right route by not cutting inside fences . |
| 7 | I knew I had done the right thing , and now there would be no second monster to follow the first . |
| 8 | Lord above , I thought I had endured the worst of insults already this day ! |
| 9 | We all just sat there like Mickey Mouse was dead or something , and then we got on the train and went back home and did n't say anything to each other , and all the kids at school thought I 'd made the whole thing up . |
| 10 | When I met her , I thought I 'd met the ideal woman . |
| 11 | ‘ I thought I 'd seen the last of this particular fashion accessory . ’ |
| 12 | So naturally the police thought I 'd identified the wrong body as Uncle . ’ |
| 13 | I thought I 'd got the initial start and I wanted to keep ahead all the time . |
| 14 | ‘ Although , when I was going he did give me a sort of squeeze and said I 'd got the loveliest mouth he 'd ever seen . ’ |
| 15 | There is no space to go into detail about the ding-dong and the relevance of that remark , but it is gentlemanly mayhem at its best and I wish I had seen the first encounters between the CSIRO and its critic , who , I infer , also had a go at the research on skeleton weed . |
| 16 | As usual I just wished I 'd ordered the same as her : a bowl of smoked bacon and Roquefort cheese salad with garlic croutons . |
| 17 | ‘ Elizabeth ’ I got out and , suddenly emboldened , ‘ Like our great queen ’ I added , hoping I had guessed the correct period , thought it did for the present as a well . |