Example sentences of "[noun] i [vb past] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A noise I recognized among the eternal wastes of silence . |
| 2 | In Cardiff I went to the local elementary school and in 1939 , in the competitive scholarship examination , won a special place at Cardiff High School . |
| 3 | So then , of course I went to the Euro M P . |
| 4 | Of course I forgot about the sleeping child . |
| 5 | In Harehills I belonged to the upper crust of the lower middle classes who were getting out as fast as they could . |
| 6 | I did not usurp power but I did greatly broaden the use of executive power , in other words this is the modesty part I acted for the public welfare , I acted for the common wellbeing of all our people whenever and in whatever manner was necessary unless prevented by direct constitutional or legislative prohibition Roosevelt suggested that the president subject only to the people of the United States and he identified himself with Andrew Jackson and with Abraham Lincoln . |
| 7 | For my work experience I went to the local primary school where I was a classroom helper with the reception class . |
| 8 | She was transformed from the young trollop I remembered to the middle-aged reader of Trollope she had always wanted to be . |
| 9 | I had never been a member of the Labour Party , and on the first occasion when I could claim a vote I voted for the Liberal candidate in the Hampstead constituency . |
| 10 | The first piece I wrote for the New Statesman , almost exactly four years ago , began : ‘ People keep asking me , ‘ On what platform will you be standing for deputy leader of the Labour Party ? ' |
| 11 | Checking a positive climb and flicking up the quick-retracting gear I concentrated on the slow process of building speed , getting the flaps in at 130 and maintaining a gentle increase in height with steady acceleration to 170 knots , when the nose can be raised for 3,000 fpm to show on the VSI as she really starts to go . |
| 12 | In 1980 when Allan Wells won a Gold Medal at the Olympics I looked at the British tracksuits and thought : well , nothing much has changed in 56 years ! |
| 13 | When it began to grow dark I noticed through the little connecting window that he did n't put his light on ; this alarmed me , somehow . |
| 14 | Looking back over some lectures I gave in the early 1980s , I note that the division between the schools which could raise money and those which could not was even then causing me concern . |
| 15 | As I was pulling on the worn satin slippers I thought of the new ones my sister had bought me for her wedding . |
| 16 | It was certainly taller than the other buildings in Anani 's main street and , despite its shabby exterior , I could sense the air of warmth and welcome the moment I passed through the front door . |
| 17 | But our to avoid that situation I left and went to work with which kept me in the Edinburgh branch and within three or four weeks I stood for the local organizer and had not been successful . |
| 18 | At one point I traversed from the red bolts ( off route ) to the green bolts ( also off route ) without finding the silver bolts I was supposed to be on . |
| 19 | After three different versions I decided on the plain raincoat shape , tied with a belt . ’ |
| 20 | That handjob I scored at the Happy Isles-I tell you , She-She was giving it away . |
| 21 | For many years I consulted for the American GE in Schenectady and the thing that struck me there was the way that when they wanted to attack a particular area they could mount an army of people on it , all of whom were pretty good . ’ |
| 22 | I use to dread going in to work — in the two years I worked for the Inland Revenue I do not think I worked a full month — and in the end I left . |
| 23 | For a while I stood by the shattered doorway , wondering what to do . |
| 24 | It 's a concept I adapted from the American presidential campaigns . |
| 25 | The next day I thought about the possible dangers on the island . |
| 26 | The next day I took to the drizzling streets of Cuzco with a hangover of Sacsayhuaman proportions . ) |
| 27 | On my way out of the office that first day I fell over the only other disabled student in the college who was a wheelchair user . |
| 28 | Each day I walked to the new village where the old village |
| 29 | I remember learning this lesson painfully when as a new curate I came to the weekly staff meeting in Cranham . |
| 30 | ‘ Well , ’ I replied nervously , ‘ This is some of the stuff I did in the early days , it 's all medical and rather boring . |