Example sentences of "[adj] i [vb past] [verb] in [art] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ To tell you the truth , I had n't realised quite how much I 'd got in the habit of the kind of organised chaos we worked under at St Margaret 's .
2 In 1984 I had run in a makeshift team against the projected Olympic foursome .
3 When I was little I learned to swim in the ponds of the Romney Marshes , behind Dungeness .
4 AS a student , all I 'd done in a hospital was two weeks as a medical student , wandering around .
5 All those I had loved in the past — Richard , Marjorie , Alain , Madeleine , Leo , Muriel , Alan , Sandro , Erich , Jordi — all loved more or less in vain , hopelessly — were now without substance or meaning .
6 One queer I had to slug in the face and jump out of his car . ‘
7 The journey I had just completed in the Arussi had been the first I had undertaken in the highlands of Abyssinia .
8 Lineker was disappointed and said : ‘ The funny thing is , against Sweden was the best I 'd felt in the whole tournament . ’
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