Example sentences of "[pron] [adv] [vb past] [pron] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 31 | ‘ And I just found myself in the right place at the right time ! ’ |
| 32 | Interviewing the likes of Lester Piggott or notoriously inarticulate footballers whose only comment on scoring a hat-trick is ‘ I 'm over the moon ’ or ‘ I just hit it into the back of the net , Brian ’ can not be the simplest of tasks . |
| 33 | I just approached it in the way I would were it my album and my band . |
| 34 | In fact I had it for six months and I never did plug it into an amplifier ; I just used it in the dressing room . ’ |
| 35 | Starting each hymn on the right note was a great problem for most of us , but I found that if I did not think too deeply about this but started off almost instinctively I generally hit something like the right note , thanks to my years as a choir boy in Maidenhead . |
| 36 | I soon found myself at the Gasthof Lôwen in the little village of Sasbach . |
| 37 | He turned and came after me waving his revolver , but I easily lost him in the crowd . |
| 38 | I said to her , ‘ I 'm not willing to argue with you here because it would get me into trouble but if I ever saw you on the street I would ’ . |
| 39 | I could get tired of even roulette if I always played it in the same place . ’ |
| 40 | I always used it on the tongue or used dexies and black bombers , y'know , swallowed pills and things . |
| 41 | I know a dug a hole and I totally misread it in the sense that |
| 42 | I totally lost myself in the remoteness . |
| 43 | I still had it in the wardrobe so I just used to . |
| 44 | I hardly had anything in the cupboard so I had to make do … |
| 45 | At this I quickly joined them at the bottom of a long rickety iron ladder which led into the water ballast tanks and found them hauling out several cases which had been concealed there . |
| 46 | ‘ My own family was pretty undistinguished , and Stephen had at any rate a respectable reputation in his own field — though I probably overvalued it at the time . |
| 47 | ‘ I probably got it in the Seychelles , from walking around barefoot a great deal . |
| 48 | During the course of this session , I repeatedly reminded her of the fact that she was seeing something which had happened some time ago and that time had proved her recovery to be complete — something which had been born out by the numerous examinations and X-rays she had since undergone . |
| 49 | Well I sent it to the B B C , I sent it to Duncan but I also sent it to the the Lady a shorter version to the Lady their competition and I said their competition was gon na be on the eighteenth in their issue they would give the names of the of the winners , but I had looked in the Lady yesterday in Smiths and there was none of nothing about it , but I do n't think I 've won anyway because it said you 'd be notified by post so . |
| 50 | I also told him about the new hip and thigh diet and said I could do with some more volunteers to try it out . |
| 51 | I also told them about the financial statement we had issued and afterwards received a letter asking if I would send on a financial statement , which I did " . |
| 52 | I also had it in the World War . |
| 53 | Using a knife , I carefully opened it across the top and slipped the letter out . |
| 54 | ‘ Loadsa times I nearly trod one into the ground . |
| 55 | So tail-waggingly , bone-snafflingly puppyish that I nearly tickled him under the ears . |
| 56 | I nearly hit him over the head , I thought it was Jason . |
| 57 | No I really got it for the er card holder . |
| 58 | I was usually summoned by telephone and invited round to Downing Street at 8 p.m. , when Wilson would be alone in the Cabinet room , which he preferred to any office or study , and where , sitting at the long Cabinet table , I often found myself in the seat normally occupied by the Chancellor of the Exchequer and enjoyed moments of brief delusional glory ! |
| 59 | In 1806 a well known American preacher , the Reverend Lorenzo Dow , addressed a crowded congregation in the new church at 5.00 am and Wesley records preaching once at Kilmoriarty at the same hour : ‘ the house was well filled and a little after six I cheerfully commended them to the grace of God . ’ |
| 60 | I even met one in the walnut tree when I was working in the garden one night . |