Example sentences of "[art] [noun] i [vb past] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But then , in the far corner of the field I found a medieval buckle . |
| 2 | Far out to sea to the west I saw the bright lights of the Athens boat . |
| 3 | I , personally , always tried to avoid being drawn into any kind of union or political affairs , but in the case of the Association I made a slight concession in that I agreed to become Editor of our newsletter , which started out as a news-sheet and eventually grew into a magazine called " Coastlines " , featuring articles , reports from the cutters , poems and competitions . |
| 4 | I was beginning to feel suspicious about my room , but when he opened a door with a key and turned on the light I saw a small clean room with a bed , a table and a chair . |
| 5 | When we were going out of the theatre at the end of the pantomime I saw a little lad crawl under the seat and put it in his pocket . |
| 6 | So when we walked from the pool to the car I felt the whole impact of the sun . |
| 7 | ‘ And when I 'd parked the car I had an overwhelming urge to kiss you . ’ |
| 8 | Things seemed quiet enough , but it was an uneasy calm and in the late afternoon , there was a crump of a bomb and when I looked out of the window I saw a black pall of smoke in the distance . |
| 9 | He wo n't say anything about their financial affairs , although between the lines I detected a certain amount of mirth that Mel of the Mars Bars ' custom has gone elsewhere . |
| 10 | As it was impossible to see the ground I kept my legs braced , but when I hit the desert I suffered a tremendous jolt right through my body . |
| 11 | Even before the crash I took a great deal of exercise — you have to work at staying in shape . |
| 12 | 1 While I was digging in the sand I found a strange gimble. 2 Carl and Jayne are both beamish , but Mike is the beamishest person I known . |
| 13 | Inside the coach I cried the bitterest tears of my life . |
| 14 | In the winter I constructed a bustling social existence of teddy bears , led by a ruling family of bears called the Cubbinses . |
| 15 | There was sliding down the banisters , toys left on the stairs , a new untidiness , a quickening of life and , sometimes , in the hurdy-gurdy I had a strange sense of ‘ presences ’ , two other children , silent , well-behaved . |
| 16 | Feeling in one of the pockets I found a black eye patch for added colour and realised that my crew were endorsing the senior officer 's joke about piracy in the Channel . |
| 17 | When he plugged in — Sonic The Hedgehog I saw the fantastic graphics and nearly fainted . |
| 18 | In at least two of the areas I visited the regional health authority and some of the first wave fundholders were wrangling over the savings accrued during the first year . |
| 19 | When I got the news of the assassination I had a heavy foreboding that U Saw was involved , and this indeed proved to be the case . |
| 20 | Instinct told me it was going to be one of those days the moment I removed the little grey shrivelled chicken from the oven . |
| 21 | When I first began designing for double jacquard , which was quite a long time ago , there was little or no information available and not many knitters used the technique , so over the years I learnt the hard way by trial and error . |
| 22 | As I left the room I heard the little comic bellow , " That 's what she thinks of thy relaxing clothes , ducks , and I must say I see what she means ! " |
| 23 | Just after the War I carried a few bags there . |
| 24 | In the daytimes I made the flat secure against all creatures . |
| 25 | Now that was the point I made a few moments ago . |
| 26 | But as we left the tarmac road and headed up the hill I made a grave error . |
| 27 | ‘ But unfortunately for him when he told me a bit about what was on the disk I had a blinding flash of inspiration . ’ |
| 28 | Away to the right I saw the flat gleam of the loch . |
| 29 | During a quick wander round the accessible parts of the ship at the end of the evening I noticed a wonderful old binnacle , preserved from the former Royal Yacht , Victoria and Albert , and before leaving I rested by the quarter deck rail to listen to the ship 's Royal Marine Band play classical selections on the quayside . |
| 30 | On the day before the match I travelled the 60 mile journey with Ivan ( Marks ) , this enabled me to walk the sections and try to sort out various methods . |