Example sentences of "[vb past] [subord] i [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Faldo conceded the French and Belgian Opens when victory seemed a formality and he bristled when I questioned these fallibilities during his march to triumph in the European Open at Sunningdale . |
2 | In a typically Chinese way , when I was discharged , the doctor who had treated me escorted me to the car , and shook hands and asked if I had any complaints , as he knew the hospital left plenty of room for improvement . |
3 | ‘ I could n't understand why the front door would not open and this young fellow appeared and asked if I wanted any help . |
4 | It all began when I won New Faces , but it gave me a very big head . |
5 | My insight into my own motivations in ‘ choosing ’ anorexia began when I read this statement : ‘ Addiction , obesity , starvation ( anorexia nervosa ) are political problems , not psychiatric ; each condenses and expresses a contest between the individual and some other person or persons in his environment over the control of the individual 's body . ’ |
6 | I do not at this precise moment , therefore , feel quite as wretched as I did this morning after using the public telephone or as bewildered and terrorized as I did this afternoon while sitting half-frozen on the trembling suspension bridge across the sleazy Thames . |
7 | ‘ I thought if I got next door , we might get talking , perhaps get back together . |
8 | Well I thought cos I like that marble flooring . |
9 | I knew before I started that Rainbow had no missionary tendencies . |
10 | The rage and hatred I felt as I wrote this letter was terrifying , like a sudden , violent illness . |
11 | Tom said if I brought some mates , he 'd get us in . |
12 | Well I said if I see three snow flakes we 're off to Tenerife ! |
13 | So if I had if I had one course to go along and find approximately how many adverts for it ? |
14 | My Mammy said When I smell Pink Camay I can |
15 | IN AN interview with The Independent newspaper , John Major complained of ‘ the inheritance I had when I became Prime Minister . |