Example sentences of "[vb past] i [verb] [verb] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They asked me to help dress the models who wandered around showing clothes to the ladies having afternoon tea in the restaurant , and after a bit I did some modelling myself . |
| 2 | ‘ I do n't know , but on the night she died the Lady Prioress asked me to help take the corpse back to her own chamber . |
| 3 | But his own political outlook was also vital : ‘ Those influences made me want to write a history of the game 's toilers , the hired labourers . |
| 4 | For a moment , Trish 's laughter made me regret leaving the chummy , easy-going atmosphere of Winston Street . |
| 5 | Eh , yeah regular army pay , great that 's really what made me decide to join the army , that was in the T A but I regulars . |
| 6 | A few weeks before I could n't have found Madeira on a map — now what I saw made me vow to return every year . |
| 7 | ‘ He just asked how you were , made me promise to keep an eye on you , then rang off , ’ she said , frowning . |
| 8 | So I mean again I realized I had dug a hole for myself with the compressed funding but at the same time I was saying to myself oh yeah there is carry forward here er |
| 9 | I realized I had made a mistake . |
| 10 | We argued about it but in the end he agreed I had to tell the Josephs . |
| 11 | I realised I 'd made a mistake as soon as he tightened his arms around my neck . |
| 12 | ‘ The full weight of the Children 's Department came down on us for that scene and , in retrospect , I realised I had made a mistake letting that go through . |
| 13 | But , thinking the process through sensibly , I realised I needed to write an essay before winning the £200 , hence I had to find a suitable topic . |
| 14 | The new government advisory agency , Scottish Natural Heritage , recently invited me to help judge a painting competition for schools . |
| 15 | After the monologues were over , Bryan Izzard prodded me to start writing the show for myself . |
| 16 | I mean , we 've , I 've , there was a situation these are the roads he 's taking me around now , he had me reverse round the corner which was practically blind , could n't see what was round the corner , so I was edging round , and it was on a hill so I had to do it , every time I stopped I had to put the handbrake on so I did n't roll |
| 17 | It was the day of parcel issues and as lunch time approached I tried to forget the future in the pleasure of the present . |
| 18 | I tried declaring my own sense of dissatisfaction to a few friends and found I 'd caught a tiger by the tail . |
| 19 | Having restored stability I quickly got above the cloud , found I had lost the Pole Star and somehow , like a tank commander , turned through 150° by not very gentle use of the outer engines . |
| 20 | ‘ When I got back I found I had left the garden door a little ajar ; she must have taken a chill . |
| 21 | I still found I had to keep the Contour and Treble rotaries backed completely off , and the Bass right up to get anything like a ‘ normal ’ lead guitar sound . |
| 22 | So , when I found I wanted to write a book that would reflect a little on whether we should strive to be perfect or settle for the second-best but practical , I realised I would have to have a murder that was in some way imperfect . |
| 23 | After much thought and careful study I believed I had found the answer . |
| 24 | As I looked at him , it seemed I had found a brother and sisters to love and be proud of for the rest of my life . |
| 25 | I guess at that point DEA assumed I had jumped the reservation and was feeding information to Pan Am . |
| 26 | Before it happened I had reached a point where at last I was earning enough money to make things a little bit easier , and then suddenly I found myself having to start all over again with wrecked finances , a new relationship and living in digs . |
| 27 | Alright , well I tell you what , we 'll have a break then for five minutes because er I forgot I need to phone the office |
| 28 | In the pause that followed I had to stifle a feeling of panic . |
| 29 | My first thought when I heard I 'd got the part was : ‘ Bang goes my knighthood ! ’ ’ |
| 30 | So I determined I got to have a go . |