Example sentences of "[vb past] i [verb] [verb] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We argued about it but in the end he agreed I had to tell the Josephs . |
| 2 | 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 |
| 3 | It was the day of parcel issues and as lunch time approached I tried to forget the future in the pleasure of the present . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | ‘ When I got back I found I had left the garden door a little ajar ; she must have taken a chill . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | After much thought and careful study I believed I had found the answer . |
| 8 | I guess at that point DEA assumed I had jumped the reservation and was feeding information to Pan Am . |
| 9 | 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 |
| 10 | My first thought when I heard I 'd got the part was : ‘ Bang goes my knighthood ! ’ ’ |
| 11 | So that meant I had to call the police , always assuming that the local Neighbourhood Watch had n't . |
| 12 | So that meant I had to get the part of the , the top bit of the cup , thread it through the hoo , the hoop and then tie it in a knot ! |
| 13 | I felt I had handled the situation marvellously . |
| 14 | I felt I had let the team down . |
| 15 | After my husband died I had to spend the winter of 1973–4 alone in Lamb House . |
| 16 | I knew I 'd overdone the garlic in the Rogan Josh because I 'd been trying to impress Zaria . |
| 17 | But he went on to say he knew I 'd spent the night at your place . |
| 18 | ‘ The second stroke was terrifying because I knew I had escaped the trauma of the first , I was petrified . |
| 19 | ‘ The second stroke was terrifying because I knew I had escaped the trauma of the first , I was petrified . |
| 20 | The walk that defeated me on the way up seemed to take about five minutes coming down , and despite the forced cheery countenance of my friends , I knew I had ruined the day . |
| 21 | The only way I knew I had reached the summit was when I started downhill again . |
| 22 | All through tea I had waited for some indication on his part that he knew I had seen the girl — as he must have known , for it was obvious that the nocturnal concert had been given to announce her presence . |
| 23 | I knew I wanted to spend the rest of my life with him . |
| 24 | I knew I wanted to spend the rest of my life with him . |
| 25 | I thought I had missed the fish and cried out in pain . |
| 26 | Even though I thought the job was really mine I thought I had to create the impression of somebody who was , you know , above board , for , you know , the Catholics . |
| 27 | For one thing , I thought I had cleared the nest recently , and that if she was sitting on anything at all , her clutch could not number more than two or three eggs . |
| 28 | Oh I thought I had to get the estate agent first and then get the space . |
| 29 | I think she thought I had taken the wind out of Rossetti 's sails … . |
| 30 | But I looked to a philosophical point of view more comprehensive even than that of the early Collingwood , and I thought I had found the germ of it in the lectures he delivered in my last year on ‘ Nature and Mind ’ . |