Example sentences of "i [vb past] [art] [adj] [noun sg] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | After the election , I became a frequent visitor to Downing Street . |
| 2 | I also like to give credit where it is due , and would , therefore , like to thank members of the Great Central Railway who were very helpful and friendly when I made a recent visit to Rothley and Loughborough as an ordinary visitor . |
| 3 | He added : ‘ I made a tremendous start to the year and badly wanted that No 1 spot for the first time but it made me become negative . |
| 4 | I made a mental note to myself that if the doctor on her case set that beautiful leg anything other than back the way it should be , then he had better start looking for a good dentist . |
| 5 | On the one occasion when I made a direct appeal to her , in connection with the battle against the closed shop for journalists which I describe later , her response was gratifyingly supportive and it was no fault of hers that she was unable to persuade Lord Hailsham to a course of action that might well have altered journalistic history . |
| 6 | No-one else in our aircraft appeared to be the least bit concerned , but my relief as we finally drew near the coast of England again and then began our descent to the safety of solid earth was so great that I made a little promise to myself that I would never again set foot in an aeroplane , so long as I could be permitted to survive this one trip . |
| 7 | The instant I realised that we had a picture I made a steep turn to starboard and a downward movement , simultaneously I was aware of a slight tremor in the aircraft in the region of the bomb bay . |
| 8 | ( To Nick [ disguised as a girl ] ) Suppose I made an indecent suggestion to you ? |
| 9 | ‘ He 's done well for himself , and as things have turned out , I got a great move to a club that are really flying at the moment . |
| 10 | A cold draught of air was coming from the kitchen and I found the back door to be wide open — and then my horrified glance fell upon Aunt Louise . |
| 11 | " I learnt a new tolerance to other faiths . |
| 12 | ‘ Then I found out that I came a poor second to the real love of her life — money . |
| 13 | I noted a new aspect to Niki at the end of I975 , which he concluded with a fine victory at Watkins Glen . |
| 14 | In the end , I judged the best option to be to talk in the privacy of his room , thus giving him the opportunity to ponder his new situation in solitude once I took my leave . |
| 15 | So much so in fact that tonight , as I filled my cat 's litter tray with ‘ Sophisticat ’ , I noticed a distinct similarity to standard aquarium ammonia remover . |
| 16 | I could find genuine analogies between the [ Peruvian ] Indian and what I imagined the Russian muzhik to be ’ ( Ravines : 1951 , p. 13 ) . |
| 17 | As it happened , speaking a number of languages , I had more access to the room in which the drivers were locked up than most , and I filed a long despatch to The Times about the issues in the strike and the feeling among the drivers . |
| 18 | I had just told him that on my arrival in South Africa I received a pressing invitation to Rhodesia , where I am now writing . |
| 19 | Leaving the pretty village of Thwaite I climbed the green lane to Shunner and below the summit had overtaken " the Dog Man " . |
| 20 | While I could still feel and just see it , I opened the back door to the garden . |
| 21 | I discovered a partial answer to that question at the end of last week , finding myself in a television reception room with Sir Teddy Taylor and Labour 's Austin Mitchell . |
| 22 | ‘ Once I hit the 2O mile mark I started to feel stronger and my speed picked up slightly , but as I ran up the Mall towards Buckingham Palace I discovered a new meaning to the word pain . |
| 23 | It was probably this occasion which prompted Lloyd George to write of Balfour : ‘ I confess that I underrated the passionate attachment to his country which burnt under that calm , indifferent , and apparently frigid exterior ’ ; upon which Balfour 's latest biographer has somewhat severely commented : ‘ By ‘ passionate attachment to his country , ’ Lloyd George , presumably meant Balfour 's backing for him as Prime Minister … ’ |
| 24 | I returned the small tool to the pouch and went another fifty yards , taking care . |
| 25 | I had the club already going , was dealing with mainly young people , and as you will know young people 's taste tends to vary quite considerably and very quickly , so I might well be very successful for so long and then if suddenly taste changed and I had n't got the ability to change with the times I realized that it would be rather precarious , so I needed a second string to my bow . |
| 26 | Crossing mosaic floors , and pausing to admire stained glass windows , I reached a little shrine to St Bridget . |
| 27 | ‘ I thought a personal appeal to the Brotherhood for a relic for Shaftesbury Abbey would be much better than legal wrangling , and all I can say at present is that negotiations are going very well indeed , ’ said Mrs Rider last night . |
| 28 | I thought the best thing to be , before this went any further , was brisk . |
| 29 | I related the same story to a gentleman in this department , and he was unable to be of help — especially when I suggested to him that his department should not approve equipment that was unable to receive satisfactorily most of the NDBs in the UK . |
| 30 | I took a real fancy to her . |