Example sentences of "i [vb past] [pron] [prep] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Now , I do n't , the story I quoted was I , I interviewed Lord Marshall on the local radio thing many years ago , and I asked him about nuclear fusion .
2 I made it from old aluminium tent-poles , some of which I had found in the attic a long time previously and some I had got from the town dump .
3 I do n't see the resemblance of Stu and Paul Young though , perhaps I expected someone with Spiky hair & black leather trousers .
4 Wandering on , I found myself among dreary council flats , improved by a figure of Joseph holding the Baby high on a wall .
5 I , I found it with utmost ease .
6 I caught him by cute observation ;
7 I told him about Bad Money — another short , no big deal .
8 And unfortunately , I told him in graphic detail , and thereby of course , lost a contract , because he turned out to be the most senior person in the room , and he did not enjoy being humiliated in that way .
9 I told him in great detail .
10 A voice from the wall beside him said : ‘ Would you understand if I told you about molecular breakdown and reassembly from a wide range of raw materials ? ’
11 The journey to Liverpool Street station was just a trundle around the Northern Line from Camden to Moorgate and then a short walk , and I accomplished it in good time .
12 This time I studied it in good sunlight , because some of the colours are so dim or so dark that one can hardly see what the pattern is all about .
13 I soaked it in hot water and antiseptic and I drank a little more whisky .
14 A cream-coloured dress of mine got covered with rust and , although I soaked it in biological liquid , it did n't get rid of the stain .
15 I threw myself with apparent enthusiasm into a conversation Marietta and the solicitor were having about the difficulty of finding and keeping reliable cleaning ladies .
16 I informed everyone in local league cricket , including 21 clubs of Asian boys , but only three turned up for the first week .
17 After lunch , Bernice and I armed ourselves with black plastic dustbin liners and we made a concerted attack on Billy 's room .
18 I was shaking by the time I got the thing to the Bunker , nearly frightening myself to death with my paranoid imaginings , but I prevailed ; I took the filthy skull there and I cleaned it and stuck a candle in it and I surrounded it with heavy magic , important things , and got back cold and wet to my warm little bed safely .
19 The Forest boss said : ‘ I watched him in five-a-side training and it was as if he 'd never been away .
20 My weight settled back on the earth and I felt nothing but staggering agony and could n't think connectedly until it abated .
21 I saw her with black hair and I told her it was great , but she prefers to be blonde .
22 I took it on full time , ’ she said .
23 I took it by popular demand , ’ said Kelly .
24 I put her in cold water till the ambulance came , but I did n't know what else to do ! ’
25 My sister and I put him to good use .
26 So I knitted it in double jacquard .
27 Actually I preferred her with white hair . ’
28 BELVILLE : I know , my dear , I left you in great anxiety but 't is an anxiety you have brought upon yourself , and I have not been easy ever since I parted from you .
29 I shot them in cold blood and I enjoyed every minute of it …
30 I wrote it on orange paper in blue ink and it all went horribly wrong when I photocopied it so I 've put an agenda on there right .
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