Example sentences of "i [vb past] [vb pp] [adv] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He smilingly proffered me a cup of watered wine in one of the goblets I had hidden away the previous evening . |
| 2 | After I had read out the concentrated edition to my two guests , Moltke remarked : ‘ Now it has a different ring ; it sounded before like a parley ; now it is like a flourish in answer to a challenge . ’ |
| 3 | However , as I replaced the cap , to my utter amazement , I noticed it was labelled ‘ Geranium ’ — I had picked up the wrong bottle . |
| 4 | My reason for not signing the petition was quite clear : when I had spoken out the previous December not one other international , nor the IAC , had raised a peep when our sport was being vilified . |
| 5 | My experience of working with other nationalities both at Wilhelmshaven and later , when with David Wheeler I had set up the German Fishery Protection Service in the Baltic , also taught me some fundamental lessons . |