Example sentences of "i [vb past] [to-vb] [adv prt] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I agreed to pass on the message as I was on my way to Make-up . ’ |
| 2 | I tried to take over the kitchen , but in this I was thwarted by my father who had his own ideas about food , and who would keep interfering and making a mess , whereas I preferred to clear away and wash up as I went along . |
| 3 | I tried to separate out the harmonies in the snoring . |
| 4 | The hospital had a flower shop inside its main entrance and I subbed Fenella a tenner to get a decent bunch of flowers ( I knew I should have told them about their pot plant ) while I tried to chat up the nurse on reception . |
| 5 | As I lay back on my bed I tried to work out the connection between him and the British Empire and Fresnes gaol , but could make nothing of it . |
| 6 | Though we no longer went out together in the evenings , I promised to keep up the pretence that we did . |
| 7 | These notes were invaluable when I came to write up the results of the study . |
| 8 | I began to reckon up the people whom I knew to be prisoners . |
| 9 | In the end I thought it was a good job that I 'd cut her dead because I began to pick up the gossip about her and found out that she 'd left home when she did because she was pregnant and had had a baby . |
| 10 | To the right is one of several photocopies of the bride , complete in outline , on which I worked to sort out the background composition in more detail , especially the position of the patterned arch on the carpet backdrop , which corresponds with the curve of the headcloth material embroidery at the bottom left . |
| 11 | I decided to sit out the recession by selling the remaining 16 years on my lease and moving home to Crouch End in North London . |
| 12 | Hardly any of them replied and Chris , Nick and I decided to follow up the letters with phone calls . |
| 13 | ( 28/12/92 ) : Stephen , Richard Newcombe and I went to sum up the move to Ron Davies 's barn . |
| 14 | I had to hold down the wheelbarrow by sitting on it while taking off my hat , changing into my jeans , and putting on goggles and a smog-mask . |
| 15 | ‘ It 's a ‘ 59 Stratocaster , although I 've got a different neck on it now , because I 'd worn the original one to the point where every time I re-fretted it , I had to fill in the holes ! |
| 16 | It was a little bit awkward , because she wanted to spend a long weekend there in July , and I had to sort out the dates with Alex to make sure they did n't clash . |
| 17 | By now it was early afternoon and Rick ( who had been catching consistently on the corn ) and I decided we were getting peckish , so , being nominated ’ chef of the week ’ I had to sort out the dinner . |
| 18 | Well , there was nothing for it , I had to lay down the law in no uncertain terms . |
| 19 | he and he were like this in the water I had to go down the bank I grabbed hold of him in the middle of his back , just turfed him out . |
| 20 | I had to force down the wave of nausea . |
| 21 | She was getting tired of the equipment — the leash and ring and creance — slowing her down , and I had to pluck up the courage to let her fly free for the first time . |
| 22 | I had to catch up the axe and hit him with the blunt end , knock him out . |
| 23 | No , somehow I had to cut out the middle-men and middle-women . |
| 24 | I had to knock up the girl in the Post Office to find out where you lived and — here I am . |
| 25 | Fenella was easily bribed with the promise of an ice-cream on the way home and Lisabeth kept her company by devouring a couple of choc ices , which meant I had to wash down the upholstery of Armstrong 's back seat that evening . |
| 26 | I had hoped that his would also be the case with the Emperor Peckoltia because as funds permitted I hoped to build up the numbers from two to four . |
| 27 | Erm , I , I wanted to pick up the point Mrs said , I , I do n't think this will necessarily this will be one of those allowances which people will er , claim on a regular basis . |
| 28 | ‘ I lost a fortune by closing the place down , but there was no way I wanted to carry on the business . ’ |
| 29 | Although I wanted to go down the pit because you got more money you see . |
| 30 | I wanted to top up the pond I 'd been cleaning out . |