Example sentences of "i [vb past] [to-vb] [art] [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I tried to put the same sentiment into that landscape as I put into the figure : the convulsive , passionate clinging to the earth , and yet being half torn up by the storm . ’ |
| 2 | I happened to meet a former girlfriend while out for a constitutional among these perfumed hills and blow me if ; much to her chagrin , I could n't remember ever having slid between the sheets with her . |
| 3 | It was in the summer , some six months after I had arrived in Paris , that I determined to earn a little money . |
| 4 | After tearing both my ACL and MCL ( medial collateral ligament ) in a skiing accident last season , I decided to take the latter course and found that I could ski relatively safely with the aid of a brace . |
| 5 | For this feature , I decided to use the same view , but chose two different seasons and two tinted watercolours papers in parallel . |
| 6 | As you know , I decided to keep the same colour scheme as we have in Paris . |
| 7 | So I did , and I managed to rise a little way , but my wing hurt and the sea wind tugged at it and below me there suddenly flew some hooded crows and I was afraid and panicked , and nearly fell from the sky . |
| 8 | ‘ I managed to win a few line-out takes and the backrow picked up a bit of their possession which pleased us as a unit . |
| 9 | I went to see the former legionnaire at the pub in Paddington where he was working . |
| 10 | But I intended to follow the same course of action as I had over the earlier incident : to say nothing until he gave me an opening . |