Example sentences of "i [vb past] [noun] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Years later when I became chairman of the medical missions of SPG , I realised how in mission hospitals all over the world , the same devoted healing mission was being carried on , which spoke much more eloquently of divine and human love than the preaching of less qualified friends like myself . |
| 2 | But , you see , with all this , and , indeed , before all this , the two happiest relationships of my life were with a schoolfriend called Melanie Smith with whom I used to listen to records of Carousel and Oklahoma ! on an old , wind-up gramophone , and with the hockey-ball when I became goalie of the first eleven . |
| 3 | I asked Michael about the recent success of Benjamin Britten 's opera , Peter Grimes , in Paris . |
| 4 | I asked thinking of the noxious fumes . |
| 5 | On each trip I overheard snatches of the bar-room conversations and could hear the louder buzz of continuing upheaval along in the lounge , and I thought that after I 'd satisfied everyone in the dining room I might drift along to the far end with my disarming little tray . |
| 6 | To ascertain with accuracy whether such structure existed throughout its whole length , I made sections of the spinal marrow at different distances from the brain , and found that each divided portion exhibited an orifice with a diameter sufficient to admit a large sized pin ; from which a small quantity of transparent colourless fluid issued like that contained in the ventricles of the brain . |
| 7 | Using 3½× ¾in wooden slats resting on battens , I made spacers from the same wood , and glued these to the battens . |
| 8 | I made use of the royal authorization to publish the contents … and I reduced the telegram by striking out words , but without adding or altering … |
| 9 | I could make no further headway with the landlord so I made enquiries amongst the other customers : a beggar who whined for alms inside the doorway and a greasy-haired knave , but they only repeated what the landlord had said . |
| 10 | I slanted west through the pretty East Side , with its decorative dustbins , the paunchy awnings of the low-slung stores , the smell of dark hot trash , and dined blind with Fielding Goodney and Doris Arthur in a loud and airless media restaurant just five blocks from bubbling Harlem . |
| 11 | When I met Francis on the first occasion in that throne room , life had not turned sour for him . |
| 12 | ‘ I met Veronica at the Anglo-Catholic church in putney — St Mark 's . |
| 13 | Erm , I met Mr for the first time in the airport lounge at , erm er , er , Kennedy Airport erm , we discussed at great length and had a very interesting discussion erm , er , Pearsons erm , he accepted er , the job and h I , he has no obligation to me whatsoever and he is one of the er , members of the er , remuneration committee , and I actually take offence at what you 're saying . |
| 14 | I met representatives of the National Association of Youth and Community Education Officers yesterday . |
| 15 | I shared command of the big " V " with two other skippers , Doug Thompson and Denis Mawe , as H.Q. frowned on any policy that kept an officer away from his home port and normal customs duties for too long a period . |
| 16 | I rode Drifter with the first lot in the morning and crashed off on to the wood chippings halfway up the gallop . |
| 17 | I got help from the social services for this : they brought sheets and pillowcases from the hospital . |
| 18 | So I got hold of the right side . |
| 19 | Once in my hotel room , I got hold of the Yellow Pages and dialled for a woman . |
| 20 | That 's what I got prison for the last time . |
| 21 | I got Toby on the second ring and explained Sally 's suggestion . |
| 22 | This was briefly halted after it was designated a Grade I listed building by the Scottish secretary Ian Lang but recommenced after the local council declared much of the structure dangerous . |
| 23 | As soon as I left school I found work in the local Banca Nazionale dell'Agricoltura . |
| 24 | In accordance with Sod 's law , I found resistance in the final section . |
| 25 | On a number of occasions I found members of the royal household resting . |
| 26 | When I visited Glasgow in the late '60s Robert Clow was manager of the University Shop in Gibson Street . |
| 27 | ‘ I never met Barney but I caught sight of the other one once , scuttling across the yard like a nervous rabbit . |
| 28 | Then , turning back , I caught sight of the red bitch : she was making her way slowly towards the woodpile . |
| 29 | As I ran upstairs , I caught sight of the old lady 's shocked face . |
| 30 | ‘ I was just warming up when I caught Francis with the short left , ’ Calzaghe said . |