Example sentences of "i [vb past] [pron] to [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Carrying a tray of glasses would have been easier if the floor had been stable but I made it to the far end with only a lurch or two and delivered the goods as required . |
| 2 | I led her to a small shelter in the Palace side of the Park . |
| 3 | So I moved it to the other side of the step . |
| 4 | Dutifully , I changed them to a complete muesli-type food which is described on the bag as ‘ Hi Protein Fitness Food ’ . |
| 5 | In an effort to find an ally in helping her , I mentioned her to the local priest . |
| 6 | I compared him to the other gentlemen present . |
| 7 | Once I showed it to a psychical research woman who , after careful study of the plan of Versailles , said to me in a tense voice : ‘ You realize that the two ladies went bodily through a brick wall ? ’ |
| 8 | I handed it to a former flight engineer of 213 when I visited him in Toronto some years ago . |
| 9 | I made sure that I enjoyed it to the full , although it was wartime . |
| 10 | I followed her to the Georgian wing where the rooms were more human size . |
| 11 | I followed him to the cold lands of the north , and bought dogs and a sledge . |
| 12 | The tragedy unfolds through wonderful music — from the tentative If I Loved You to the final tear-jerker You 'll Never Walk Alone . |
| 13 | I accustomed myself to the mephitic stench . |
| 14 | Later , in my cabin , I treated myself to a long , languorous Omnipure sauna before turning at last to the task of choosing my outfit for the meeting with the Emissary . |
| 15 | Occasionally I treated myself to a half hour browse in a bookshop . |
| 16 | It had not been out of the cupboard for some months and it really showed off until I treated it to a stiff drink ( surgical spirit ) and a nice massage with an oily rag . |
| 17 | I took him to a nearby café . |
| 18 | I took him to the first Giants game when he was three . |
| 19 | I got him into the factory and from there we got the ambulance and … and I took him to the Royal Victoria Infirmary . ’ |
| 20 | My mother then gathered them up and put them in a container , and I took them to a nearby stream and let them go with goodness knows what effect on the environment . |
| 21 | I took them to the dry cleaner 's this afternoon . ’ |
| 22 | And as part of the deal , I had some petty cash with which to buy them all sandwiches and coffee so they could get changed or dressed while they ate and I took them to the next job if they had one , or wherever they wanted to go . |
| 23 | ‘ I took her to a little friend 's birthday party yesterday — life when you 're almost two has to go on as near to normal as we can make it . |
| 24 | So I took it to the British Museum , who identified it for me . |
| 25 | There 's at least one track from all eight albums , and two tracks are from a live album , so I gave it to a wonderful guy called Jonathan Downs from the Fan Club , who knows an awful lot that I 'd forgotten myself , or never even knew ! |
| 26 | I knew nobody and had no idea of what to expect when I presented myself to the new teacher in my new black overall and white collar . |
| 27 | ‘ I introduced myself to a senior police officer as an international terrorist who would like to be taken to the England dressing room . |
| 28 | We could find no cause for this when I regressed him to an earlier period in this life and so I went on to regress him to what appeared to be a previous life . |
| 29 | And I I have n't I with the No it 's very simple , I left it to the select committees of the House of Commons . |
| 30 | I attached it to a living model |