Example sentences of "i [vb past] [vb pp] [adv] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Heady stuff , and to reject it outright with a condescending intellectual leer would have felt like a return trip down the chute into futility ; but now , with the radio offering a bleaker view of things , I was less certain why I 'd agreed so eagerly to meet him in the library of the Hall this morning . |
| 2 | The robe had tripped me each time I had stooped low enough to exert sufficient force , so I had taken it off . |
| 3 | Posters advertising Knock pilgrimages that I had seen nearly always mentioned ‘ matchmaking ’ as part of the attractions . |
| 4 | In the end I had got just enough to make the short film , but it did n't tell the story I had hoped to tell , and I was angered by my subject 's persecution — by the way the whole species was treated . |
| 5 | I had learnt enough so returned to my own chamber , secured the lock and , fully clothed , lay down for a fitful sleep . |