Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] [adj] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I did n't know I got I did n't know that I got such a deep voice . |
| 2 | Eden wrote : ‘ After three months without a comment from the Prime Minister ’ ( he had not seen him during this period , which included the ‘ internationalization ’ of the Spanish Civil War ) , ‘ I found this an astonishing doctrine , ’ |
| 3 | Besides , none of them had any sense of humour and I ruined many a high-flown discussion by making jokes . |
| 4 | ‘ I do n't like your attitude , ’ he informed me , and then went on to say he would feel irresponsible selling me the bag since I displayed such a devil-may-care response to his safety lecture . |
| 5 | ‘ I spent many a sleepless night worryin' about you ; prayin' for you . |
| 6 | They nested under the guttering and I spent many a happy lunch-hour wandering around counting their grenade-shaped nests , made of mud and stuck to the eaves of the school buildings . |
| 7 | For I heard such an interesting talk on the wireless . |
| 8 | The ruins of a great banqueting hall remain and , as boys , my brother and I refought many an imagined battle amongst the grey stones of Brough of Birsay . |
| 9 | Seeing him kissing you , I felt such a murderous rage that I wanted to storm in and beat him to a pulp . |
| 10 | ‘ I felt such a terrible sense of loss and failure . |
| 11 | I felt such a strong love for them that I planned to spend the rest of my life among them , and to try to become more like them . |
| 12 | ‘ I reached such a low ebb that there were many times when the last thing I wanted to do was to go out and play golf . |
| 13 | ‘ I reached such a low ebb that there were times when the last thing I wanted to do was to go out and play golf . |
| 14 | I thought this a stupid attitude , rather as if people sitting comfortably in a first-class railway carriage should complain that being an engine driver was a filthy occupation . |
| 15 | I thought this a viable way to use the Woodcarver , with its circular cutting motion giving a good effect for the hanging , clinging jungle . |
| 16 | I thought this an excellent illustration of how differing good intentions can lead to conflict . |
| 17 | I move that we we approve it , and can I also er compliment the , the clerk on , I thought this an excellent document , I mean , I do n't know it before or not , but it was well put together , very concise , and I could understand it myself . |
| 18 | Ssamois with polenta the centrepiece of the Menu Gastronomico Valdostano , so I gave that a wide berth . |
| 19 | Yet I had such a deep longing for the romantic friendship , for the ami amant , for that ‘ someone to watch over me ’ , that I was often half tempted to succumb to the wiles of youths I felt pretty sure were plain-clothes detectives from the Vice Squad or undercover agents for MI5 . |
| 20 | I had such a good time myself , ’ says Susan . |
| 21 | Huh , I think I had such a good night , you know what you 've bloody well done he said you 've got up he said before you was ready he said , you knew you wanted to get on he said , and you 've got up he said with the intentions he said , you had them bloody cakes he said before you had breakfast , well I had to with her coming |
| 22 | I had such a horrific adolescence and childhood , it 's not surprising I found a way out , an escape from the pain . |
| 23 | I had such a lazy week Christmas week I went down to er Northamptonshire to my son 's . |
| 24 | They told me I had such a heavy infestation , all the little worms hooked on to my gut and sucking my blood , side by side , looked like velvet , and I 'd got tremendous scarring of the gut . |
| 25 | ‘ They told me I had such a heavy infestation , all the little worms hooked on to my gut and sucking my blood , side by side , looked like velvet … ‘ |
| 26 | I had such a weird dream last night |
| 27 | ‘ I had such a huge breakfast ’ , Lavender said , ‘ I really could n't eat a thing . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ But I had such a huge appetite , my quota for the day would be gone by breakfast and I 'd start on the following day 's allowance . |
| 29 | Well , I had such a lovely day , it 's so nice and sunny and warm , should have did send me a card |
| 30 | I can not get myself to react with critical coolness towards this music ; every tissue , every nerve vibrates in me and it is a long time since I had such an enduring feeling of rapture as when listening to the latter overture . " |