Example sentences of "[pron] i [vb past] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To gaze on thee I left the smoaking Pail ; |
| 2 | With me I had the two Kens . |
| 3 | An ex-agent of mine told me I had the wrong attitude to charity shows ; I did too many . |
| 4 | Then behind me I heard the rhythmic tramp of marching feet and the shrill " 'eft 'ight , 'eft 'ight , " that usually went with it . |
| 5 | The three concerned were TWW , with whom I had the closest ties , Southern Television and Granada . |
| 6 | Meanwhile Dr. Elliott Gabellah , acting President of the African National Council — with whom I had the good fortune to breakfast , morning after morning , at the Caux world assembly last August — is conferring with Presidents Kaunda and Nyerere in Zambia . |
| 7 | This is being conducted by Simon Holdaway , an ex-police officer turned academic , with whom I discussed the anthropological potential for police studies at a 1988 conference we both attended . |
| 8 | Among them I discovered the French people . |
| 9 | I I heard the other day what I thought was one of the best advertisements not to have an animal for Christmas very emotive , er I think it was for the R S P C A , and I I 'm told I do n't think you 've heard it but it b basically it 's it 's er the sound of a er well it 's a human pretending to be a dog really and saying you know , Well this is nice my my er family have taken me to the vet , I did n't think I was ill but never mind . |
| 10 | And I I thought the only ones I 've ever seen and they 've got like things like three eight and Chevvy or maybe a V er . |
| 11 | that 's what I did , and I I thought the same thing . |
| 12 | Cos I I got the two science lectures and thought I 'll try and get a couple of arts lectures , |
| 13 | Actually I was cos I I had the back door open and I thought I 'll just leave it and if he wants to come in he can and I poured him a a bit of a drink of milk and er , then I went in the kit , in the bathroom and the door was still open and then suddenly I thought God I wonder where he was ? |
| 14 | But er just er just different er Then during the war I I did the some of the er work for the cooperative you know , like fire damage or water damage and that you know . |
| 15 | Again I I modified the seventy nine and rewritten the seventy nine I 've had also the the later version of the synthesizer to handle different bit-width so it 's not a problem . |
| 16 | Was n't interested in sc Well I mean interest I suppose But I think what it was to start with I I missed the first term , you know after passing for the county , I missed the first term . |
| 17 | I refrained from making any statement until I had the erm minutes which I received the er , agenda which I received the next day which contradict the abandonment , but if the idea was to sort of give this troublesome member from Bungay a heart attack , er it failed , cos I 'm still here and ticking , now I would like to go through once again the , the point regarding Bungay and I hope the committee will take it on board with . |
| 18 | They were both enjoyable erm I ca n't really say which I enjoyed the most er , I thought they were both very good and of course good value for the money because they do n't charge very much for the fares well I do n't think they do . |
| 19 | The state of the sterling exchanges , the progress of the negotiations for financial aid , the estimates of the likely flow of oil-these were all matters on which I knew the Prime Minister would want the latest information . |
| 20 | I have just completed a randomised study of 24 patients receiving oral hypoglycaemic agents , in which I compared the glycaemic control ( as indicated by monthly assay of fructosamine ) of a group allocated to self monitoring of blood glucose and a similar group who tested their urine . |
| 21 | I HAD EVEN WRITTEN : ONE , THE TRAVELLING COMPANION , WHICH WAS RETURNED BY AN EDITOR ON THE PLEA THAT IT WAS A WORK : OF GENIUS AND INDECENT , AND WHICH I BURNED THE OTHER DAY ON THE GROUND THAT IT WAS NOT A WORK OF GENIUS , AND THAT JEKYLL HAD SUPPLANTED IT . |
| 22 | In an autobiographical account written a couple of years later , he described himself in having been " absolutely alone , of the most painful experiences and disappointments " ; and of his first response to " Schpenhauer 's masterpiece " he wrote that " in this book , in which every line cried out renunciation , denial and resignation , I saw a mirror in which I espied the whole world , life and my mind depicted in frightful grandeur " . |
| 23 | In the slide in which I showed the overall results it appears that about half the patients , the erm marker tumour had been eradicated and in quite a lot of patients there were tumours present . |
| 24 | Even Stella , McIllvanney 's long-suffering secretary , had taken the day off , leaving the office locked , which meant I had to walk into town to find a public telephone from which I called the Bahamian Police and told them about Hirondelle , and added that I had rescued a chart and a handful of cartridges from the stricken boat . |
| 25 | I have received with great satisfaction the loyal and dutiful expression of your thanks for the Speech with which I opened the present Session of Parliament . |
| 26 | Because then , you just look at it and say , Ah I know how we got here , that reminds me of that one I did the other week where it came out looking like this . |
| 27 | Funnily enough , the one I gave the biggest chance to was Heist in the Festival Bumper but he finished second . |
| 28 | Matt said afterwards he 'd half expected the whole thing would turn out to be a wild goose chase and I told him I thought the same . |
| 29 | ‘ When , some time later , he and I discussed who might take over the responsibility for producing it I rejected the traditional drama types , who did the children 's serials , and said that I wanted somebody , full of vinegar , who 'd be prepared to break rules in doing the show . |
| 30 | The whole world fell away beneath us as we soared upwards , and leaning back and enjoying it I watched the little valley unfold along its twisting length until I could see away into the main Dale with the great hills billowing round and white into the dark clouds . |