Example sentences of "[noun] i [vb past] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Each book ran to 64 pages and from these gems I learnt a great deal about Soccer , Cricket , Rugby Union , Rugby League and other sports . |
| 2 | Because ’ — his speech slurred a fraction — ‘ I 'm going to tell you a story I heard the other day which I could n't possibly tell you if you had a lady Archdeacon . ’ |
| 3 | As I swabbed the table with disinfectant I had the old feeling of helplessness . |
| 4 | In each case I pressed the national authorities concerned to allow me to send a UK ‘ observer ’ to their investigation and I am happy to say that our request was agreed to on each occasion . |
| 5 | A year later when I had Katie and I was married , I did n't want " to go to hospital in case I got the same treatment , but they were totally different . |
| 6 | While I was in Germany I took a special interest in the treatment of creative men and women who had lost direction and in some way broken down . |
| 7 | Indeed when the time came to leave Germany I made a mental decision never to return . |
| 8 | For an instant I saw a different woman : not the sour , bored old creature I had grown to expect , but someone strong and humorous . |
| 9 | Before I left for San Francisco I spent a few days wandering the considerable length and the decidedly inconsiderable breadth of the Canal , newest of the major approaches to Balboa 's ocean . |
| 10 | There is no need to be too rigid in your choice of material for each season , unless you feel it is important , but nevertheless you should still maintain the overall feeling of each season , although in some cases I chose a few out-of-season flowers to give a better colour or shape . |
| 11 | Within a few hours I noticed a large number of fry appearing at the water surface . |
| 12 | On Wednesday 5 March 1980 , I explored the practicalities of this course at a meeting in the department and on 10 March I minuted the Prime Minister . |
| 13 | inside it and then for you and mum I bought a little something , it was one pound forty . |
| 14 | Then after about an hour I heard the familiar heavy tread of Dad 's boots on the cobbles . |
| 15 | Using the walls for support I made a slow tour of every inch of the building , stopping frequently to squeeze the dizziness from my skull . |
| 16 | Over the first course I made the usual polite inquiries about Sally 's new job and asked her what she had been up to for the last half-dozen years or so . |
| 17 | and you get gale force winds blowing down there and of course I opened the back door and there were panes of glass flying past |
| 18 | Later that afternoon I saw a horse-drawn van pull up outside the cottage and soon a burly fellow was fetching furniture out and loading it into the van . |
| 19 | After hours , we went to a bar in Knightsbridge , where one afternoon I met a fifty-five-year-old Italian woman who was wearing white leather flared trousers . |
| 20 | With a prayer of thankfulness I rowed the few yards to her , made fast the dinghy to a cleat on her transom , and climbed on board . |
| 21 | Whenever I picked up my guitar I played the same basic scalar and arpeggiated patterns . |
| 22 | For her younger sister I felt a similar affection and admiration . |
| 23 | As we pored over his crippled handwriting I felt a steady heat coming from his body like an aura which slowly enveloped me and seemed to penetrate the very marrow of my bones . |
| 24 | Far out to sea to the west I saw the bright lights of the Athens boat . |
| 25 | As a concession to the New Wave I wore a black shirt , black jeans , white socks and black suede shoes , but I knew I had uninteresting hair . |
| 26 | But then , in the far corner of the field I found a medieval buckle . |
| 27 | On this field I found the best combination was to set the Silver Sabre at minimum discrimination and maximum sensitivity . |
| 28 | ‘ One , when I was having dinner with you and Ed in Helsinki at his apartment I sensed a certain intimacy between the two of you . |
| 29 | Several times I saw a big bull , sometimes even two together . |
| 30 | I , personally , always tried to avoid being drawn into any kind of union or political affairs , but in the case of the Association I made a slight concession in that I agreed to become Editor of our newsletter , which started out as a news-sheet and eventually grew into a magazine called " Coastlines " , featuring articles , reports from the cutters , poems and competitions . |