Example sentences of "[verb] [adj] i [vb past] the " in BNC.
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1 | A gang of girls I met in Coventry hanging around with some boys who , like them , were unemployed , said that when they were younger they did a bit of vandalising : " When I got pissed I smashed the windows of posh houses , " said one of them . |
2 | when you come and stay with me , she , anyway she , she would n't , well in the end I just said that 's it I 've had enough I switched the car off and grabbed hold of her I said , frogmarched her in the car I said come on , I 'm going to bed , Rudy 's ready for bed I said I want you with me , so that I can keep me eye on you if I have to sit up all bloody night , of course when she was with me I picked her up and got her strong again and I say you have to be worth it , you 're better off without him then she come round and then she 'd say I know I am I just go down |
3 | I still made sure I had the best of claes . |
4 | It sort of erm in Italian wine once or twice but when I ordered this I took the care to order up |
5 | So , it was , it was , I , a as soon as I knew I 'd be teaching this I thought the only way |
6 | As I failed to do this I spent the entire journey staring intently at the zip of my coat and at least I learned a lot about clothes fastenings that morning . |
7 | Now here he was making sure I had the right suits to appear in front of the cameras . |
8 | And when she said this I struck the |
9 | I checked through my notes to make sure I had the correct dates , aware I had the correct dates , aware that I had been finding it hard to concentrate . |
10 | He squeezed my arm to make sure I got the point . |
11 | His eyes lingered a dry moment on mine , as if to make sure I took the implicit compliment ; and then , as if to limit it , he turned out the lamp . |