Example sentences of "[adj] i [vb past] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sorry I got the wrong item , I , my note is not very good . |
| 2 | After that I swept the pock-marked linoleum , and then washed it , working from the far corner under the bed right round the angle to the door , backing along on my knees . |
| 3 | So , it was , it was , I , a as soon as I knew I 'd be teaching this I thought the only way |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | In this I had the enthusiastic support of the Prime Minister who believed that the state scheme should be replaced by individual private pension provision with a minimum compulsory requirement . |
| 6 | He enjoys it all with equal enthusiasm , and when I visited him in a small hut on Denham airfield where he was instructing ab initio pilots in Cessna 172s I detected the same dedication , pride and affection he has for all his aviation exploits . |
| 7 | ‘ When I was 12 I won the one length freestyle , backstroke and breaststroke events at the local schools gala , but after that I concentrated on the backstroke most of the time . ’ |
| 8 | The more celebrated I became the worse I painted and the more false I felt . |
| 9 | ‘ A note to say how much I enjoyed the new Hospitality . |
| 10 | It seemed to take a long time to reach the end of the wall and I was about to turn right towards the door of the farm kitchen when from my left I heard the sudden rattle of a chain then a roaring creature launched itself at me , bayed once , mightily , into my face and was gone . |
| 11 | To my left I saw the long purple curtains twitch in the window and for a moment I thought it was her just making sure I 'd gone . |
| 12 | Two tables to his left I recognized the handsome young Guards major who had just become a father . |
| 13 | To these I added the delicious fragrance of sweet violets ; Solomon 's seal for late spring flowers , and the robust ‘ Erythronium ‘ Pagoda ’ . |
| 14 | In 1957 I had the good fortune to visit the geologically exciting country of Turkey , to look at some of the local Mesozoic rocks and their faunas . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | They both wore bemused , slightly stunned expressions and I am pretty sure I looked the same . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | I still made sure I had the best of claes . |
| 19 | Looking back , I am sure I did the right thing . |
| 20 | As I banked to port to make a full beam attack on the nearest 88 I sighted the 109s coming down on the other three . |
| 21 | When the Abwehr recruited me to go to Ireland in forty-one I did the usual radio and Morse code course . ’ |
| 22 | In 1978 I attended the Welsh ploughing championships , held on rich alluvial land in the Wye Valley which had been in continuous cereal production for several years . |
| 23 | He added : ‘ I 'm happy I made the right decision to go back . |
| 24 | At first I thought the unlikely had happened and I had a fan out there somewhere . |
| 25 | At first I had the same impatience I 'm feeling now . |
| 26 | At first I played the bodhran drum [ he pronounced it ‘ bowran ’ ] and then I took up the guitar . |
| 27 | First I pulled the great ladder away from the tower , sending it crashing back into the trees . |
| 28 | I slipped up on that chess one I got the black and white one |
| 29 | In December of 1973 I had the dubious pleasure of spending Christmas on duty as an Army chaplain in Belfast . |
| 30 | By 8.00 I felt the first slight warning tickle . |