Example sentences of "[conj] [vb past] i [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I want to take you through the thinking that led me to that conclusion , and then to concentrate on one of the keys to securing that future — the whole question of advancing the cause of children 's books . |
| 2 | It was drink that got me into this mess . |
| 3 | I know it was only the extra weight of the Cross that got me up that hill . |
| 4 | ‘ And it was six years for both of us , but you 'll understand if I ca n't sympathise with your waiting when it was all unknowing — ignorance being bliss — whereas I 've known precisely what it was that troubled me through all those six years . ’ |
| 5 | Another thing that tickled me about that game was that when vinny had got his second he went over to one of the hoardings that had ‘ Alexei Sayle ’ written on it and kicked the shit out of it for some reason ( same goal I think as above ) |
| 6 | Severed as I was from Father and from Helmut , living in a foreign country , was it the fear of further severance that kept me in this unequal concurrence ? |
| 7 | The situation is best illustrated by a letter that reached me at this time from Mrs Mugabe : There was no way in which I could reply to the letter except by a futile expression of sympathy . |
| 8 | Vermeer sprang to mind as there is also something about the intense luminosity of the effect of the light-boxes that reminded me of that unique concentration of light in paintings executed with the aid of camera obscuras ( ancestor of the camera ) . |
| 9 | What would you say about the fact , the thing that struck me about that , ‘ Councillor Grubb today made first call to the helpline , he said , ‘ a free service ’ which , to me , sounded as though what he actually said down the phone to the helpline was |
| 10 | One thing that struck me about this contraceptive suggestion was that it was being made by people who totally disapproved of all experimentation on animals . |
| 11 | But there was another deeper factor that endeared me to that little derelict church at Knowlton and slotted it into my spiritual pattern even tighter than my fictional one . |
| 12 | As I developed I became a big bloke and that stood me in good stead . |
| 13 | That , mixed with the mule 's contribution , produced an atmosphere in the cabin that stood me in good stead for the rest of my flying career . |
| 14 | In the time I was there she did pencil out a few passages , and got me to red ink a lot more . |
| 15 | He blinked and regarded me with confused surprise . |
| 16 | A family of brothers , fathers and uncles on the front table took an instant dislike to me and , slamming their pints on the table , sat back with arms crossed and regarded me in stony-faced silence . |
| 17 | Paraded in my immaculate " dhobied " drill I presented myself to my commanding officer who glared at me , and dismissed me with these words : " I am astonished that you have the gall , Mahaddie , to apply for a pilot 's course … if anyone is foolish enough to ever recommend you , you would only kill yourself , and probably others , Good day ! " |
| 18 | ‘ They acted as judge and jury and suspended me for ten weeks without a trial . |
| 19 | Mother wrote me and told me about poor Simon 's death , but what about Yanto and Nigger . |
| 20 | On another occasion , a lovely lady called Elsa who came to tidy my room , and who was from a South American country , took me into her confidence and told me about some of the problems she was facing . |
| 21 | I put off going to the doctor but I wish I had n't because my GP immediately knew what was wrong and told me about carpal tunnel syndrome . |
| 22 | ‘ Valerie , ’ the editor of the Mail on Sunday said to me once , after I had filed a neat and convincing piece on an earthquake the ground had trembled beneath me in Rome , where Lou was playing with the London Symphonic and a wall had fallen on top of me and trapped me for two hours — ‘ you are the mistress of controlled reportage . |
| 23 | It was not until Aunt Kit rang me up , three days later , and abused me for ten minutes between tearing bouts of coughing , saying that I had hurt ‘ poor Lil ’ quite unbearably , that he said I had been wrong to write it . |
| 24 | Harold Evans clearly had seen the List and regaled me with some of its more unlikely names . |
| 25 | She said , ‘ Lulu , how lovely to see you ! ’ and kissed me on both cheeks . ’ |
| 26 | But the only thing there was a fragile gecko , which clung splay-footed to the wall and watched me with cloudy eyes . |
| 27 | Then he suddenly went up on his toes and both hands flashed out and clipped me on both cheeks . |
| 28 | He put an arm around my shoulder and steered me to one of the leather sofas which had a girl where other sofas have cushions . |
| 29 | They had such nice manners and treated me like one of their own , so I reckon I was one of the lucky ones . |
| 30 | I was explaining this to your door porters when a most helpful youngster kindly took me in his charge and escorted me into this room . ’ |