Example sentences of "[noun pl] i [vb past] [adv] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Several times I went up the valley with my father in the evening and sat with him behind a rock , hoping he would get a shot at the leopard . |
| 2 | Erm in cases of infirmity pensions , erm ill health retirements I mentioned previously the increases apply there from the very start so irrespective of the age in infirmity case the erm the increase does apply . |
| 3 | ‘ Certainly , Cabannes did superbly at the back of the lineout today but he was a regular target and in all other areas I gave Back the edge . |
| 4 | Until recently when I went to a conference on security in libraries and other collections I had not the slightest knowledge of the seamy side of that world or any idea that it had one . |
| 5 | I worked at City Motors and I stayed there for seven years I had quite a few jobs before that but I liked that one . |
| 6 | For many years I huddled over a calor gas stove in the winter and ate beans on toast . |
| 7 | ‘ To answer both questions I dreamed up the character of a man who is 764 years old ; who is senile but with extraordinary flashes of intellectual brilliance . |
| 8 | I remember when Mike and Robin went into their flats I spent quite a long time with them |
| 9 | With some of the other interested officers I worked out a syllabus for training selected junior officers in the rudiments of seamanship and navigation using Venturous as a practical training ship . |
| 10 | A little later we saw another cow and then through my glasses I picked up a bull lying down in the distance . |
| 11 | I had to wait impatiently till I was free to go down there , and huddled uncomfortably among the book-stacks I turned up the page with trembling fingers . |
| 12 | With my face in the folds of his jeans I smelt again the salt . |
| 13 | well ask him cos I I she gave me the pho , the photographs I took on the , on that Friday night . |
| 14 | With extra exercise and lots of lapses I lost nearly a stone , and it stayed off ! |