Example sentences of "[noun pl] and [vb past] i [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Raised his cap with a pretty gesture , blushed to his eyes and asked me to come and see his work . ’ |
| 2 | It ran down between my eyes and made me see everything blood-red , even though seconds before my mind had conjured up a pleasing vision : the English boy 's sister . |
| 3 | I went through a list of thanks and hoped I had n't left anyone out . |
| 4 | It was Francis with his head back laughing , inhaling all the joy of the world ; Francis delighting in the flowers he threw together with branches and invited me to enjoy . |
| 5 | I woke up having 5 minute contractions and thought I 'd lost ‘ my water ’ on the loo , without really being sure ( if only you could have a trial run — but then you might not go through with it if you did ! ) |
| 6 | He said the first day I went , I , I never sold anything except a couple of por a bit dubious , so he cooked half a dozen sausages , one bit of fish and did a few chips and said I bet we 'll be sitting here all day well every bugger come for fish and chips , had n't got none had they ! |
| 7 | Phil disappeared for twenty-four hours and had me ringing up the local police station . |
| 8 | A great big hand must go to all the officers , men , Marines and to the wonderful Wrens of the HMS Eaglet , especially the Wren who broke ranks and helped me to fix my medals which had come adrift from the bar . |
| 9 | On the first day Odd-Knut gave me a tobacco tin of worms and told me to keep them warm , and they have travelled the Arctic inside my second layer of clothing ever since , even sharing my sleeping bag at night-time . |
| 10 | his school sports and said I did it for the sake of the children ! |
| 11 | ‘ He gave me a couple of pills the size of tennis balls and told me to get my head down . |
| 12 | I went to my doctor who gave me some pain-killers and told me to rest . |
| 13 | He looked very doubtful when I asked certain questions and laughed me to scorn when I gave my verdict . |
| 14 | An initially kind-voiced woman took down my details and advised me to ring Chicago . |
| 15 | And she got hold of me in her arms and carried me kicking and screaming into the school . |
| 16 | I tried declaring my own sense of dissatisfaction to a few friends and found I 'd caught a tiger by the tail . |
| 17 | ‘ Clive told me he was sailing to the Greek islands and invited me to go with him . ’ |
| 18 | And I think this has been proved you know that ask when people have changed their minds and said I do n't know , that this is what has happened in the last er ten to fifteen years erm and which makes me feel that once again I think that advances can only be evolutionary erm I think that erm , I do n't know if you , anybody saw Joseph Conrad 's erm spy story on the television ? |
| 19 | Then a stitch stabbed my ribs and forced me to walk the next few yards . |
| 20 | I did water-colours mostly but I 'd just started painting in oils and felt I had quite a talent for it , but they were n't very encouraging … |
| 21 | She was using condoms and advised me to do the same . |