Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb past] i [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | This broad sketch helped me to explore the crayon 's versatility without using the final painting as a trial piece , it also helped keep the whole composition in mind as I concentrated on a specific detail in the finished painting . |
| 2 | Lady Augusta xenophobically added : ‘ … a sort of national prejudice made me attribute the grace and dignity of the scene , for what there was of either came from her , to the blood of Kirkpatrick ! ! ! ’ , a reference to Eugénie 's Scottish grandfather |
| 3 | An Anglo-Catholic priest helped me accept the desert experiences of prayer — no-one had ever told me , after an experience of personal renewal , to expect the stripping and refining that was not a falling from grace but a growth in it . |
| 4 | A jovial Indian lady struggling to stay inside her sari helped me find the Electoral Register covering Lee Metford Road and I ran a finger down the names to see if any rang a bell . |
| 5 | The fact that he was such an emotional mess helped me to keep the necessary distance . |
| 6 | In 1978 fog at Heathrow airport prevented me from flying to referee the first ever game between France and Russia , and in 1981 a leg injury picked up in the First Test prevented me refereeing the Second Test between France and New Zealand . |
| 7 | Your editorial on page one of the Summer 1991 issue prompted me to record the following thoughts which have a direct bearing on the subject of active participation . |
| 8 | The noise continued for same time and as the male laughter increased I realised the parcel must be a large one . |
| 9 | His deep sincerity helped me to face the future there . |
| 10 | Tiriac is still miffed that the ATP final did not come to Stuttgart : ‘ The ATP told me to join the auction , but I am too good to have to do that . ’ |
| 11 | Hints that merry muses were at work on Woman 's Hour that day made me re-tune the tranny to FM to catch the results . |
| 12 | The woman said : ‘ A policeman made me move the car . |
| 13 | The hon. Gentleman invited me to visit the area . |
| 14 | One day the King invited me to watch the regular entertainments , which are greatly enjoyed by him , his family , and his lords and ladies . |
| 15 | We were still climbing at full power and a touch of nose up trim enabled me to increase the rate of climb . |
| 16 | ‘ One paper asked me to pick the Derby winner and I picked the first four . |
| 17 | The Count advised me to put the house in my daughter 's own name . |
| 18 | On one sunny afternoon , when running and feeding a platen-machine ( by hand ) and sweating profusely owing to the heat , the rattle of the front-door bell told me to attend the counter . |
| 19 | Shortly after Sister sent me to chaperon the patient in Room Two . |
| 20 | ‘ When I got home last night and found the yard door bolted I thought the old man had deliberately locked me out but the police reckon that whoever killed father was with him then — while I was banging on the door , trying to get in . ’ |
| 21 | One of the guys at the gate helped me give the Fiasco a push . |
| 22 | As the automatic needle in my music centre clicked I heard the wind outside and the steady pattering of rain against the window-panes . |
| 23 | A cliff forced me to cross the river , and several scrambles led to a corner and the sudden revelation of the falls : a long mare 's tail , akin to Kinlochleven 's , and utterly different from the one in Stott . |
| 24 | Could it have been to make up for Cymbeline 's cheating that the Umpire permitted me to find the sacristy so easily ? |
| 25 | My brain told me to pull the trigger but my finger would n't respond . |
| 26 | By the age of 23 , I 'd starred in a one-man show on Broadway and when the play closed I confronted the truth that if I was n't the star of a play I could n't feed myself . |
| 27 | One mother held up an emaciated child , and in sign language asked me to vaccinate the baby . |
| 28 | What time did I take the dogs out ? |
| 29 | Only once during the dispute did I hear the woman worker 's point of view publicly debated . |