Example sentences of "[noun sg] i [vb past] [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | HSMorris Bristol PS I did find the article amusing and am no less a woman because I did . |
| 2 | The proof of the pudding was in the eating , and in my case I 'd got the ingredients wrong . |
| 3 | On one flight from England , carrying some of our personal possessions , bells started ringing at the Customs Desk — and my carving knife was temporarily confiscated in case I attempted to hijack the plane ! |
| 4 | I did n't want his title or his money , although I must say in all honesty I did enjoy the London season . |
| 5 | As he ducks he has Des diving for his legs and me closing in , and this is the moment we all discover the benefits of my upbringing because like a promising cadet I 'd left the pistol 's safety on . |
| 6 | Soaking wet and with some difficulty I managed to salvage the dory , with one brand new Mercury outboard from underwater and , backed up by my crew , asked the skipper what the blazes he thought he was up to . |
| 7 | At a very tolerable volume level I managed to produce the sound of a heavily overdriven amp at full tilt , but at a volume where Granny could still hear The Archers . |
| 8 | However , on examining the notice boards around the MOPs main building I saw displayed the measures of the improvements made in areas prioritized by senior management . |
| 9 | First , I wanted to see the Castle of Zenda and in half an hour I had climbed the hill to it . |
| 10 | ‘ As a writer I came to realise the obvious : the subject of the dream is the dreamer , ’ Morrison remarks , as she points out how unwaveringly the subject of whiteness — what it is and what it is n't — preoccupies the American literary imagination ( and , I suspect the European as well ) . |
| 11 | So er that was a telephone call to the divisional officer , who was available at the moment and who came down and discussed it with the employer and notwithstanding that , in the afternoon I had given the management one hour to resolve the problem otherwise there was going to be a major walkout . |
| 12 | That afternoon I meant to search the Bible for information , though I knew little of it . |
| 13 | I went upstairs , showered and changed out of riding clothes into the more comfortable jeans and shirt I 'd worn the day before and pulled on sneakers and the red sweater for warmth . |
| 14 | And I was er doing my part I thought to change the world and get everybody into the union so we could get , get better conditions for , for everybody and all this , more money anyhow . |
| 15 | The thought of the delicious lunch gave me the extra boost I needed to reach the summit . |
| 16 | In my own mind I had valued the things at 4000 roubles each . |
| 17 | telly I wanted to watch the telly |
| 18 | and I bi , you know that big loft I helped get the , get the la big lathe he bought from the |
| 19 | Before I had turned back from Bilen I had watched the Awash flowing towards its unknown destination . |
| 20 | The series originated from various communities and when it reached the west coast I had to provide the script for a new show every seven days for ten weeks . |
| 21 | From my hotel window I had watched the tiny procession bearing its little donkey aloft , then seen the children sweep the streets with the palms , startling a piglet from a gutter . |
| 22 | What with the shower incident and the strain of management I neglected to recall the fact I could not drive . |
| 23 | He also ordered a meal of succulent roast capon cooked in rich sauces and freshly baked loaves of pure wheat rather than the coarse rye bread I had eaten the previous months . |
| 24 | To keep my mind in check I decided to remember the journey here ( a cavernous train with wooden seats ) or the flight to Riga ( alarmingly , the roof leaked ) , but I could n't help falling into the mental free-form that this placed allowed . |
| 25 | ‘ As a child I learned to love the countryside , ’ she says . |
| 26 | During the war I had felt the same about those they were attacking , the brave men of the Allied merchant fleets . |
| 27 | The moment I had reached the Rhossili car park at the start of my walk , I realised that the mildness of this sunny spring day was being blown to bits out on Worm 's Head . |
| 28 | And the reason in the first place I did leave the building trade was my hands was breaking out with in industrial disease , see ? |
| 29 | It was at this point I decided to modify the router fence with two aluminium blocks which allowed me to work off that face but beneath the area I wanted to machine away . |
| 30 | With REMEMBRANCE I wanted to avoid the central figure , the hero . |