Example sentences of "[noun sg] i [vb past] [verb] [art] " 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 | ‘ When I made Midnight Express I had to play a man who was in a permanent messed-up state . |
| 3 | The proof of the pudding was in the eating , and in my case I 'd got the ingredients wrong . |
| 4 | I had agreed to this in case I had to have a Caesarian . |
| 5 | 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 ! |
| 6 | I did n't want his title or his money , although I must say in all honesty I did enjoy the London season . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | The prints were about my own size , 6½ and my own guess for what it is worth , since , as a cadet I did own a pair of hob-nails , is that my own almost religious love of country railways had revealed a kind of secular stigmatic effect . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | With some difficulty I managed to get a permit to travel from Parma in a bus which went up into the hills to Lagrimone ; once there , I would walk to the house of a Signor Ugolotti , some distance from the village . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | First , I wanted to see the Castle of Zenda and in half an hour I had climbed the hill to it . |
| 14 | After a slow first hour I started to get a few better fish , roach and skimmers . |
| 15 | ‘ 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 ) . |
| 16 | If it were not for the fact that he was one of the favourites you 'd have been delighted but as a Gold Cup winner I had to feel a bit disappointed . |
| 17 | But of course I 'd had a few drinks , and I had n't worn my glasses anyway , so when the time came to meet her I was n't quite sure what she looked like . |
| 18 | And as time went on course I 'd got no experience of house cleaning boots and managing , or anything like that ! |
| 19 | Despite the failings of the course I did have an excellent time and was not put off continuing with chemistry . |
| 20 | For my additional assessment I had to plan a facility for a chosen client group . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | That afternoon I meant to search the Bible for information , though I knew little of it . |
| 23 | At university I chanced to meet a detective sergeant who had been in the Durham drug squad outside the Sociology building in New Elvet , Durham city . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | In the struggle I had lost a scarf I valued but never went back for it . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | As a present I had received a large book of complex Legion history written in difficult French . |
| 28 | Wrote hundreds of letter , er to the people you wanted to do , because I 'd never expected having to find a job , I must admit , because the year before I took School Certificate I had got a Naval a artificer apprenticeship , but then I got kicked in the eye playing rugby , and failed a medical . |
| 29 | The thought of the delicious lunch gave me the extra boost I needed to reach the summit . |
| 30 | It was a landmark I had passed a thousand times and yet had never properly explored . |