Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb past] i [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | But I did wonder , after a year or more , how it was that he and Mme G expected me to use the public baths rather than offer me the convenience of the bathroom in the pavillon . |
| 2 | An examination of the curricula of twenty LEAs enabled me to discover the word ‘ death ’ to be included in a third of the schemes for the different age groups from 7 to 14 , although tucked away beneath such general headings as ‘ Beliefs , Practices , Customs and Artefacts ’ ; ‘ Rites of Passage ( e.g. Initiation through Baptism , Burial Rites ’ ) ; ‘ Self-understanding ( e.g. Integrity , Pride , Humility , Loneliness , Suffering , Bereavement and Death ’ ) . |
| 3 | Well it 's like Richard said I think The Mercury probably tried that and then gone with this naff tale about the house . |
| 4 | Cricket and Empire started life as film research commissioned by David Puttnam for a film on Bodyline that was never made — losing out to the unintentionally funny Australian TV mini-series many readers will remember from the early 1980s : ‘ David wanted me to find the ‘ smoking gun ’ . |
| 5 | ‘ Once Stalin made me dance the Gopak , squat down on my haunches and kick out my heels , ’ writes Khrushchev , an image hard to call up in view of his shape , but — ‘ When Stalin says ‘ Dance ’ , a wise man dances , ’ added the peasant proverb-spinner in his accustomed vein . |
| 6 | Watch out Christopher let me move the table . |
| 7 | Frank saw me watching the sway of her buttocks as we trooped down a corridor . |
| 8 | ‘ I had ridden Ile de Bourbon for trainer Fulke Johnson Houghton in all of his home gallops and also won on the colt in the King Edward VII stakes at Royal Ascot but when Piggott asked me had the horse made any improvement from then and before the big King George race I had to tell him that I was unaware of it just in case he might want to take over . |
| 9 | I gave similar advice when Harold Wilson asked me to advise the Labour Party about their behaviour in the matter . |
| 10 | When Deutsche Grammophon asked me to record the Alpine Symphony , I warned them that it would be very expensive . |
| 11 | Emil told me to collect the champagne glasses , pour the water and put a pot of breadsticks on each table . |
| 12 | ‘ Mr Newley told me to do the RTI expense sheet this morning . ’ |
| 13 | Shit Phil did I turn the fire off ? |
| 14 | Joseph told me to fetch the doctor , so I ran to the village , although I knew it was too late . |
| 15 | ‘ Peter Seabrook helped me build the pond on the programme , ’ he pointed out . |
| 16 | But before I went to Luggnagg , an official I had met in Lagado persuaded me to visit the small island of Glubbdubdrib . |
| 17 | ‘ Working in Malawi allowed me to witness the commitment of that small country to its wildlife . |
| 18 | If you remember , yesterday afternoon , after the funeral , Francis asked me to lock the studio and bring him the key . |
| 19 | What I have said about Nottingham I would also have said about East Sussex had I had the same information . |
| 20 | Nick asked me to read the putts with him but still nothing happened . |
| 21 | It was Auntie Muriel taught me to play the harmonica . |
| 22 | The next morning Lorne filmed me cutting the model free and lashing it down again , facing forwards . |
| 23 | Michael made me write the letter — three men are coming to kill you — three of the Six ! |
| 24 | Henry helped me to catch the train . |
| 25 | Reid saw me examining the Eusol — an antiseptic used since the turn of the century — and chuckled . |
| 26 | As Dr Haidar spoke I remembered the miniature of Dara Shukoh 's wedding from the Windsor Castle Shah Jehan Nama . |
| 27 | He saw me alright cos like John said I had the headlights on . |