Example sentences of "[num] [noun] i [vb past] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the Suzuka Eight Hour I had the front skidding in the second part of the Spoon Curve . |
| 2 | As far as I was concerned , that merely represented a different path to the same goal and so on 22 June I told the House of Commons that rail electrification was going ahead . |
| 3 | On Wednesday 5 March 1980 , I explored the practicalities of this course at a meeting in the department and on 10 March I minuted the Prime Minister . |
| 4 | In three minutes I had the Hispaniola sailing easily before the wind , along the coast of Treasure Island . |
| 5 | After three weeks I broached the subject . |
| 6 | During the three weeks I used the machine I had no cause to doubt this . |
| 7 | After three days I moved the decorations around and removed the divider . |
| 8 | After two or three days I bought the landlord a carafe of his own wine — the mean-mouthed varlet picked a costly , unsealed jar , not the usual watery vinegar he served most of his customers — and asked him about Selkirk . |
| 9 | After ten minutes I heard the camera motor stop as the film ran out , but the director , knowing by now we could n't use a foot of it , let the old boy run on until he had finished . |
| 10 | I thing I wrote the original 850-odd pages of King Rat in about six to eight weeks . |
| 11 | Indeed in one practice I visited the patients held a Tupperware party to raise money to ‘ help ’ their practice — believing that fundholding meant that the practitioners had to raise their own funds . |
| 12 | Putting my hand in one window I turned the catch and forced open the window . |
| 13 | ‘ It kept coming through the sun roof and at one point I heard the roof caving in , ’ he said from his hospital bed . |
| 14 | Jim Davidson sent six bottles of champagne with a card saying , ‘ What a way to get into the papers , ’ and one evening I received the largest basket of poinsettias I 've ever seen , totally stunning , with a card saying , ‘ Thinking of you — lots of love , Elton . ’ |
| 15 | And then one evening I rang the bell and then I noticed the lock was up , so I pushed the door open and looked up the stairs , at the same time as Toinette looked down round the door . |
| 16 | Late one evening I answered the phone and heard the now-familiar dry , metallic voice . |
| 17 | On one occasion I learned the Morse code and , with a hand-made press-switch attached to a light bulb , flashed messages to Willard Hamilton holding a similar device , perched on the roof of his house on Oxford Street . |
| 18 | All this time I still wondered about the origin of babies , and one night I raised the subject with Nellie . |
| 19 | One day I took the opportunity of asking Mrs Fairfax a few questions about Mr Rochester , as I was curious about him , and the little housekeeper seemed happy to talk . |
| 20 | One day I took the beasts hunting and they raised a big fat buck . |
| 21 | One day I asked the teacher if it would n't be more patriotic to knit some items in red , white and blue . |
| 22 | Well , one day I opened the door expecting a customer and there were three strangers . |
| 23 | My sister — the one just younger than me — and I used to share all the jobs in the house — if she washed up one day I did the drying up and so on , but when my grandad came to live with us , he thought the world of her so he did all her jobs , and she 'd come to me and taunt me , and that used to incense me . |
| 24 | That 's happened , I could n't get any one year I took the triplets to the erm Goose Hill coffee morning in the Town Hall and I gave them all money for the tombola and one of them won a Creme Egg |
| 25 | At one stage I had the same reservations , but in the light of the experience of the last six years and the credibility that the festival has given to drama with elected members , headteachers , and officers of the Authority , I am convinced that , at any rate for Leeds , this annual festival is helping to develop the quality of drama in the Authority ( pp. 44–45 ) . |
| 26 | For two months I lived the life of a quiet and responsible man . |
| 27 | Between the two visits I preferred the Kent trip because of visiting London but I also enjoyed going to Scarborough because of some of the places . |
| 28 | Returning after thirty years I saw the country with a fresh eye . |
| 29 | ‘ For 14 years I wore the Army uniform … your uniform . |
| 30 | A week or two back I caught the 17.18 ex Shrewsbury to Aberystwyth , which has a change at Machynlleth for Aberystwyth passengers with the train proceeding up the coast . |