Example sentences of "[num] i [vb past] the [adj] " in BNC.

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1 He enjoys it all with equal enthusiasm , and when I visited him in a small hut on Denham airfield where he was instructing ab initio pilots in Cessna 172s I detected the same dedication , pride and affection he has for all his aviation exploits .
2 ‘ When I was 12 I won the one length freestyle , backstroke and breaststroke events at the local schools gala , but after that I concentrated on the backstroke most of the time . ’
3 In 1957 I had the good fortune to visit the geologically exciting country of Turkey , to look at some of the local Mesozoic rocks and their faunas .
4 As I banked to port to make a full beam attack on the nearest 88 I sighted the 109s coming down on the other three .
5 When the Abwehr recruited me to go to Ireland in forty-one I did the usual radio and Morse code course . ’
6 In 1978 I attended the Welsh ploughing championships , held on rich alluvial land in the Wye Valley which had been in continuous cereal production for several years .
7 I slipped up on that chess one I got the black and white one
8 In December of 1973 I had the dubious pleasure of spending Christmas on duty as an Army chaplain in Belfast .
9 By 8.00 I felt the first slight warning tickle .
10 In the winter of 1970 I attended the second national conference of the Women 's Liberation Movement , held in a grim out-of-season holiday camp at Skegness .
11 In March 1953 I received the last of her novels to reach me in Egypt .
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