Example sentences of "[coord] [vb past] i [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He immediately took to his heels with is case of cigarettes and led me a merry dance away from the docks , through a council estate , finally finishing up on the perimeter track of Ipswich Airport where I was rescued in the nick of time by a squad car full of policemen just as I was about to be filled in by the burly seaman . |
| 2 | Then they had their way and asked me the usual series of childish but charmingly eager questions about myself , about London , about England . |
| 3 | Finally , J. got tired of my everlasting complaints , took pity on me and made me a small electric fire . |
| 4 | The taxi driver leaned through his window at one point and passed me a small scrap of paper . |
| 5 | They told me to stay there until they came and got me the following day — which I did n't . |
| 6 | Then Sir Alfred pulled in in his Bentley and promised me a free hand to design a car that worked . |
| 7 | ‘ Mr Lloyd George came … and informed me that he is able to form an administration and told me the proposed names of his colleagues , ’ the King wrote in his diary . |
| 8 | He chuckled , produced two cardboard cups , and poured me a generous slug of the whiskey . |
| 9 | She reached between her and Aline and handed me a half-finished bottle of Irn-Bru . |
| 10 | As Taff poured me a good measure of cider and handed me a boiled egg and a chunk of meat I described the situation at No. 4 . |
| 11 | As he finished he smiled and handed me the empty plate . |
| 12 | George opened the top lid of the tank and showed me a small plank floating on the surface . |
| 13 | I began to feel something sharp coming through the roof of my mouth and went to Mr Grover , who X-rayed me and showed me a pretty picture of that fateful root still there despite the hammer and chisel . |
| 14 | The robot finished its work and showed me a little animal . |
| 15 | Father Devine beckoned and showed me a huge slab of rock . |
| 16 | Frustrated but secretly delighted that I had maybe caught him out with shoddy workmanship until an old fellow from Bernera stopped to give me a lift on the way past Carlaway and showed me the right ones , just before the main stones of Callanish . |
| 17 | ‘ After the match , the chairman came in and showed me the other results and the league placings . |
| 18 | A Corporal had given me a coathanger and a broom and showed me the Foreign Legion 's way of unblocking a difficult lavatory bowl ; it involved unbending the coathanger , jamming it down the U-bend , and working it vigorously backwards and forwards . |
| 19 | But Clare was ten thousand miles away , I was thinking as I woke up , while Toma made fresh coffee and cooked me a man-sized breakfast of local bacon-cum-ham and two of the island 's tiny eggs . |
| 20 | He was a long distance lorry driver but he knew how to dress and taught me the golden rule ‘ Do n't mix your stripes ’ . ’ |
| 21 | Behaving like an infatuated teenager , just because he 's taken me out , and kissed me a few times ? |
| 22 | Everyone laughed , and the captain clapped me on the back and called me a good fellow . |
| 23 | Abraham bought me new clothes , gave me a new place to live , and sent me the finest food . |
| 24 | By then , I had n't got a wireless but she declared that it was an absolutely necessary thing for someone in my situation and brought me a red one , of the kind that worked on batteries thankfully , not the kind you had to carry for miles to be recharged ! |
| 25 | Some grain of self-preserving sense must have penetrated Rickie 's skull , for he suddenly dropped on to his heels and offered me a placatory grin . |
| 26 | The guard did not challenge us and we followed the faint trackway till Benjamin reined in and offered me a bulging wineskin . |
| 27 | ‘ It 's alright for some ’ , they say , as if my fairy godmother has miraculously waved her magic wand and offered me a real life Martini advert on a plate . |
| 28 | Monty looked down his glasses and offered me a few censorious words . |
| 29 | He ripped a couple of ring pulls and offered me a luke-warm Fosters . |
| 30 | ANDY ORKNEY ( Old Applejack ) : ‘ He jumped really well and gave me a tremendous ride . |