Example sentences of "[vb past] [verb] i [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A youth tried to sell me a Socialist Worker and seemed confused when I told him that in my experience the words were diametrically opposed . |
| 2 | Koo Stark was out there in the powder room and seemed to identify with my predicament ; indeed she promised to procure me a long thin-necked vessel and return . |
| 3 | He promised to send me a fucking picture postcard . |
| 4 | My father tried making me a wooden train , but that did n't satisfy me , as I wanted something that worked . |
| 5 | As we 're roping up , who should arrive to tie on but the lad who 'd joined me the previous day . |
| 6 | He came to see me the other evening . |
| 7 | Neither could I conceal that although I wrote to my parents once a week ( a school rule ) they scarcely ever wrote to me , and failed to send me the necessary supplies of toothpaste , stockings , etc. , so that I was always having to borrow from other girls ( strictly against the rules ) and getting into trouble as a result . |
| 8 | Max rang to wish me a merry one , followed by Lee and my sister-in-law , Maureen , and while Kenneth snoozed beside me I rang my ‘ lot ’ , culminating in a long chat with my lovely ex mom-in-law . |
| 9 | You 're not supposed to be aware of it , you 're supposed to say normal , we sat in a pub last night and this man started telling me a dirty joke , so that 's on it . |
| 10 | Anyway , they give me a good talkin' to an' one o' the coppers kept givin' me an old-fashioned look . |
| 11 | wardens and whatever , we do n't take the double yellow lines half seriously enough , erm and I think parking generally is , is something we 're very bad at and I 'm an occasional sinner in this respect too , but it , it did strike me the other day , erm paying a fifteen pound fine for parking on a single yellow line on a Sunday afternoon but I had n't noticed a sign that said I should n't , erm paying that fifteen pound fine in other words not having paid the six pound instant fine , I remember thinking that , really there 's , there was no way of talking back , and I had in fact attempted an explanation as to why I 'd done it , and explained the reasons why I thought this really was very overlookable on the side of the law , erm I do n't suppose they paid much attention to it , I do n't imagine giving it a moment 's thought at all . |
| 12 | After John had given me a thorough brief on the ground , I took-off from Duxford and ten seconds later I was in thick cloud . |
| 13 | Ronnie 's news , I found , had given me a good deal more confidence in Fringe than I had had on Drifter , illogical though it might be . |
| 14 | On previous occasions he had given me a Tibetan prayer-wheel and a monastery bell which I still cherish . |
| 15 | ‘ My parents had given me a little electric keyboard for my fourth birthday , and I quickly learnt to play the tunes in the manual . |
| 16 | Skye , again , had given me a unique link with JTR . |
| 17 | But even if he had given me a direct answer , I do n't know that I would have believed him . |
| 18 | The researchers had given me an electric thermometer , a stalk of red plastic , to put in my mouth . |
| 19 | I told her that my ability as a golfer had secured me a good job at a finance company and a certain amount of time off for local competitions . |
| 20 | Time to fast from it That session with She-She had done me no good at all . |
| 21 | On the other hand , my journeys in Wiltshire had made me a familiar figure to the police , and I consulted them about evacuating from London a distinguished man , of whose name , I need hardly say , they had never heard . |
| 22 | Jay had told me a certain amount — about the offers of money if he left the deal clear for someone else . |
| 23 | But I was not sure that she had told me the whole truth . |
| 24 | An earlier ferry had got me a front seat in one of the waiting buses . |
| 25 | In preparing my speech I recalled ( as the reader also may ) the occasion during my first watch in Tartar when the first lieutenant had shown me the various instruments on the bridge , and that when I asked why one had a canvas cover , he had said , ‘ Oh , that 's the Mountbatten station-keeping gear , and we keep it covered because the captain finds it quite useless . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ An my experience at Imperial had shown me the growing need in this country to find free-standing sites on the outskirts of towns , away from parking problems and inner city violence . |
| 27 | At this juncture , I realized that I had driven close to the point where the boat had landed me the previous evening . |
| 28 | and he said get me a padded shirt , he said , Joycie 's getting me one he said and I want two . |
| 29 | Annie had drawed me a going-away card — a real good picture of a man and a house . |
| 30 | I replied that of course such decisions were entirely his prerogative , then I fell into a musing mood and sought to recall something Rosa had asked me the previous week about English social customs . |