Example sentences of "i [vb past] [adv] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I housed both the processor and amp in an SKB 2U rack case and hardwired a double mains board in the back . |
| 2 | I read earlier the CBI 's rejection of any policy in which the Government tried to pick winners , determine strategic investments and interfere in the decisions of business . |
| 3 | I made only the semi-finals of the Olympic Trials . |
| 4 | Unfortunately , I misjudged slightly the timing of my emergence . |
| 5 | I planned roughly the direction of my ‘ impromptu ’ . |
| 6 | As I got nearer the Porsche I saw that during the night someone had taken a sharp instrument to the bodywork . |
| 7 | So I flipped some cattle from the farm of and right between Egilsay and Rousay just a short distance , oh maybe a quarter of a miles or thereby , and oh did the shipping perfectly well and and went home and by the time I got home the message had arrived back before me that the there were two old cattle among the younger ones that the fellow had put there just to feed up and the last we saw of them was going up over the island and that was okay we thought everything was okay . |
| 8 | But as I drew nearer the crag became smaller still , the stature of the brightly garbed climbers , who were smaller still , creating the optical illusion . |
| 9 | They stood to the side as I entered then the woman showed me to a chair as the man brought two glasses and placed them on the table in front of me , then said very seriously , ‘ This is my wife . |
| 10 | Erm in cases of infirmity pensions , erm ill health retirements I mentioned previously the increases apply there from the very start so irrespective of the age in infirmity case the erm the increase does apply . |
| 11 | I mentioned earlier the finding that ( from as early as the second year of life ) boys are , on average , more aggressive than girls ; and there are also differences in the way in which the sexes express their hostility . |
| 12 | I mean I mentioned earlier the fact that it might be that people perceive sexual harassment , where in fact the behaviour has been perfectly appropriate and it 's just that the person perceiving it is unused to it , but I think that 's the minority of cases , incidentally . |
| 13 | I wanted to meet Peruvians and speak to them one to one ; and in Cuzco I encountered only the persistence of hawkers , the sullen attention of displaced campesinos , a world that turned itself or me into shadows . |
| 14 | I had no intention then , or ever after , of joining any group or ‘ movement ’ and I therefore sidestepped the Vorticists just as I sidestepped both the Imagists and the Amygists . |
| 15 | Er , the first thing is I put on the top of my draught that I 'd rather the pupils were n't involved at this stage I 'd rather they were involved in the over view with form tutor . |
| 16 | ‘ I came here the morning after she died and he told me . |
| 17 | When I came home the sun was shining brilliantly and warmly into the front of the house so I first of all had a read about the similar groups and then had a quick and short snooze till the phone rang and I began work on the laptop in the sunshine , as the battery capacity lasts about an hour or so . |
| 18 | I noticed again the touch of reserve about her . |
| 19 | It was just after noon on a Friday when I arrived so the weekend exodus was just starting . |
| 20 | I threw away the guava core , and it too was torn to pieces by the children . |
| 21 | But with the housekeeper 's help — you remember Maria , the housekeeper ? — I pieced together the facts that he 'd met you , and within a week proposed and been accepted . |
| 22 | As I peeled away the layers of the past , their life grew more confounding and the enigma expanded . |
| 23 | Though never a gourmet , I appreciated also the food at Ika 's home , as I found what was provided at the Cité Universitaire almost inedible , even accustomed as we in Britain were to such unappetising fare as powdered egg and cakes baked with liquid paraffin . |
| 24 | After drinking a mug of tea , I packed away the tent and set off , watching the trees float nearer as the pale sun thawed the earth . |
| 25 | I felt sure the iron chain belonged to my convict , but I did not think he had attacked my sister . |
| 26 | I felt sure the team that won the second division title in 89–90 ‘ d have scored from two or three of the pretty decent corner kicks . |
| 27 | At an effective level , the one at which I made it possible for Jean-Claude to work uninterruptedly , I felt both the benefits of a com-panionable relationship with someone of whom I was , in many ways , admiring , and a sense of my own worth : I was useful to him . |
| 28 | Nevertheless , for me the house had always seemed to stand a little aloof , and as well as a respectful reserve I felt still the restriction of a child in the company of old people : ‘ Not too much noise , dear , because … |
| 29 | I removed this fish and put it in a quarantine tank and I treated both the Damsel and the fish in the main tank with Cuprazin . |
| 30 | I knew exactly the accessories she 'd want . |