Example sentences of "i [vb past] [vb pp] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I got given a crate of this , it 's Château Margaux , by the small , fat and lecherous owner of one third of Singapore . |
| 2 | ‘ And then , blow me , I got offered a job at Radio One . |
| 3 | The fact that it would have been tricky to die on a hill with more people around than at a Harrods sale , unless I 'd packed a gun and some razor blades , was irrelevant . |
| 4 | ‘ At first I thought I 'd hooked a tree because it felt so solid . |
| 5 | as if I 'd lit a fire in the darkness to try and warm us . |
| 6 | ‘ I should be mortified if I thought I 'd missed a chance to do him a mischief , but it 'd be a cold day in hell before I 'd make a spectacle of myself in the market place . ’ |
| 7 | And I wanted a particular tape , oh I know it was a tape I 'd heard a coach driver using on the er on a coach trip that I was on so I got to know what it was erm and er I went round the usual shops no joy |
| 8 | I 'd heard a lot about er af er I 've been in the Transport and General Workers ' Union as a shop steward and so forth like that . |
| 9 | ‘ I 'd heard a programme about an Indian craftsman who made wooden elephants . |
| 10 | That was the only time I 'd seen a stick being used . |
| 11 | I 'd seen a couple of caesarian sections , but I 'd never done one or been shown how . |
| 12 | Says Lt Watts , a Northern Ireland veteran : ‘ Before Bosnia I 'd seen a couple of bodies in road accidents but that was just it . |
| 13 | Wait a minute — out of the corner of my eye at Temple Meads Station , when I 'd blinked away the vision of Mum swallowing mud , I 'd seen a sign on the window of the buffet : Vacancies . |
| 14 | That was the first time I 'd seen a man 's penis so clearly and my mouth and throat went dry . |
| 15 | I was sure I 'd seen a punch thrown . |
| 16 | I 'd seen a lot of that splashy material . |
| 17 | You er last time I saw you , you were I did n't know whether you 'd been starting up in er in photography but you had been next door I think or I 'd seen a lot of your stuff . |
| 18 | I 'd seen a photograph of one of those ; they cut your throat and pull your tongue out through the slit . |
| 19 | I 'd done a painting . |
| 20 | I prayed as I 'd done a year before when Abed had attacked Bri . |
| 21 | Not that I 'd done a lot towards it even if she listened to me . |
| 22 | ‘ I 'd done a lot of training , going to the gym three times a week and now I 'm one of the top boxers for my age and weight . |
| 23 | Far from looking cool I must have looked like I 'd done a packet in my trousers . |
| 24 | One man who took early retirement at 61 thought , at the time , that the advantage of early retirement was ‘ The fact that there are so many young people out of work and I thought I 'd done a lifetime 's work and might as well leave it for the young ones . ’ |
| 25 | It had been a few years since I 'd ridden a bike but it 's like sex , providing you do n't fall off , you soon get back into the swing of it . |
| 26 | I 'd noticed a couple of characters in different bars who also seemed more interested in the people than the liquor , and it did n't need any Sherlock Holmes to know who was paying for their drinks . |
| 27 | I was proving to the convenor that I 'd made a mark opposite that deliverance on which to call you . |
| 28 | I asked why should I bother to do that when presumably if I had set the trap I would expect Harry 's car still to be there after the races , and he just wrote down my answer as if I 'd made a confession . ’ |
| 29 | Besides , despite the fact that I 'd got a good grade for my speech , I thought I 'd made a bit of a mess of it and was just relieved it was all over . |
| 30 | Also , before I did that I 'd made a hoax call saying that Boots ’ chemist was on fire . |