Example sentences of "i [vb past] [adv prt] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I skidded down the escarpment in high spirits and made a bee-line for the town . |
| 2 | It was too cold and windy to sit and wait , though , so I limped back the way I had come , embittered at having to walk unnecessarily . |
| 3 | Now it would maybe not be appropriate if there was to be an alternative government bill that would deal with these type of matters er in front of us and please to say that when I read out the list of sponsors , it 'll be shown there are people from all parties , or all parties in Britain in this house , who are true democrats . |
| 4 | So I made up the rest and everyone liked it . |
| 5 | I made up the difference out of my own money . ’ |
| 6 | So 38×84″ was my conclusion and I made up the stretchers . |
| 7 | I choked back the tears and mumbled that I was glad I 'd had cancer . |
| 8 | I fought off the duvet and padded to the door , grabbing a towel from the bathroom to wrap around my waist and avoiding a cunning ankle-tap trip-and-throw move from Springsteen . |
| 9 | On the day after my arrival at Bletchley , I heard a Scottish voice and , being a little homesick , I sought out the owner . |
| 10 | I passed down the ward and opened a door at the end of a passage . |
| 11 | I passed back the form and just about managed a smile myself . |
| 12 | I rode up the Via Pendo and I saw one . |
| 13 | So prolific was my perspiration I steamed up the viewfinder , and I imagine my acquaintance now possesses a fine set of prints featuring the edge of my thumb and some clouds . |
| 14 | Mum furious that day when , aged seven , I emptied out the contents of her bag and arranged them on the table in descending order of size . |
| 15 | ‘ You are probably right but , honest , when I checked out the beach last month the waves were only two feet high ! ’ |
| 16 | ‘ I checked out the problems before accepting this job , but the virtues seemed to balance them , which is usually the way anywhere . ’ |
| 17 | I got up the anchor , rowed what I estimated to be about five yards , and then let go the anchor again , and peered ahead . |
| 18 | We looked at him , then at each other and finally I got out the lip salve and said ‘ OK , it 's showtime ! ’ and Kim said : ‘ Whatever do you mean ? ’ |
| 19 | I got out the bed at five and twenty to eleven and the curtains were still drawn and I thought oh my God ! |
| 20 | So I got out the car and I went over and I , turned it down , as it were turning down I saw it was n't pouring just out the tap , it was also pouring from the |
| 21 | Yeah , I said yeah I am , I said I 'm gon na drive up and see , so we got in , went up to Wendy 's , you could n't see through the door Pen , Penny and Kev said well we 'll drive round as well , I said well she 's had us up and down , cos one minute she was quite strong then the next she could n't cope , I said Wendy all I want you to ever know is that I 'm there , if ever you want me phone me , I do n't care whether it 's middle of the night , middle of the morning or whatever , so she says alright , anyway Penny went up , she said she could n't see anything she thinks she 's gone a bed and then me and Rudy went up , it must have been quarter to one cos I took him for a little walk and I got out the car and walked round the back and then , I could see her curtains were open and I could see a light on , so I went round the front and I shouted through the letter box , Wen it 's only me I 've come to wish you a happy new year , let's hope next year will be better than this one and she come to the door and she was broken hearted |
| 22 | Erm , and then , I , I got out the room about er twenty to nine . |
| 23 | Everyone said I was playing when I got out the clay or plasticine , but really I was training myself without knowing it . |
| 24 | I got out the file that Inspector Redpath had given me , and studied it . |
| 25 | I zipped up the flaps , not daring to show my anger . |
| 26 | I swam down the coast , carried by the current . |
| 27 | I clenched out the light and stuck my fingers in my ears . |
| 28 | And when I found out the lady was English , it did seem as though something might come of it . ’ |
| 29 | When I found out the times I would be working things started to look better . |
| 30 | When I found out the identity of the person owning or occupying the flat at I made enquiries at the police station 's department in that office erm they they keep records of any , any information about persons in the area and beyond . |