Example sentences of "i [vb past] [verb] of [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What if I got rid of the clothes and kept her stuff till we 're ready to do a boot sale with it . |
| 2 | As we were walking to the next hole I tried to think of the right things to say to him , so I said , ‘ Greg , do me a favour . |
| 3 | I tried to think of the worst thing that Quigley had done . |
| 4 | The house was perfect — well , it would have been perfect ; it needed a complete overhaul , of course , redecorating from top to bottom , and then I 'd thought of building some guest-houses , and it seemed a little silly to have a villa with perfect anchorage unless I used it , so I 'd thought of a yacht … |
| 5 | I 'd thought of a course of Lenten addresses . ’ |
| 6 | It was through this work that I came to hear of the case of Dr Ron Carrington , a 35-year-old psychiatrist . |
| 7 | I started to think of the stories Henry Mendez had told about Russell , piecing little bits of it together now . |
| 8 | I offered to talk of a duty superior to that she mentioned , which would oblige her to help distressed innocence , and not permit her to go to the lengths enjoined by lawless tyranny ; but she plainly bid me be silent on that head ; for it was vain to attempt to persuade her to betray her trust . |
| 9 | I confess I can not really see worm watching catching on as a mass pursuit with worm watcher clubs and organised field visits , but I did hear of an infants ' school where the worm has joined the tadpole as a creature for study . |
| 10 | To me she represented all that I had imagined of the bygone days of sail . |
| 11 | The first repelling impression I had received of the rock from seaward was endorsed as I looked around . |
| 12 | Luckily , I had heard of a suitable den on the River Wye . |
| 13 | I had heard of the many mercy missions of the ruler 's private planes . |
| 14 | I had thought of the desert as sand , but it was stone ; red stone and harsh dust and a wide , stone sky . |
| 15 | I had thought of the Hobbses as shielding me like parents , but the nursery comfort was illusory . |
| 16 | She had no need for speech for she gave birth to — she uttered — The Word … ’ and , standing before the icon , so perfect in its gilded stillness , I had thought of the bodies of men , land-locked and mute , and I had felt sorry for them . |
| 17 | I THOUGHT that I had disposed of the subject of flashes of light from materials when stressed , especially as I was only a few centuries behind Francis Bacon in mentioning the phenomenon . |
| 18 | For a whole week now I had dreamed of a small child every night , and perhaps Bessie was right , as a message came from Gateshead . |
| 19 | In my sleep I had dreamed of a … |