Example sentences of "i [vb past] [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is a wonderful fact that I should be affected , and thus deeply and powerfully , more than by aught else in all my experience — that this fruit should be borne in me sprung from a seed finer than the spores of fungi , floated from other atmospheres ! finer than the dust caught in the sails of vessels a thousand miles from land ! |
| 2 | The theory was that the effort of changing would keep me pinned to the table , diligent and creative . |
| 3 | Old Stevenson would go spare if he knew , and I 'm not certain whether he 'd try and get me moved as a danger to junior staff , or you moved as a wicked woman . |
| 4 | Judging by his expression , Clive had not been best pleased to find me ensconced in the Parsons ' sitting room that night . |
| 5 | ‘ In the end I became like the chaplain or the lady who did the hair or the manicurist. patients would ask , ‘ has the artist done you yet ? ’ |
| 6 | Stalling for his arrival I asked about the religion . |
| 7 | Is he aware that , when I asked about the growth in employment in south Derbyshire recently , I was told that figures were available only until 1989 , that they are collected only once every six years and that figures for self-employment are collected only once every 10 years ? |
| 8 | I mean , ’ he stammered , ‘ when I asked about the funeral , you looked shocked and grieved . |
| 9 | I asked about the baby and she looked at me as if I should know . ’ |
| 10 | actually it 's a bit boring down there now but they , they had to put my , my explanation of the price of petrol er down , there 's nowhere to thing , cos th the last time I was down there I asked for a pint of bitter and this guy bought it me and said and I wanted two pound thirty or something . |
| 11 | I asked for a bowl , there was an embarrassed silence when no one moved to my aid ( thinking I felt sick ! ) — and my waters soaked the kitchen floor . |
| 12 | They looked at me apprehensively when I asked for a drink of cider or wine . |
| 13 | Fortunately we had an alternative target so I asked for a course . |
| 14 | Eventually I asked for a transfer , but could n't get one , so I stayed and now I 'm glad I did . ’ |
| 15 | I figured that if I asked for a transfer I 'd either get a rise or would be able to work out a better deal for myself if I went elsewhere . |
| 16 | I asked for a cigarette . |
| 17 | The last time I preached on the New Age before writing this chapter , I asked for a show of hands from those who had heard of it . |
| 18 | If the code is kept under review , is there any intention to issue an updated version with any alterations to the 1987 edition which is the one that was supplied to me when I asked for a copy ? |
| 19 | I asked for a report on this tragic case this morning . |
| 20 | Each time a guard arrived , either with food or to let me out to the lavatory , I asked for a book , and each time he said ‘ Yes ’ and did n't bring one . |
| 21 | I asked for a priest . |
| 22 | ‘ I asked for a biography of a dead scientist , not a list of missile sites . ’ |
| 23 | A young man wearing a yarmulka skullcap and sitting astride a roaring tractor wiped his brow with his arm when I asked for the location of Um Al-Farajh . |
| 24 | And they said so at the er at the district council , went up to district and I asked for the support of the district council and er probably John immediately said , you have the full support of the district council for it he says and I 'll ensure that you get support with the result I also received four posters direct from the Edinburgh District Council with John photograph on it and with the caption st stating every old age pensioner should be signing here . |
| 25 | And I asked for the Kommandant 's help to have him released . |
| 26 | Since the controller was n't busy I asked for the rest of the weather , and was told three at 800 , or 900 feet above the threshold of Runway 18 . |
| 27 | For Christmas and birthdays I asked for the red , hard-backed children 's classics published by Dean and Co. and sold in Woolworth 's : Treasure Island , The Children of the New Forest , Alice in Wonderland , What Katy Did , A Tale of Two Cities . |
| 28 | Then I asked for the inlays , two humbuckers , two volumes and a tone . |
| 29 | I asked for an application form for Scheduled Monument Consent because British Waterways have agreed that ‘ Spokes ’ can undertake repairs to the towpath of the Union Canal , in the Hermiston area . |
| 30 | After all , the main reason I asked for an assistant was because of the danger of an epidemic of polio . |