Example sentences of "i [vb past] [pron] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This what I asked you the other week . |
| 2 | I made myself a nice profit out of it . |
| 3 | Then I made him a little tent to sleep in , but for a few weeks I always took my gun to bed with me . |
| 4 | You know given that life is as it is are you okay and he said yes so I went round the gardens and I came back to him and I had a friend coming for lunch and I thought this is ridiculous , I 'm going to have something to drink and I 'm going to have a meal so I made him an enormous great wad of cheese sandwiches and some apples and a piece of cake and some biscuits and a cup of tea and I went downstairs with the milk and the sugar and cup of tea and all this stuff and I went into the gardens and this poor child he looked very defensively a second time and I said well I thought you might like some breakfast and I wrapped the second lot up so if you 've nothing later on , why not put it in your pocket and eat later in the day and I did n't know whether you took milk or sugar , so I thought I 'd better just ask you and do you know I thought he was going to cry . |
| 5 | well any way look , if I made you a thin bit of steel straight across the centre like that |
| 6 | I realized what a marvellous actor he was when I saw him in this and only wished that he had n't relied so much on the funny voices and hidden behind the easier way out of doing the characters that he could do so easily — and it was easy for him . |
| 7 | It was only after we had left , and were returning home that I realised what a good feeling it was to have helped someone in pain . |
| 8 | ‘ It was then that I realised what a lovely person he was , ’ says Avril . |
| 9 | WHILE watching the Olympic boxing , I realised what a sensible idea it is for the amateur fighters to wear headguards to protect them from brain injuries . |
| 10 | and I 'm seeing the surgeon today and erm and I met somebody the other day who 'd had it done and his fingers were n't affected , you know , so I mean it 's just the luck of the draw I think . |
| 11 | Well I actually rang them up to say , why why are you taking my wages into consideration , I did n't break up this marriage , I met him a long time afterwards an I was told by a C S A agent or clerk or whatever , that my wedding was nonessential spending . |
| 12 | " Yes , I met someone the other night who made a sort of suggestion about a possible job of some kind . " |
| 13 | Oh I got her a lovely cute little teddy . |
| 14 | So , impressed by him , I got myself a bass guitar . |
| 15 | I got you a wee ball of your wool for your mittens . |
| 16 | ‘ I got it a little wrong , ’ says Eva . |
| 17 | I found myself a nice bit of grass with a backrest against a tree trunk and waited for the show to begin . |
| 18 | And so it went on in what was styled — even in the ranks — as the Baldwin Air Force , and it was in this environment that I found myself a mere fragment within a daily expanding Air Force . |
| 19 | I found myself the only ‘ other ’ . |
| 20 | So I found him a small house called Kirk o'Field , outside Edinburgh . |
| 21 | Actually , I found him a pleasant companion . |
| 22 | I found him a fascinating , knowledgeable and eclectic artist , someone who thinks deeply about his work and is not content simply to record the bare facts of the world in front of him . |
| 23 | At first I found him a difficult subject to interview because , to paraphrase Donne , when he had done he had not done , he still had more ; and I had to learn to give him at least five seconds , grace before moving on , because his afterthoughts were often gems . |
| 24 | I found him a clean scarf to hold over his face . |
| 25 | She says she did the Byrd show ‘ because I found her a fascinating part of the underground scene in New York , and I felt somebody should expose her to a bigger market . |
| 26 | When I found her the other side of my desk I told her in no uncertain terms I was n't having anything to do with it . |
| 27 | I 'm a comparative newcomer to this computer age that many people of my generation would rather try to ignore … but you really ca n't … and as an owner of a computer and an 8 year old , I found it a good read and picked up lots of new tips on home entertainment/education as well . |
| 28 | There with the Princess 's permission as the only journalist , I found it a fascinating insight into how Diana conducts a part of her life that has until now been comparatively secret . |
| 29 | I had been his guest in the air very briefly before when I was taken up to see Low Birk Hatt as a bird would see it , and I found it a thrilling experience , quite the best way to travel . |
| 30 | I found it an impressive programme and I hope it will not lead Mr Heseltine to conclude that chess sets are less harmful potentially than television sets . |