Example sentences of "i [vb past] [adv] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Erm , and then , I , I got out the room about er twenty to nine . |
| 32 | Everyone said I was playing when I got out the clay or plasticine , but really I was training myself without knowing it . |
| 33 | I got out the file that Inspector Redpath had given me , and studied it . |
| 34 | I zipped up the flaps , not daring to show my anger . |
| 35 | I swam down the coast , carried by the current . |
| 36 | I clenched out the light and stuck my fingers in my ears . |
| 37 | And when I found out the lady was English , it did seem as though something might come of it . ’ |
| 38 | When I found out the times I would be working things started to look better . |
| 39 | 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 . |
| 40 | As soon as I found out the truth about myself , all my cares and worries fell away . |
| 41 | Once I found out the truth I would have sold it anyway . ’ |
| 42 | I fled down the cellar and returned with the chopper . |
| 43 | Oh they , they say it 's all controllable so that I 've , I 've answered , I have n't just let the Environmental Health wash over me I 've actually written back to them again , er I 'll be interested to see whether I get a letter back from them , but I phoned up the Council this morning and they 're rejecting on two grounds , one is to do with the highway and the sort of the traffic situation coming in there , although the , the authority , the Highway Department are n't objecting to it and the other one is erm , on local environmental issues I think you know that is , is unsuitably , unsuitable environmentally to the area well I can only say that I 'm grateful to the planning , to the planning offices for they 're going out on a limb if you like because I think they 're on thin ice erm and so long as the committee will , will back them up I mean I do n't know of what else I could of done as a person |
| 44 | I phoned up the bobbies , told them about it , and the bobbies the is n't a lot much they could do . |
| 45 | Anyway , I phoned up the station and I said , you know , I 've never seen anybody on the station , is there anybody could come and have a look at this because I 'm sure we 're gon na have a fatality before long , because , in my case it 's my wife , it could be children who are playing there ! |
| 46 | So I phoned up the Stanstead P R O the next morning and said ‘ confirm that the Queen is coming to open the airport ? ’ and he said , ‘ Well , we do n't know , we have n't a clue who 's coming to open the airport , yet . |
| 47 | Then I phoned up the police — I phoned them up two or three times — and told them I 'd done it , but they would n't believe me . |
| 48 | I got home , I phoned up the police , and they say , ‘ Oh , no , we do n't know anything about any road blocks . ’ |
| 49 | I phoned up the bank this morning . |
| 50 | On my first evening , my body still believing it was morning , I wandered up the maze of cobbled alleyways to the city 's most venerable quarter . |
| 51 | I wandered down the Rue de la Carbière then I heard the first soul-searing howl : the wolves were back in Paris , hunting for whatever they could find . |
| 52 | I weighed up the pros and cons of doing it , and there were no other pros other than it might be fun . ’ |
| 53 | I drew up the list , you 've got it written in there . |
| 54 | But as I drew nearer the crag became smaller still , the stature of the brightly garbed climbers , who were smaller still , creating the optical illusion . |
| 55 | I drew back the blanket and uncovered the head of the body . |
| 56 | I drew back the curtains and stood looking out . |
| 57 | I used up the film in my two cameras before following Mick inside . |
| 58 | They stood to the side as I entered then the woman showed me to a chair as the man brought two glasses and placed them on the table in front of me , then said very seriously , ‘ This is my wife . |
| 59 | Erm in cases of infirmity pensions , erm ill health retirements I mentioned previously the increases apply there from the very start so irrespective of the age in infirmity case the erm the increase does apply . |
| 60 | I mentioned earlier the finding that ( from as early as the second year of life ) boys are , on average , more aggressive than girls ; and there are also differences in the way in which the sexes express their hostility . |