Example sentences of "i [vb past] in the [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Judging by his expression , Clive had not been best pleased to find me ensconced in the Parsons ' sitting room that night . |
| 2 | He was the first friend I made in the West Riding , when we were both new to the cold Yorkshire wastes . |
| 3 | For a moment another thought crossed my mind — that if I lived in the United States while undertaking an ‘ experiment ’ I might be sued if I failed . |
| 4 | Well I erm , I was , I was burgled about a year ago and I 'm am ex er , I 'm a retired criminal lawyer , and , but I , I felt that if I lived in the States and trained in the States and I carried a gun then and I felt very vulnerable in not having a gun because he , I was in my own home and he fist me with a knife |
| 5 | ‘ For much of my life I lived in the Hacienda de Nieve surrounded by savage formality . |
| 6 | It was in Liverpool , because I lived in the Wirral then and I used to travel over there every day to put in my hours . |
| 7 | No one I met in the Yukon had known Service , but there was still a highly commercial bar bearing the name — the Malamute Saloon . |
| 8 | On my last visit I swam in the Grjótagjá pools — a true delight for someone so young and so unused to mixed nude dipping . |
| 9 | As I mentioned in the Sunday Times article , Pomiane was fond of hot beetroot , and used it often , mixing vinegar and cream with it , a very un-French combination , and by no means the only one of his unconventional suggestions in the domain of vegetable cookery to arouse the scorn of reactionaries . |
| 10 | When I played in the Wimbledon final , I knew that I had certain kinds of weaknesses . |
| 11 | This is an interesting game that I discovered in the United States . |
| 12 | I followed in the Metro . |
| 13 | I swore in the Pacific ! |
| 14 | It read : ‘ I ask you to consider that the effects of the legal action that I undertook in the Berne district court concerning my non-participation in the European Cup this year are null and void . |
| 15 | I had sorted out all the details I needed in the Yemen , such as colour sketches , colour matches and photographic records of dress materials and patterns , so consequently had an idea of what I was putting together . |
| 16 | I imagine the experience of unease mixed with exhilaration often described in connection with this moment is very similar to what I felt in the Ford as the surroundings grew strange around me . |
| 17 | " Do not stray from the path " , said a notice I saw in the Cheviots when I was walking the Pennine Way . |
| 18 | Julian Cope 's new single , as I said in the NME , is a taster from the ‘ Jehovakill ’ album and once again finds the old maestro … ’ |
| 19 | I ran in the Cosford Games 60 metres and finished third . |
| 20 | I was much more interested in football and cricket really , but erm , anyway , I left in the July of nineteen thirty nine when things were getting a bit erm dubious in the international sphere and erm |
| 21 | He took it up and read : ‘ Many readers will probably have learned by now that I am being sued by Miss Hilary Robarts , the Acting Administrative Officer at Larksoken Power Station , for alleged libel arising from what I wrote in the May issue of the news-sheet . |
| 22 | For six months until the end of 1982 I travelled in the Midlands , the North-East , South Yorkshire and Lancashire , staying in working-class homes in Coventry , Sunderland , Barnsley and Wigan . |
| 23 | But so I sat in the Barbican up up at the around at the same level as the Royal Festival . |
| 24 | The other half I sat in the Sheikha 's section trying to be as inconspicuous as possible . |
| 25 | I stayed in the Abacos just over two weeks , waiting for the return of his spirit , to reassure me , give me some indication of the future . |
| 26 | and I stayed in the Clarks Shiraz hotel . |
| 27 | When north of the river , I stayed in the Taj Holiday Village ( see page 268 ) . |
| 28 | Cos as I say , I stayed in the Burlington . |