Example sentences of "i [vb past] with the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Four years ago , I argued with the then Secretary of State for Health and Social Security about the Fowler review , which led to cuts in income support . |
| 2 | After that the jug of water was empty and I was full , but the waiter was smirking in an enigmatic Eastern way , so I toyed with the final concoction , just to prove I could if I wanted to , and that any I happened to leave was just for manners . |
| 3 | This was the last time I met with the Harlequin Bronzewing . ’ |
| 4 | I agreed with the thoughtful contribution by the hon. Member for Pontypridd ( Dr. Howells ) about the problem of a shortage of gas . |
| 5 | I agreed with the other hon. Member who mentioned radios in cabs — they are being introduced into all new cabs and into existing cabs . |
| 6 | There were points of Government policy where I disagreed with the official line . |
| 7 | ‘ I trained with the great Harry Houdini , escape artist extraordinaire . ’ |
| 8 | I played with the dumpy stem of the brandy glass , smirking at Ashley through the candle flame . |
| 9 | There was a small gymnasium , squash and archery for Richard to choose from at the Club , and just down the road he could go windsurfing or waterskiing , whilst I lazed with the other guests . |
| 10 | Gandalf says as much at II , 99 , though he is laconic about it — ‘ I sat in a high place ( the great tree in Lothlórien ? ] , and I strove with the Dark Tower ’ — since Aragorn and the others he is addressing can have no idea what is being referred to . |
| 11 | But if you compare the results I obtained with the two examples shown , you 'll understand my confusion . |
| 12 | I heard them no sooner I turned to walk away which I did after a brief moment 's hesitation when I wrestled with the foolish notion of somehow eliciting a confession out of the florid man that he was lying and that Leicester Square did indeed exist ; not realizing then that he was right , and that there really was no such place as Lei-cester Square . |
| 13 | It was a large field and I could see the barn at the far end as I walked with the tall grass brushing my knees . |
| 14 | They were trying to insinuate that I belonged with the psychiatric patients . |
| 15 | If I stuck with the basic training and did well I too could be one of them . |
| 16 | ‘ I served with the irregular forces of the Crown in an Intelligence capacity , against the Irish guerillas . |
| 17 | I lay there trying to square what I heard with the new enthusiasm derived from Edward and Laura , for I 'd left the Lodge around two in the morning , ready to set off with them the next day in search of the horizon . |
| 18 | I worked with the Hawaiian manager for a while once , and we organised a similar scheme for two of our jocks when I was with the Wellington station last year . ’ |
| 19 | I started with the bottom rail as this would also have to be rebated on the bottom face to accommodate doors and top fixing for side panels . |
| 20 | I struggled with the whole thing the night before Christmas and the whole of Christmas Day , and finally I realised then that I wanted you just as you were . |
| 21 | Dr Russell insisted that I went with the convalescent men and we were lucky to pick up one of the last trains to go northwards . |
| 22 | We used to , we , I used to go when my husband was alive we used to go to erm Devon cos I had a brother living in Devon we used to go there , but er unfortunately I lost him when he was only fifty with a coronary , and so erm , in , cos and after that I lost my husband you see so cos we I 've never been away like that before , not , not since , years ago that was , he 's been gone twenty one years this Christmas sixteenth might be so , I 've not been able to so I , I , I go with the erm , I went with the Red Cross this year the year before last I went erm er , Char Charlie took me away we went to er a chalet we stayed at and er a friend of mine we went there for a week had a week there , that poured of rain every day , this year it poured of rain every day |
| 23 | I spoke with the forensic boys . |
| 24 | He is , however , right about the basic seriousness of the problem , which I discussed with the Indonesian Foreign Minister — as , perhaps , the right hon. Member for Manchester , Gorton ( Mr. Kaufman ) has done . |
| 25 | Perhaps the best way to write this kind of story ( or even the equivalent of the detective novel at short story length ) is to do as I did with the first crime short story I ever wrote . |
| 26 | Erm see if I can remember what on earth I did with the damn thing . |
| 27 | I dealt with the first part of the hon. Lady 's question in reply to the right hon. Member for Yeovil ( Mr. Ashdown ) . |
| 28 | Yeah , like I said with the actual water heater there , it 's been , there 's been water heaters in caravans like that for years ! |
| 29 | Now I won that game , losing just two ‘ pieces ’ , but only after I left with the comeliest ‘ piece ’ of all , a wench from the imperial harem , did Suleiman discover that I had cheated and publicly marked me down for death . |
| 30 | With all my might I stamped at its head , but missed it by a couple of inches ; again I stamped with the same extraordinary result ; but with the third stamp I caught the poor little creature and crushed it to pulp , and yet it gave one more thrust with its tiny legs and then lay still . |