Example sentences of "i [vb past] with the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And according to the erm agreement which I made with the franchisee in June eighty nine erm his rent is also due for review er this August . |
| 2 | I toyed with the idea of committing suicide , but I knew in my heart and soul I would never take my own life . |
| 3 | I toyed with the idea of reminding you of all my triumphs , of my prediction of the ‘ 87 stock market crash , of my warnings about the ERM and the dangers of Europe , about … |
| 4 | I toyed with the idea of taking it myself , and hiding it somewhere , but it was almost too heavy for me to carry , and there was nowhere much nearer than the house itself where it could be hidden . |
| 5 | At A level , I toyed with the idea of doing physics , maths and English , and if I was just doing it for pure enjoyment I would have done it at that stage . |
| 6 | For a moment I toyed with the idea of getting back to the ship , lifting off and going a comfortingly long way away . |
| 7 | I toyed with the idea of walking the station to meet him , but , having a sore throat and an impending cold , had gone out to get cough sweets from the ‘ Paki shop ’ just before it closes at 10pm and , coming up the street , the heavens opened and a mass of snow began to fall , so I came in and stayed in , so that 's freshly home made onion soup was ready as he came up the stairs . |
| 8 | Er er do you reckon we ought to have had , you kn you know we went over to gas , I toyed with the idea of fetching that do you know , you know when this house were built we went looking at a depot where they 've got all these grates and I took th funnily enough I took the measurements of the breast and er the only one we found was just that dead on look , right across |
| 9 | Lying flat , my naked chest against the cold concrete I fought with the thing till my eyes popped and my breath gave out , but it had not the slightest effect and it made my mind up ; I had to tell him . |
| 10 | I met with the station officers at St Anne 's Head in June of this year and informed them of the way that divers should be operating . |
| 11 | On the same afternoon I met with the rail unions and ( loyally supported by Peter Parker ) put the position to them . |
| 12 | I met with the CEO and his immediate reportees . |
| 13 | And the girl comes to see me — has been comin' ever since I met with the accident last year . |
| 14 | I agreed with the decision at the time , though since we have n't managed to identify him I 'm beginning to wonder if it was right . |
| 15 | ‘ I checked with the Exchange about your early morning caller and they said it was n't local , but a connection from Edinburgh . |
| 16 | I checked with the Direktor and he said it was quite OK . |
| 17 | ‘ By the way , sir , while I was waiting for Fowler to relieve me , I checked with the constable at Morvyl . |
| 18 | Arkwright said : ‘ I checked with the foreman that the flight was clear , but then the groundsman dolled it off on his own initiative . |
| 19 | I rose with the sun to gather mushrooms . |
| 20 | As a boy I helped with the hay-making and cleaned out the cow-sheds . |
| 21 | She does everything right ; when I was young I helped with my small sister — she was born when I was fourteen — and I helped with the housework of course . |
| 22 | I howled with the pain , howled again when something like a mountain fell crushingly on me as Posi hurled us straight back up to Highlight . |
| 23 | Of the variety of amps I used with the Teardrop , the one which felt most compatible was , guess what , a Vox AC30 . |
| 24 | Erm , as I mentioned with the group visitors we 've started up a branch action group fo specifically focused on the sort of branch issues . |
| 25 | I behaved with the arrogance of a lady , and when one of them got a little — fresh ? — I pretended to be insulted and amazed that he could compromise his uniform and position that way . |
| 26 | When reading of inspiring heroes with or without female adjuncts , I identified with the hero as if I were also male . |
| 27 | I was not alone in the way I identified with the saga of the March family , nor was I alone in identifying with Jo ( and presumably all readers do ) in her hurts and disappointments , her longings for femininity that clashed with her dreams of independence and achievement ; and in wishing for the ultimate fairness of all things as they were shaped by those nineteenth century moral certainties . |
| 28 | I went to bed very depressed , but it seemed my subconscious had other ideas , because I woke with the remembrance of the Humanists . |
| 29 | I came with the Admiralty here but , they , they had a factory here |
| 30 | I played with the notion of bombing it . |