Example sentences of "i [verb] [vb pp] to the " in BNC.
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1 | They all went to the local comprehensive — which I wanted to but , because I passed my 11-plus I got sent to the grammar instead . |
2 | Dave , Lancashire region , on three nine seven , Chair , when I got elected to the Labour Council in Rochdale , I took a whip that I had , did what the policy was of the Rochdale D L P . |
3 | I 'm the only one who 's ever been mayor in his twenties , and I think that came about probably because the family had been in the town since the beginning of the century erm and I 'd been involved in local politics since about eight or nine , taking numbers on polling stations and so on , and so when I got elected to the Council I think one or two people at any rate felt that it was quite natural that I should have the opportunity fairly soon . |
4 | And so when I got elected to the Council I think one or two people at any rate felt that it was quite natural that I should have the opportunity fairly soon . |
5 | I used to be a spooler , worked a machine , but I got moved to the samples about six years ago . |
6 | But I got promoted to the road roller and then into the power station so |
7 | Not only that — they also thought , because I 'd gone to the grammar , that suddenly I was too snooty to be friends with them . |
8 | If I 'd gone to the rank inside , it would have been the railway police 's case . |
9 | But at least I 'd taken the first step , and not an easy step , considering what I 'd said to the doctor at our last meeting . |
10 | And I 'd said to the And I 'd said to the dentist |
11 | And I 'd said to the And I 'd said to the dentist |
12 | He says Well you 're quite right n y I Cos I did n't think we You know I 'd said to the man already it 's quite possible I would n't be able to really take the stuff out of store for him . |
13 | the kitchen was piled up , I , I , Dinda took my suitcase upstairs , I 'd seen to the dog , he was very , very good in the car as you know er , I took my suitcase , I could n't get through the bedroom door , the bed clothes on the floor where it 's , where we 've had a sudden hot spell , he had n't folded them up |
14 | That night I watched television and did some paperwork , amending the maps to include the newly named Black Destroyer Hill , writing a brief description of what I 'd done to the rabbits and logging both the effects of the bombs that I 'd used and the manufacture of the latest batch . |
15 | But undeterred by background or family opinion , I 'd written to the BBC to let them know of my ambitions to be a broadcaster — and was dismissed without benefit of an interview . |
16 | ‘ If only I 'd listened to the old folk telling their stories . ’ |
17 | The half inch I 'd added to the 5ft 8in , somehow became attached to the 5ft 9in . |
18 | But by the time I 'd got to the summer term the things that had failed had failed and I knew why , and I was n't feeling too inclined to change them particularly at the time because they had n't failed to the point where the class was in chaos . |
19 | I picked another horse , in the race before — I 'd got to the bookie 's at about half-past two , I suppose . |
20 | The time I went before that , I got erm , like a frostbitten thumb , because I was going up on the chair lift , and er , I dropped one of my gloves , and it was quite a cold day , so by the time I 'd got to the top , and skied all the way back down , and then down the road going back to try and find me gloves , because I had borrowed them from a friend , |
21 | by the time I 'd got to the next one |
22 | It was published shortly after I 'd taken part in a time and motion study during which I 'd spoken to the man with the clip-board and asked a few pertinent questions . |
23 | I 'd stuck to the rules arid nothing had happened . |
24 | ‘ And was it just coincidence that I get invited to the Flaxton dance , that I 'm seated next to him ? |
25 | I felt pierced to the heart , dejected and lonely . |
26 | ‘ I felt drawn to the North-East , ’ he says . |
27 | With the success of the muscarinic experiment , I felt committed to the passive avoidance model , to the exclusion of almost everything else . |
28 | 4.15PM After the hundredth charred building , I become numbed to the destruction and find myself only stopping to photograph the ironic and unusual : a rental outlet called ‘ Hot Videos ’ up in flames , men carrying couches and lamps through the shattered window of a furniture store next to a large inviting sign : ‘ Come in for real bargains ’ . |
29 | My topic was press coverage of the IQ controversy , which I thought distorted to the point of newsworthiness . |
30 | I took down the battered , broken-spined A-Z I keep taped to the driver 's sun visor and pretended to be looking something up . |