Example sentences of "i [vb past] [verb] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I disdained to consult a medical dictionary , however . |
| 2 | ‘ Some kids where I lived dug a dead person up , ’ says Dmitry . |
| 3 | The President and I agreed to establish a secure telephone link between our two offices . |
| 4 | There are some marvellous graphics among these new breeds but , having never particularly liked comics , I failed to overcome a fundamental irritation with the medium of pictures and words combined . |
| 5 | I failed to get a single note out of it when I brought it back to the hotel . |
| 6 | I failed to place a cardboard cut-out of a male person lying , in a posture of total exhaustion , in one of the darker recesses of the living room . |
| 7 | I got offered a part-time job in a bakery at the weekends , and he said he 'd look after the kids , but he never did , so I could n't do it . |
| 8 | I expected to see a huge hound , but not a creature like this . |
| 9 | I expected to find a tiny shrunken corpse . |
| 10 | I expected to find a privileged crew , tolerating me for some positive press . |
| 11 | Working the paint thickly with a knife I tried to create a jarring effect with colour and texture conveying the power and pain of the experience . |
| 12 | She says : ‘ I tried to have a good marriage , be a good mother and have a career . |
| 13 | Today I tried to get a whole tin every day , it 's just because it happened . |
| 14 | After one or two formal speeches ( at which reference was made to our visit as the ‘ first short-term English course since the crushing of the Gang of Four ’ , and I tried to make a suitable reply , ) we were whisked off to the Friendship Hotel to a welcoming meal consisting of Peking duck , ancient duck 's eggs , and other good things , and I wielding our chopsticks to the best of our ability . |
| 15 | I hope that the Minister will accept that the case studies to which I referred highlight a serious problem . |
| 16 | ‘ I stopped mourning a long time ago . ’ |
| 17 | I slip into the pitfall of subjectivity with trepidation , but observing my fellow patients , I seemed to discern a distinct pattern so far as stress was concerned . |
| 18 | I seemed to have a separate brain for each limb , but they 'd all broken off diplomatic relations . |
| 19 | ‘ I have a new understanding of scripture and I learnt to read a personal message from it — I do n't want to lose that . ’ |
| 20 | Erm but er I learnt to write a fair hand , erm without too many flourishes , which er because I was always told that somebody might be looking at this in a hundred years time , or more . |
| 21 | Next morning , a suitable distance away from the refuge , I woke to feel a tremendous pressure on my body . |
| 22 | And unfortunately I 'd eaten a large quantity of this Afghani black and I was really bombed out and I slept half way through Jimi Hendrix and I could have kicked myself . |
| 23 | A.Q. : Towards five-thirty this morning , having just got back from the flower market , I was working in the front quarters of my shop when I got the idea I 'd heard a funny noise just outside the window … |
| 24 | In the past I 'd seen a fair bit of Lloyd . |
| 25 | I 'd done a round but and really this time it 's not going away you know ? |
| 26 | I retraced my steps , by this time it was 7 pm and I 'd done a long walk and about 45 miles on the bike . |
| 27 | I remember before that the wind changed pretty suddenly from southwest to nearer west I think and I 'd made a new hen house I thought indestructible . |
| 28 | At first it looked as though I 'd made a big mistake . |
| 29 | I 'd smoked a joint and taken tincture of cannabis , which is something I had done because I did n't smoke cigarettes and the hippies around me would say , ‘ Give her a spoonful of tincture of cannabis so that she 'll get stoned ’ but I did n't know if cocaine was like that . |
| 30 | He said of his winter sporting expedition : ‘ I felt I 'd reached a decent standard by the end of the week , although I did take a tumble or two . |