Example sentences of "i [vb past] [adj] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | During my two years of national service I became first a radar mechanic and then an Education Sergeant , leaving in 1948 to start reading History at Brasenose . |
2 | The festivities will now start and I do n't think I 'm out of order at all if I asked all the Three-Ninetieth veterans to give a real round of applause to these beautiful British people have come , have come out this after this after th this afternoon . |
3 | I I misread previous the word previous |
4 | A discussion I overheard concerned the merits of an airing cupboard as winter quarters for fly-traps . |
5 | That I avoided such a course of action is because of my own understanding of what the institution would allow before it swung into action . |
6 | I read two a day for two years and forgot them . |
7 | once I read all the leaflets |
8 | In readiness for the event I made all the arrangements I possibly could before the baby was born to make my return to work as smooth as possible , including hiring a nanny , and I thought that this was going to be easy … |
9 | KEVIN KEEGAN and I made all the headlines for being sent off and throwing our shirts down last time Leeds and Liverpool met in the Charity Shield . |
10 | That pronunciation is a mistake that I made all the time that I worked in Scotland and I know the sensitivities which it aroused . |
11 | I enjoy dressmaking , so I made all the cot bumpers , cot drapes , curtains , cushions and a bean bag for the baby 's room . |
12 | I made sure the head was secure , then clambered to the top of the dune to watch with my binoculars . |
13 | While I made sure the fire was safe she drank a sort of gruel which her home help had left for her in a Thermos . |
14 | ‘ I 'm sorry I made such a spectacle of myself . ’ |
15 | I made such a mess of things … ’ |
16 | I made such a model in Bristol . |
17 | I made such a fuss that the Keeper had to move me back here quick . |
18 | ‘ I made such an idiot of myself . |
19 | When using the motor , I noticed that there was a lot of vibration , so I made certain the clamps were tight before I started . |
20 | I made half a pint of white sauce in the measuring jug I |
21 | I think I made half the record with the Firebird and the other half with the Lazer . |
22 | I announced such a review at a conference that I addressed the other day . |
23 | I thought she was being sarky about my bouquet but then I realized all the rooms were named after flowers . |
24 | I drunk half a pint of rum , half a pint of vodka and three or four cans of |
25 | I checked all the facts . |
26 | ‘ 'E ca n't 'ave mine , I just ate it , ’ said Ella , ‘ but I got 'alf a sausage left . ’ |
27 | I got many a lift you know with someone that were there . |
28 | That 'll be alright so cos he slid his my brief case and er I got all the way home , no problem at all , I 'd got newspaper under the back , so it did n't scratch the back when I come to come down Mill Road this lorry 's go , I mean I got the tail gate up and er I sort of looked in the mirror , I thought oh my goodness my tail gate , I could hear it so and I braked a bit sharp and that slid down and scratched along the dash board ! |
29 | ‘ I got all the stuff you wanted , Gaby . |
30 | and it was as simple as that , it was only until that I got all the paperwork from Germany that the letters and one thing and another , but somebody in there said to them well you 're talking rubbish cos the girl 's telling you the truth |