Example sentences of "i [vb past] [pron] [adv] the " in BNC.

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1 I got it twice the size , though .
2 I enjoyed Prime Minister because I found it much the most relaxed of the offices I held .
3 I gave you yesterday the analogy of the home , and now we can imagine Mary bustling about the home with water for washing , for cooking and for cleaning .
4 But I gave it just the same .
5 Sometimes being born with every apparent advantage in life spawns the deepest need to create something just by oneself , to say : ‘ This was n't handed to me on a plate , but I did it just the same ! ’
6 I kicked myself all the way back to the hotel for being an arrant coward , and next day persuaded my companion to return with me to the scene of our defeat and try again .
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