Example sentences of "i [vb past] the [adj] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The more celebrated I became the worse I painted and the more false I felt . |
| 2 | I sold the two I had . ’ |
| 3 | I remember the first time I used the frail I got a clout o' the skull that I 'd remember . |
| 4 | Cutting down on food , I was University missing whole meals , telling people I was training , I 'm a P E teacher so sport and the perfect body was very much up front , so the more weight I lost the better I was told I looked until it became totally out of control and I was eating an apple and black coffee a day and then vomiting so that I had nothing in me . |
| 5 | I felt the happiest I think I have ever felt . |
| 6 | ‘ I thought the longer it went on , the better it was looking for me . ’ |
| 7 | I took the best I could , and this is how I 've made use of them . ’ |
| 8 | I did the best I could in a couple of hours . ’ |
| 9 | I did the best I could in the circumstances , Mr Calder , but you can hardly blame me if I find it difficult to appear besotted with your charms ! ’ |
| 10 | I did the best I could with the five keys that would produce a sound and vowed never again to sit in a cupboard . |
| 11 | I always said if I won the 100 it would be very hard to beat me in the 200 . |
| 12 | I said the same I ca n't persuade our chaps on the Yorkshire Moors that they are getting twenty six pound a week , when they 're not , you see ? |