Example sentences of "i [vb past] the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Three weeks ago I became the proud owner of a Chihuahua and he 's changed my life completely . |
| 2 | When we got home , Dad came to the rescue , with the necessary bob ( as a shilling was called ) and so , on the following day , I became the proud owner of my very own tool set . |
| 3 | Not long after I 'd started the notebook , I became the proud owner of my first pair of binoculars . |
| 4 | So I became the only bluesman in Kensal Green . |
| 5 | It was not until about a year later , when I became the High Master of Warboys , that I took him into Warboys and made him a sort of Staff pilot flying Oxford aircraft on special navigational training exercises ; this was something that I could physically check and I do not know why it is , and I am not being clever now , I just accepted the evidence he gave me of this phoney flying . |
| 6 | I asked the Assistant Commissioner to let me go to Helsinki and he refused . |
| 7 | It was a clear night , but the radar was a mass of echoes and I asked the Belgian contact to give me an estimated course and speed of our quarry , and as a result of this we were able to pick it up . |
| 8 | I asked the new director there , John Hutchinson , whether this concerned him . |
| 9 | I asked the Chief Accountant . |
| 10 | I asked the hon. Member before to bring the matter to my office . |
| 11 | I wanted to introduce Dana to Pernod , so I asked the old man for ‘ dos Pernod ’ . |
| 12 | I asked the old man why |
| 13 | I asked the old man about this client from the North and he remembered her . ’ |
| 14 | I asked the old man , his nose almost level with the steering wheel of his equally elderly car . |
| 15 | I asked the Czech manager if they would be at Rutland Water in June and he said they would not be able to afford it . |
| 16 | Mummy was coming rather slowly , so I asked the little girl her name . |
| 17 | He goes on : ‘ I asked the whole frame of the world about my God ; and it answered me , ‘ I am not he , but he made me . ’ ’ |
| 18 | Following the recent court ruling in Scotland in which a golfer who hit another man with a golf ball was ordered to pay substantial damages , I overheard the following conversation taking place in the clubhouse . |
| 19 | My heart began to flutter as I lowered the heavy pyx into my pouch . |
| 20 | ‘ I avoided the massive guitar solo thing because it never really fitted in the songs and that 's what 's important . |
| 21 | I flung the sporting pistol I had looted on to the back seat , relieved to think I would never have to defend myself with it . |
| 22 | When I came home on leave I used to meet them in Crawford 's Oak Hall in Princes Street , and now I made the usual arrangement . |
| 23 | I made the usual radio and pre-landing checks before coming round onto the final approach , much too high , but somehow I managed to do a reasonable landing . |
| 24 | With that she marched off , and after we 'd got our breath , I made the usual cup of tea while Frankie went to fetch nails and hammer from Dad 's tool box so he could fix the door before Mum returned and explanations were necessary . |
| 25 | " Only the Commander was upset with nerves on account of a remark I made the other night . |
| 26 | It 's what I made the other week . |
| 27 | at this stage that I made the unconscious decision , later to manifest itself in physiological terms , to postpone sexuality until I felt myself ready to cope with it . |
| 28 | There was a time years ago when I made the odd item of clothing and I have started designing stuff again now . |
| 29 | In mid-August I made the great mistake of seeking a four-day break from London to stay with friends in France . |
| 30 | I made the long trip with my boys but the unit told me I should not be there . |