Example sentences of "i [vb past] [pers pn] in [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I got them in some shop in Covent Garden . |
| 2 | I think she 's a bit upset , I think she thinks I 'm better , I 'm better than her because I beat her in that , and I think she 's , a bit of shock for her . |
| 3 | ‘ I found him in great spirits . |
| 4 | I found them in those dawn hours . |
| 5 | They have a grave in Golders Green : I visited it in 1947 , a fortnight before my wedding . |
| 6 | And unfortunately , I told him in graphic detail , and thereby of course , lost a contract , because he turned out to be the most senior person in the room , and he did not enjoy being humiliated in that way . |
| 7 | I told him in great detail . |
| 8 | I told you in another part of this saga of mine that I took over a Night in No 7 Squadron from a Flight Commander . |
| 9 | The journey to Liverpool Street station was just a trundle around the Northern Line from Camden to Moorgate and then a short walk , and I accomplished it in good time . |
| 10 | On another day I provoked him in some way and he slapped my cheek . |
| 11 | ‘ I played him in many positions and he 's never let us down . |
| 12 | I buried him in that beautiful valley of winding waters . |
| 13 | This time I studied it in good sunlight , because some of the colours are so dim or so dark that one can hardly see what the pattern is all about . |
| 14 | I soaked it in hot water and antiseptic and I drank a little more whisky . |
| 15 | A cream-coloured dress of mine got covered with rust and , although I soaked it in biological liquid , it did n't get rid of the stain . |
| 16 | Then I asked her , I could n't help it , I asked her , I said ‘ Never mind the photocopy , ’ I said , ‘ Let me ask you , was the cock tracing I showed you in any slight way arousing ? |
| 17 | And then I finished it in one go . |
| 18 | Gerald Brennan , writing just two or three years after the war , says in The Face of Spain that the slow hand-clap to attract the attention of waiters had died out , but I heard it in several places in the north . |
| 19 | Yeah , she gave me a Crunchie and I thought I bet it 's poison so I broke it in half gave them a bit , watched them eat it , gave it five minutes and then eat mine ! |
| 20 | The Forest boss said : ‘ I watched him in five-a-side training and it was as if he 'd never been away . |
| 21 | I watched it in first and I went |
| 22 | I placed it in that part of the room where we need the light , with something which , if I believed in it , I would call instinct . |
| 23 | I lost it in 1963 on the A30 west of Salisbury when I skidded on some diesel oil and rolled over and over . |
| 24 | ‘ When I beat Nick for the Barcelona Open it gave me a three-year exemption on the tour but it turned out to be a £90,000 exemption — that 's what it cost me to keep playing until I lost it in 1991 . ’ |
| 25 | I swallowed it in one gulp and almost died of coughing . |
| 26 | Later in that passage he wrote : ‘ It was n't until thirty years later when I saw her in another woman [ Elizabeth Taylor ] that I realised I had been searching for her all my life . ’ |
| 27 | I realized what a marvellous actor he was when I saw him in this and only wished that he had n't relied so much on the funny voices and hidden behind the easier way out of doing the characters that he could do so easily — and it was easy for him . |
| 28 | I saw it in one of the papers , but did nt see it on the day . |
| 29 | well I 've never got any , I saw it in this shop |
| 30 | On my way back downstairs I saw you in one of the bedrooms with Melanie . ’ |