Example sentences of "i [vb past] [to-vb] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I asked to see a breakdown of the price quoted to me and found that I was being charged four times more than the normal retail price for curtain tape and hooks and was quoted for more material than I needed . |
| 2 | I asked to pass the time until the tea cooled . |
| 3 | At university I chanced to meet a detective sergeant who had been in the Durham drug squad outside the Sociology building in New Elvet , Durham city . |
| 4 | After downloading the umpteenth version of one program , loading and reloading assembling and EEPROMming software , I chanced to query the need for using the EEPROM programmer . |
| 5 | Then I 'ad to get a job ; that 's when I saw a notice in a shop window about a Brixton fam'ly wantin' a maid , so I went after it . |
| 6 | ‘ I cheated to prevent a theft , not to achieve one , ’ said Cadfael . |
| 7 | The report that I commissioned to get a debate going on why some schools were failing was commissioned from three people whose expertise has not been challenged and nor , as far as I know , have most of their conclusions . |
| 8 | I lived to tell the tale , but my aeroplane , G-FLIX , Flyer 's own , did n't . |
| 9 | ‘ You timed it rather well , although perhaps you were in too much of a hurry to get away , because I lived to tell the tale . ’ |
| 10 | She had let the lines go when the first brutal snap had straightened the nylon , and stood glancing back at me and staring up into the sky as I fought to control the power in the skies above us . |
| 11 | I sought to extend the body 's education , |
| 12 | Bearing this in mind , I sought to develop an approach which would try to distinguish what might be termed the ‘ players ’ in an industry , from those who are not players , whom I have termed the ‘ commentators ’ : |
| 13 | Yet somehow Edward must be appeased , so I sought to make a virtue of my ignorance , asking questions that would allow him to air his greater experience . |
| 14 | Personally I thought the fears overdone , but nevertheless I sought to find a way of transferring the operation to the private sector which would minimize the risk of industrial action . |
| 15 | I agreed to undertake a panel . |
| 16 | ‘ The reason I agreed to do the film was because of the script and the potential that I thought was there . |
| 17 | ‘ I agreed to do the job for five years but I feel that it is taking up too much of my time , ’ he declared . |
| 18 | I agreed to give a dinner and it took place in my London home some weeks later . |
| 19 | For the moment my boat was staying on Straker 's Cay , and she would only pass into the senator 's care if I agreed to extend the trial two weeks , cruise-cure into a full summer 's excursion . |
| 20 | I agreed to take a look at these efforts , and we arranged to meet next day after my morning lectures . |
| 21 | I agreed to take the girls there , and for a month I wrote down French words in a little pocket book , to help me on the journey . |
| 22 | I indicated to the Bishop when I agreed to take the canonry that he did n't possess the personal qualities I require in my subordinates . |
| 23 | Mark and I agreed to have a game together soon and I moved off down the course , and mused on the ways in which the pro golfers cope in their different ways with the unusual demands of the pro-am . |
| 24 | Dunlop said : ‘ I agreed to alter the gear box for Darren so it would be more suitable for Donington but I was riding in every race after the 125 and I physically just had n't the time to attend to it immediately . |
| 25 | I failed to see the connection . |
| 26 | For example , all the competitors had to blow into what resembled a gas meter and the capacity of the lung was recorded , I failed to see the point of this exercise , and that , with other medical experiements , only fired my resolve to upset the doctors ' wager , which I believe was for a box of cigars . |
| 27 | This fascinated me so much I failed to notice the Mamba slip out of the gate beneath me . |
| 28 | La Meije loomed above , but I failed to find a party who were doing the Grand Pic and returning . |
| 29 | But I failed to make the connection . |
| 30 | I failed to play a tape throughout the weekend of a drill relentlessly droning away in some shelfless room out of sight . |