Example sentences of "i [verb] [vb pp] [vb infin] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | ‘ All that has happened to me has helped open my eyes and I am still young enough to put the past firmly behind me . ’ |
| 2 | At this point I would like to stress that the tank was overstocked but the number of water changes I made helped avoid any problems . |
| 3 | I know we as a nation are not renowned for our ability to serve but the general level of indifference , apathy and downright rudeness I encountered made even me , a cynical bastard at the best of times , wince . |
| 4 | Personally I liked it , but felt it was not worth all the publicity I had helped create for it . |
| 5 | The ones I 've seen have had startling cluster heads of tiny pink-red flowers , star-shaped on pentas and tubular on ixoras , amid bold , leafy foliage . |
| 6 | The ash bodies and maple necks are sprayed in Italy , and while most examples I 've seen have been black or white , there 's no telling what other colours might come forth at some point ( Fender-type metallics would look awesome ) . |
| 7 | I 've helped develop his department into the best collections department in Britain , as far as the the banks are concerned |
| 8 | I 'll be all sweet penitence and grief that I 've dared set my will against his . |
| 9 | It 's years since I 've dared have an orange yeah if I eat an orange , I 'd damn well |
| 10 | This is most common in America , and all the examples I have seen have been in books printed there . |
| 11 | I think it 's a matter of fact that all the schemes I have seen have included an element of best and most versatile land . |
| 12 | I have made mention elsewhere of the sense that warns us of impending danger , and will not labour the subject further beyond stating that this sense is a very real one and that I do not know , and therefore can not explain , what brings it into operation . |
| 13 | ‘ Liberals must speak out , ’ he declared and , having listed the films he had made , added : ‘ The motion pictures I have made represent my convictions . |
| 14 | ‘ I think they would both probably only tell me after the event about having sex for the first time but as long as I have helped prepare them they wo n't do anything silly . |
| 15 | Letting go is part of everyone 's life and there have certainly been times when I have let go . |
| 16 | ’ Letting go is part of everyone 's life and there have certainly been times when I have let go ’ … ’ |
| 17 | But so far as I know they have never been reprinted , and I have let slip from my memory now the name of the author ( a salutary warning against undue pride for those of us writing today ) . |