Example sentences of "i did [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | I did without tea — a case of having to . |
2 | This is what I did over Christmas , a few personal details . |
3 | I did over Christmas , I did some Carlton and Alfy down there no , no that 's where I met , I had a Christmas holiday job , couple of days worked for him , I was lugging these vices up |
4 | Just remember what I did to Master Hwa that time in the Pit . |
5 | I 'm not eating half as much as I did on camp and I 'm starving . ’ |
6 | He 'd got away with it as a result of a little snooping I did on behalf of the concerned insurance company . |
7 | But I tended to do much better on tests and examinations than I did on coursework , so I passed the eleven-plus and got a free place at the local St. Albans school . |
8 | A Plymouth dockyard labourer 's daughter lived across the road ‘ as much with grandma as I did with mother . |
9 | more through magazines than I did at school , because in school I was taught nothing about pleasure , it was all very biological with a diagram of the male and the female , exactly what happened , there was nothing about er , sexually transmitted diseases , pleasure or abortion , contraception , nothing mentioned , only the mere basics . |
10 | " I could do well , but I think how I related to people was as important as how well I did at school . |
11 | Drama and theatre arts , that 's what I did at school erm |
12 | Ken , the chemistry I did at school was full of test tubes and horrid smells , has it changed very much ? |
13 | — unspeakable things I did at night |
14 | Now I am studying to get a British qualification to continue the work I did at home . |
15 | Now interesting because erm one of the things I did before Christmas was I went out to and it I think it 's my memory it 's sixty percent of Scotland is , is , gets its power from nuclear power |
16 | It 's kind of ridiculous that I have to backtrack after doing the performance I did in King Of Comedy , but it 's a very mercurial business . |
17 | Last night I got really upset , I did in bed and erm he kept saying what 's the matter ? |
18 | Nevertheless , I think you will understand that to one not accustomed to committing such errors , this development was rather disturbing , and I did in fact begin to entertain all sorts of alarmist theories as to their cause . |
19 | That I did in fact think this way , and that her assumptions about my assumptions were in fact correct , is borne out by the fact that I interpreted her words quickly , and that she seemed perfectly satisfied with my interpretation . |
20 | In case anyone thinks this was unnecessarily drastic , I did in fact leave them for a couple of hours to see if they would come out of their own accord — but they did n't , and I was concerned that they might starve if left to their own devices . |
21 | I mean , I did in fact make my own breakfast . |
22 | I did in fact attempt to return your telephone call , but when I rang you were out , and our current panic ( we 're in the throes of mounting our summer exhibition ) prevented me from getting back to you before your letter reached me . |
23 | At the last meeting of the committee I did in fact congratulate the director and his staff for the way in which community care had been implemented current year and I 'd certainly like to congratulate him on the way he 's presented er proposals for next year . |
24 | Then in the long run I did in fact to Superintendent about the information we had gleaned from this telephone call . |
25 | As it was er quite late on a Sunday evening I did in fact take the opportunity to listen at the door of the flat in question . |
26 | Now I think that the Good did say oh well there is a law commission report expected , but I think that you know the Good should address somewhere tha that problem of trust law and regulation should and then I did in fact on going through the report and er you know and also your own reports erm there 's the one about designation of assets you know , which I think was a very good recommendation of yours , I think the actual area of responsibilities and the wider role of actuaries was important . |
27 | Now I think that , that Good did say oh well , there is a Law Commission Report expected , but I think that you know that Good should address somewhere tha that problem of Trust Law and regulationship and then I did in fact on going through the report and er you know and also your own reports erm there 's the one about designation of assets you know , which I think was a very good recommendation of yours . |
28 | I did in fact |
29 | Yes , I did in fact erm whilst when we were going through the education proposals erm I did list reductions as John has mentioned , but I did also include the extra valuation for primary staffing that erm has went into our budget and the Liberal Democrats and I think Labour 's originally , which is now included in the combined Council budget . |