Example sentences of "i [verb] [adv] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I became quite a celebrity because of it . |
| 2 | I never did get the hang of table tennis but I became quite a useful bantam-weight and once even represented the club against Bethnal Green . |
| 3 | After a further period of three months or so , Don Bennett appointed me Group training inspector — and I became virtually a horse thief ! |
| 4 | Can I make just a suggestion ? |
| 5 | The NCT sessions encouraged everyone to ask ‘ daft ’ questions — the sort that do not seem daft if you do not know the answers — like how do I make up a nappy , how many sterilising tablets do I use for the bottles and what should we buy before the baby is born ? |
| 6 | ‘ When I see the Giotto frescoes at Padua I do not trouble to recognise which scene in the life of Christ I have before me , but I perceive instantly the sentiment which radiates from it and which is instinct in the composition in every line and color . |
| 7 | Nothing happened for half an hour so I asked where the nearest Young Women 's Christian Association hostel was . |
| 8 | And finally I asked where the object was . |
| 9 | I asked where the blood tests were done — of course , I already knew — she told me . |
| 10 | I asked how the financial problems afflicting the charity had come about ? |
| 11 | When I asked how the Public Accounts Committee could examine what I regarded as gross excesses and a gross dereliction of duty by the Secretary of State for Transport , I was told — quite properly that the PAC could investigate only specific charges . |
| 12 | I cite only a few . |
| 13 | And I back up the line I had to go . |
| 14 | I back away a bit , and kneel down . |
| 15 | I feel somewhat like a Saint Bernard as I track down the American conductor John Nelson by telephone across the Alps . |
| 16 | In Chapter 14 I sketch out the fundamentals of a structuralist theory of truth . |
| 17 | I sketch out the whole scenario in seven minutes flat . |
| 18 | I housed both the processor and amp in an SKB 2U rack case and hardwired a double mains board in the back . |
| 19 | I skidded down the escarpment in high spirits and made a bee-line for the town . |
| 20 | It was too cold and windy to sit and wait , though , so I limped back the way I had come , embittered at having to walk unnecessarily . |
| 21 | A pale autumnal sun played over Etive as I gazed up the beckoning folds of Spartan Slab with another partner , watching the leisurely antics of an American climber and his female ropemate on this classic VS . |
| 22 | Back in the bathroom , so I turns down the bed , and goes . ’ |
| 23 | Now it would maybe not be appropriate if there was to be an alternative government bill that would deal with these type of matters er in front of us and please to say that when I read out the list of sponsors , it 'll be shown there are people from all parties , or all parties in Britain in this house , who are true democrats . |
| 24 | I read earlier the CBI 's rejection of any policy in which the Government tried to pick winners , determine strategic investments and interfere in the decisions of business . |
| 25 | Then , as another kind of exorcism , I made up a list of : |
| 26 | So I made up a couple of bottles for them and they said " Oh . " . |
| 27 | So 38×84″ was my conclusion and I made up the stretchers . |
| 28 | I made up the difference out of my own money . ’ |
| 29 | So I made up the rest and everyone liked it . |
| 30 | Anyway I made completely the wrong decision with her with her the first time . |