Example sentences of "i [vb past] [art] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When I asked the self-same question . |
| 2 | I asked the same of Benjamin as we walked out of a postern gate of St Bartholomew 's back towards the river , but my master was only half-listening . |
| 3 | I applied the same methods here , watching people rather than talking to them , and I learnt many new things about the way humans interact . |
| 4 | ‘ But nobody appreciates more than me how Ian feels because I endured the same thing at exactly this time last year . |
| 5 | ‘ I made no such suggestion , my lord , ’ protested Aycliffe . |
| 6 | I made no fewer than three telephone calls . |
| 7 | She never revealed her own secrets to me but then after a while I made no more enquiries — I did n't want to do anything to lose her . ’ |
| 8 | Would you mind if I made a few housing enquiries for you ? |
| 9 | In a survey on shopping which I made a few years ago one of my student interviewers was questioning an old lady about the grocer 's shop she used . |
| 10 | I made a few inquiries . |
| 11 | ‘ I made a few enquiries an' it 's up fer rent , ’ he called back . |
| 12 | When they fished me out I made a few phone calls , |
| 13 | I made a few suggestions , creating chances , scoring goals , but it did not get through . |
| 14 | Now that was the point I made a few moments ago . |
| 15 | I made a few as samples and then she could see that they were n't right so we did n't use them in the end . |
| 16 | ‘ Rain , after I rang you this morning I made a few more enquiries and then went and told Barbara she was to come with me . ’ |
| 17 | Er er , I 've , er I just I 'm just saying that , er , that , that last year er , when I made a few remarks that they were misquoted by Reuters and we did leave the meeting and the share price dropped by er , several P and we had to send out a correcting statement so this year we 've taken the precaution of issuing a press release er , at the same time as er , er , I 'm making these remarks so I hope at least they wo n't be misinterpreted . |
| 18 | It 's going to cost you under thirty eight pounds , so I 've got a little bit of wei , leeway if I made a few mistakes . |
| 19 | ‘ When I got your letter , I made a few enquiries and discovered that you are intending to practise from Broom House . |
| 20 | Well , you know , I think it was a kind of sports bag or something and I thought oh I 'll go along with that and the other , I mean I had heard of them before and I made a few enquiries and they said , you know , you you were quite quality company so I thought |
| 21 | Yes , I made a few mistakes at first , like cutting up their slices of salami to the thickness of a sliced loaf . |
| 22 | er because I said I , I only phone Marion once a month and phone mum probably about once a fortnight , I do n't like to leave it any longer and erm and I said I know I made a few extra calls over Christmas , but I said I really do n't know . |
| 23 | Of course , I made the latter up though I am still very proud of them ; a mailed fist , middle finger extended , and underneath the Latin motto ‘ In dubito curre ’ which , roughly translated , means ‘ In doubt , run ’ . |
| 24 | My story is similar to Annie 's in that I made the same mistake and thought of my granddaughter as a substitute child . |
| 25 | I made the same mistake that I make , year after year . |
| 26 | I made the same point in the previous chapter but it may help if I give a concrete example . |
| 27 | I made the same mistake . |
| 28 | I made the most of this and did lots of work and piano and clarinet practice . |
| 29 | I disputed the latter with Tony who conceded that the differential existed more because it was ‘ expected ’ by customers than in any attempt to persuade them to buy the beer in preference to another . |
| 30 | And then I met a few . |