Example sentences of "i [vb past] [verb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thinking of him again made me so wretched that on my way back into the department I did not even notice the owner of the hand that held open the door for me , until I chanced to notice Dr Jones watching from outside his office . |
| 2 | The rag I read mentioned Leeds might switch their attention to Alan Mclaren of Hearts if they ca n't lower the price being asked for 30-year-old Jobson . |
| 3 | The following weekend I cemented capping stones round the top of the new pond and also round the header pools . |
| 4 | Look what I made appear mum |
| 5 | I was pleased with this reflection , and so convoluted is the human mind that I ceased to take pride in my lack of pride and was proud that I had found myself capable of it . |
| 6 | I sought to score points earlier on the cavalier way in which previous Ministers dismissed the suggestions from the then Select Committee , by which we sought to limit the rate of increase in the residential care part of the Government 's budget . |
| 7 | I agreed to represent Lover Boy and Bryan Adams throughout Europe . |
| 8 | I intended to resign at the A.G.M. due to the fact that I expect to be leaving the London area before the next A.G.M. but since no-one else wanted the job I agreed to remain chairman for as long as I could . |
| 9 | ‘ I agreed to marry Janice to get her out of a fix . |
| 10 | I , personally , always tried to avoid being drawn into any kind of union or political affairs , but in the case of the Association I made a slight concession in that I agreed to become Editor of our newsletter , which started out as a news-sheet and eventually grew into a magazine called " Coastlines " , featuring articles , reports from the cutters , poems and competitions . |
| 11 | He seemed so much more sensible than before that I agreed to have lunch with him . |
| 12 | Yeah , well I know but er he had n't seen anyone , he reckons for well over a year and when phoned me up I agreed to have lunch with him and then he gave me an earful about all sorts of things including erm in Norwich issuing net fares on Norwich Amsterdam . |
| 13 | I agreed to accompany Taff . |
| 14 | I agreed to get photos of the fuel rods for the Union in Washington . |
| 15 | I failed to declare Dr Neil Caldwell 's motoring convictions because I thought that they were ‘ fixed penalty ’ offences . |
| 16 | Even if I failed to attract Neil 's attention , I would probably be able to cross quite soon . |
| 17 | It was all quite true : the bobbin lifted 167 times and I failed to make contact once ! |
| 18 | I had not kept my old key , because I had hoped that my association with Cutwater Charters was done , so I was forced to carry my heavy pack into the tangle of dark alleys that lay behind the straw market and where I planned to find Ellen and borrow her key . |
| 19 | Though much of what I translated defied comprehension , it was provocatively enigmatic . |
| 20 | I got to put Carrie 's zip in for me . |
| 21 | Madam Deputy Speaker , throughout my speech last week I got approval er from the front bench , I got approving nods from my colleagues and winks and a hear hears whenever I said anything about deregulation . |
| 22 | As I , well I got given orders . |
| 23 | I reckon I 'll be going now I got to do Paul 's bloody |
| 24 | ‘ It was then that I got to realize Ken 's great knowledge of London and of history . |
| 25 | If you passed for Sergeant , you got two ten-shilling special allowances , and when I got made Sergeant , I was on a bike allowance of seven shillings a week . |
| 26 | I got to lose weight . |
| 27 | I got to remember things like that . |
| 28 | I got to take care of this too . |
| 29 | I did n't particularly like the name at first — I got called things like Stew and Stew-Pot at school — but I 've got used to it . |
| 30 | But it was a fun film , it only took a few days work — and I got to meet Mick Jagger ! ’ |