Example sentences of "i [vb past] to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | A week later back in Vancouver , when Canada joined Britain in the war against Germany and Italy , I applied to the RCAF recruiting office for a commission , in view of my earlier flying experience . |
| 2 | I doubled to the other side of the deck and joined the Sergeant Major and Brigadier Mills Roberts . |
| 3 | So I clung to the concept of ideal love for you , at the same time hoping for the even more impossibly ideal physical fulfilment and completion that would seal our closeness for ever . |
| 4 | I clung to the door , my hands fisted round the useless handle . |
| 5 | Unresolved , I clung to the nub of " I " , perhaps sensing that I needed " I " if was ever to hurtle to freedom . |
| 6 | We rolled heavily as I clung to the shrouds scanning the reef as best I could . |
| 7 | That made me feel a bit better , so I tottered to the top of the hill and stared bleakly around , in the equally bleak daylight . |
| 8 | I reiterate the point that I made to the hon. Member for Greenock and Port Glasgow ( Dr. Godman ) . |
| 9 | The point that I made to the Committee is that if we wish to reduce the hours of the House or change the sitting times — that is still an open question — it is important that we consider how the time of the House is used at present and to make reductions pro rata . |
| 10 | The detail of the proposals on contributions was , of course , fully set out in the very full statement that I made to the House by way of a written answer at the same time as my right hon. Friend the Chancellor 's autumn statement on 6 November . |
| 11 | I repeat a suggestion that I made to the Secretary of State at the time of the last atrocity in Northern Ireland . |
| 12 | Well I er do n't agree that there has been er understaffing and in the statement which I made to the House today I was able to point out what a very big increase in er the total complement of the prison officers has taken place during recent years , but it 's up to Lord Justice Woolf to look in to whatever evidence is put before him , it 's for him to look at the terms of reference and he will no doubt decide what is relevant and what is not . |
| 13 | I crept to the door and , with a sudden movement , opened it wide . |
| 14 | At midnight , when , as the carol says , the animals were on their knees , I crept to the cot and put my pillowcase offering for the little fatherless one . |
| 15 | When after a moment it had not moved , I resorted to the car horn , but this had no effect other than to make the creature commence pecking at something on the ground . |
| 16 | Was it any wonder I resorted to the drinks cabinet in the director 's Portakabin ? |
| 17 | May I draw my right hon. Friend 's attention to the delegation that I led to the Lord Chancellor to consider the problem of bail bandits and light sentencing by Crown courts , and to the concern in my constituency that the Hampshire police authority is short changing the Isle of Wight in terms of the number of constables on the beat ? |
| 18 | After a very pleasant lunch therefore , I taxied to the very end of the runway , turned into wind and took off . |
| 19 | I agreed to the chocolate . |
| 20 | As soon as I got to the other side of the bank I threw myself down and started to roll . ’ |
| 21 | In the end I got to the state when it might happen three or four times a day . |
| 22 | By the time I got to the Party Conference in October , I was under police guard . |
| 23 | When I got to the classroom , I found there were only about six students in the class , and we chatted idly until the lecturer arrived . |
| 24 | But before I got to the end of it I burst into tears . |
| 25 | When I got to the part of your letter about masturbation , I went to my room and masturbated . |
| 26 | ‘ As I got to the platform , there was the driver surrounded by three other BR staff watching him pluck the bird . |
| 27 | Describing in today 's Sunday Times of Johannesburg how he found Stompie 's body in Mrs Mandela 's house , Morgan said : ‘ One morning I got to the house early and I was told by Winnie to pick up the dog and dump him . |
| 28 | By the time I got to the last rocker I had been out of the garage , round the block three times , back up the drive and home in time for teal Is there any way I can turn the engine over without moving the vehicle ? |
| 29 | So , I got to the point where I was at ease in that community or as at ease as you can be , then spent another three weeks there . |
| 30 | I got to the top — it was easy ! ’ |