Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb past] i " in BNC.
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| 1 | I loved it when a whole pile of notes met me in the morning and I did not surface till lunchtime . |
| 2 | But when I returned from military service in 1960 , my employers asked me to represent them south of the border , in that troutless land beyond Mr Hadrian 's Wall known as England . |
| 3 | The glowing consumer reports about cycling the peaks and television commercials for aftershave showing hunky men rattling down sheer slopes of scree on bikes made me suspicious . |
| 4 | As a final thought , my enjoyment of the longer essays made me regret that we still do not have an Oxford Companion to the Earth Sciences . |
| 5 | Later in my life — ça sera pour un autre jour — birds led me into a very unusual experience . |
| 6 | Such an appeal was not to be resisted , but first I had to tell Meehan that if I did look into his case , I must feel myself free to come to whatever conclusions my investigations led me , ‘ whether in your favour or not ’ . |
| 7 | The smell of bread and baigels freshly from the ovens made me hungry . |
| 8 | ‘ I have discovered that the black people I have been working with in the inner cities proposed me for the award . |
| 9 | For the reasons mentioned I would dismiss these appeals . |
| 10 | For as long as it took me to get out of range , several birds used me for bombing practice , coming so close on occasions that ducking was a necessity rather than a flamboyant gesture . |
| 11 | As the day of rehearsals approached I got my usual attack of the ‘ I 'll never do its ’ . |
| 12 | Many of these ingredients were indeed present , but as the months passed I became increasingly aware that there was much more than just science at work here . |
| 13 | ‘ Gem swindlers asked me to lie ’ |
| 14 | Holmes ' warm words of thanks made me feel much happier , and I saw that he was right . |
| 15 | One of the lads asked me at a dance how I had earned my living before I had got married . |
| 16 | But his own political outlook was also vital : ‘ Those influences made me want to write a history of the game 's toilers , the hired labourers . |
| 17 | Two or three cars passed me and I tried to thumb a lift , but they did n't stop . |
| 18 | ‘ I told you , two or three cars passed me but they did n't stop . ’ |
| 19 | Boycs asked me at Headingley if I had a big car . |
| 20 | And she gave me an indulgent look and she said , ‘ I 'm really sorry , the pictures made me feel tender feelings for you , but they just really did not arouse me . ’ |
| 21 | ’ Words failed me . |
| 22 | Words failed me at this last find … but not so my companions ! |
| 23 | So it looks awfully fresh the wretches made me almost squashed it . |
| 24 | ‘ When I reached eight tries I realised I was in with a chance of records and the lads helped me as best they could . ’ |
| 25 | My sins found me out : the pain went , but I was so sick and ill that we had to come home . |
| 26 | His round , brown eyes regarded me obliquely , a little suspiciously above the high cheekbones . |
| 27 | Five craftsmen helped me here in England . |
| 28 | ‘ That woman from Channel 20 Books phoned me yesterday . ’ |
| 29 | In my teens , similar doubts lured me into the darker recesses of the family 's medical encyclopedia , there to discover I was Britain 's first recorded case of Futtock 's Syndrome . |
| 30 | The kids helped me pile up the slabs and we ‘ borrowed ’ a barrow from the house-renovators next door to transport the broken humps of concrete , via some wobbly ramps , to a spoil heap up the garden . |