Example sentences of "[noun] i had [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was also a quote from Forbes ; he praised the stand I had taken in the face of management victimisation and stressed my right to real work . |
| 2 | M. Chaillot was by now unexpectedly by my side , opening a huge satin-covered box of chocolates of the cream-filled variety I had seen in the local shop . |
| 3 | And of course I had to go on the carpet about that , for laughing . |
| 4 | So the two of us went off to Peel and er anyway they paid us , they paid for our lunch and er and so that was alright and of course I had to go in the witness box , you see and swear on the bible , you know , the whole truth , nothing but the truth , you see . |
| 5 | It turned out that her son was a great friend of the paraquat-wielding monk I had seen at the monastery farm near Roscrea . |
| 6 | The days following our visit to Johanna were full of frenetic busyness : Benjamin had to pack our belongings , I had to sell a cup ( I 'd stolen this from Wolsey ) and draw what money I had deposited with the goldsmiths . |
| 7 | ‘ But it was just a decision I had to make under the circumstances I was given . |
| 8 | I did my best to produce an attractive synopsis , embellishing it with some of the sketches I had made on the spot . |
| 9 | I was in lane 1 , which I found strange considering the positions and times I had achieved in the semi-final . |
| 10 | I wondered how comfortable he would be and what he would make of the covers I had borrowed from the farmer 's wife . |
| 11 | Far from ‘ letting me down ’ , the methods I had adopted from the Centre may well have been helping me . |
| 12 | I sang an obscene ditty I had learnt in the TA , Mike an African song in Matabele , and the Germans some carols . |
| 13 | Before I go any further , I should tell you that the briefing I had received on the field was as follows : 1000 metres grass , obstructions at both ends , wind sock on the northerly edge . |
| 14 | I thought about all the books I had read in the past and remembered one in particular which I had enjoyed immensely . |
| 15 | But no child , So I got up and changed into my khaki drill and was just about to throw the water off the groundsheet that by this time had collected in the hole that I had prepared for my sleeping , to find that there was a black scorpion wallowing in the slight indentation I had made in the sand . |
| 16 | Twin terrors combine in the instant with nightmare logic : feathers and cobwebs , cobwebs and feathers … and now … words … words burned into the blackness … white words , black words … seen , yet not seen … silent , yet heard … words I had read in the Book and forgotten but now knew again … word for word : |
| 17 | He gave me one , and I folded the cheque carefully into a spill and lit the cigarette with the flame I had obtained from the gas-fire . |
| 18 | I was not earning nearly enough for a piano , however modestly priced , but it would cost less than I could raise from one of the famille rose vases I had brought from the house in Park Terrace . |
| 19 | What sins , what meannesses , what grave errors I had committed in the previous ten years had been forgiven me . |
| 20 | As I looked at him sitting opposite me on the floor of the trench , I was fascinated by his resemblance to the other Commandos I had met over the past five days . |
| 21 | If the filly did go off her legs I should have to start cutting into her windpipe , but I put the thought away from me , For the moment I had to depend on the adrenalin . |
| 22 | I took out the piece of parchment I had found on the corpse . |
| 23 | In fact , within two years I had gone to the other extreme , washing shorts for lads who were old enough to do it for themselves , and baking cakes for the sole purpose of giving them away . |
| 24 | For eight years I had revelled in the dual careers of journalism and broadcasting , between 1929 and 1937 , and these years coincided with the ‘ boom to bust ’ period , winding up with the deepest depression of the century . |
| 25 | According to a picture I had seen on the wall of the Royal Hotel , this Priory had been founded by King Felin O'Connor of Connaught , whose burial place it became . |
| 26 | He did not recognize me but I knew he was the gentleman I had met on the stairs when visiting Miss Havisham . |
| 27 | Until that day John Russell was just a name I had written in the Division account book a few times during the past year . |
| 28 | One day I had to go to the clinic and I lied about the time of the appointment so I could skip a suit inspection , so I had an hour to waste . |
| 29 | Then one day I had to go to the Post Office for something — one of them forms I daresay — so I thought I better wrap up , I better take care , you 're very vulnerable after a long illness you know , and I put my old long mack on and one of the kids ' mack hats and Wellingtons and I went out in the rain , feeling , in a depressed sort of way , ‘ Well , if I get ill again , what can I do ? |
| 30 | ‘ It clarified one of the things I had said from the start . |