Example sentences of "[noun sg] i [vb past] to [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | During the year , we have also reviewed the investment of our liquid funds , we have planned a ‘ Patrons ’ scheme , with an eye to support particularly from the smaller banks in the City ; we have introduced credit card payments , and resolved a major uncertainty I referred to last year over our Lombard Street offices . |
| 2 | But then avowed with a great deal of feeling , ‘ I sorely needed somebody 's help when , with daylight I returned to that hotel and discovered you 'd taken a train back to Mariánské Láznë ! ’ |
| 3 | Next day I moved to 40 Beaumont Street and began a vastly expensive career of alcohol . |
| 4 | The other week I went to this North American address : 2041½ Yonge Street . |
| 5 | See the first week I went to these schools they could n't speak a word of Punjabi . |
| 6 | Last week I came to this school to discuss the course with the Head . |
| 7 | Earlier this morning I suggested to arch modernizer Harriet Harman that she and her reforming colleagues had run into the buffers . |
| 8 | When I lost a temporary job in a local Traffic Office , I packed my things rather than face another bleak winter and with seven shillings and sixpence in my pocket I went to some friends in south-east London . |
| 9 | And I have been told that as a baby I conformed to this pattern , in contrast to my first sister who was ‘ delicate ’ and my second sister who was ‘ placid ’ . |
| 10 | As a young man I listened to many yarns spun by such men as Billican Geary , Treacle Mills , and little Sparrow Martin , who had an insatiable appetite for apple pudding and who years ago as a young man dived off Rochester Bridge for a bet . |
| 11 | ‘ I know all that , ’ I began to feel angry and frustrated , ‘ but Goddammit , the only reason I came to this island was because of my interest in polio . |
| 12 | Erm as regards a caravan I spoke to this bloke Frank |
| 13 | Born free , oh by the way I went to that study centre , I went to that study centre and she looked at it she asked me what spilt over it and she said oh it 's still readable and she said well done for coming to er |
| 14 | ( Gary was the only exception I knew to this rule , and then only when he was up to no good ) . ’ |
| 15 | So before my call-up I went to old Mr Grover in Darrowby and he painstakingly did all that was necessary . |
| 16 | And every time I came to that bit I jerked up in my chair and Miss Ross shouted at me . |