Example sentences of "[vb pp] and i [vb past] [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ I wanted to carry on the great work that Nick had done and I wanted to broaden the paper 's scope . |
2 | My breath smoked and I began to feel the wind-chill even through my sailing jersey and the special anorak I had bought for southern latitudes . |
3 | A few more boys arrived and I began to realise the terrible blunder I had made . |
4 | The day progressed and I had searched a reasonably large expanse of foreshore without much to show by way of finds apart from a few pennies and halfpennies . |
5 | Erm by this time the mother er in the other room erm had emerged and I helped bring the other children into the er main main room . |
6 | ‘ With the Government slowly clamping down on all media coverage , unless I moved fast any chance of filming within South Africa would be gone and I did want the accuracy and flavour of the country itself to come through in the film . ’ |
7 | All the spawning mops were removed and I hoped to see a shoal of young Cardinal Tetras . |
8 | By the time I had gone through the narrow tunnel to pit the first film had already started and I had to use the reflection of the action on the faces of the audience to find a seat without too much of ‘ Here , Here ’ and ‘ Sit down nuh ! ’ . |
9 | And then , only six hours later , the pains returned and I had to repeat the dose . |