Example sentences of "i [vb past] [verb] [noun prp] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Indeed , the chief difficulty I experienced researching ICL in the early 1980s , was not the emergence of new office technologies , but the fad for making board ‘ presentations ’ unsupported by written papers . |
| 2 | The journalist with whom I 'd joined TWW on the same week from sister papers in Cardiff had wickedly gone into another room to make the mischievous call . |
| 3 | Connections : I 'd seen Nevil at Sedgeley House ; I 'd seen Jo at the Mimosa Club where Nevil was supposed to work , or at least beat up barmen . |
| 4 | ‘ Because , three months ago , Heather telephoned me and asked if I 'd taken Clare to the Skein of Geese a couple of weeks before her death . |
| 5 | Now , I 'd mentioned Benjamin to the Ralembergs but told them nothing about his near kinsman , the great cardinal . |
| 6 | I 'd parked Armstrong around the side of Sedgeley House in one of the diagonal streets that run off to the Edgware Road . |
| 7 | Even though this was Jack 's own tournament , I decided to quit Jack after the last event of 1983 , the Chrysler Invitation , and start fresh with Greg next year . |
| 8 | I managed to heave Charlie into the main bar and prop him up against a wall . |
| 9 | On 9 October I went to see Macmillan in the nursing home and he talked about the future leadership . |
| 10 | I went to hear Baldwin at the Town Hall . |
| 11 | One evening I went to fetch Joe from the village pub , where my sister sometimes allowed him to smoke his pipe and have a beer . |
| 12 | A few days later I did question Shadwell about the possibility of not being covered in shit for my debut as a professional actor . |
| 13 | Once I did ask Agnes about the Luciferi but the girl just paled and shook her head . |
| 14 | I had to save Jamila from the man who loved Arthur Conan Doyle . |
| 15 | I had chased Selden over the moor . |
| 16 | I had to take Tony to the casualty on Saturday ? |
| 17 | Claire said : ‘ I had to take Rachel to the doctor 's because she was so poorly . |
| 18 | I hoped to catch Toby in the Press tent — a good bet since he kept his appearances on the course itself down to the minimum , on the grounds that his editor was not interested in golf but only in scandals that might be unearthed or invented . |