Example sentences of "i [vb past] [pron] [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I asked him to go to the shed and take all my kites away and burn them , which he duly did , in a hollow now called Kite Pyre Dell . |
| 2 | Oh I asked him to go to the insurance company and find out whether I 'm covered with them for having my aerial replaced and I wrote a letter asking if he could be empowered to sign the claim form for me |
| 3 | She did not fire when I asked her to go with the winner and faded right out in the last furlong , ’ said disappointed rider Frankie Dettori . |
| 4 | I asked her to look under the sinker plate , to see whether all the brushes and plastic gear were spinning freely . |
| 5 | This was the reason I asked you to return to the house of your childhood : because the places we have loved — or hated — as children remain in the mind as almost a structuring force . |
| 6 | A few months ago I asked you to write to the magazine with your queries about Silver machines , and suggestions for the subjects you 'd like me to write about . |
| 7 | ‘ You see , ’ I overheard her say through the half-closed door , ‘ I told you he could be useful . ’ |
| 8 | I realized she relied on the extra money . |
| 9 | ‘ 84 for 2 , Mr Beesley , ’ I would shout as I passed him snoozing in the sun beneath the gangling wisteria . |
| 10 | I got myself elected onto the Students ' Council where I muddled through , never having read the agenda papers and often not knowing what on earth everyone else was talking about . |
| 11 | Said the communique De Benedetti sent out by facsimile about an hour after his meeting with the judges , which the paper said seemed to be written in his own hand : ‘ Several times , I resisted the vexations of the regime , in some occasions I resigned myself to accept them , but only when I found myself faced with the necessity of defending the survival of the company and the thousands of dependents and shareholders toward whom I felt a massive responsibility . |
| 12 | Twice he passed me his pipe to cut the ends of my suture and on one occasion I found myself trying in the dim light to thread the silk through his reaming tool . |
| 13 | On my last visit to Lewis I found myself repelled by the use of derogatory nicknames , and could n't understand why I was reacting so violently . |
| 14 | I found myself revising with the small colloquia that lay around the grassy precincts of the university . |
| 15 | I found myself living on the base with a dozen nationalities thrown together to know our God more . |
| 16 | I found myself gazing at the harmonium and my memories of the happy times I 'd spent listening to Miss Louise play came flooding back and I wept more . |
| 17 | I fled to the Students ' Union where , within a very few days , I found myself co-opted onto the Students ' Council . |
| 18 | I found myself listening for the distinct crack , then gazing up at the clear starry sky trying to follow the flight of the shell . |
| 19 | I found myself humming to the tune of the violin an old man was playing for sous . |
| 20 | There was no way I could have refused even if I had wanted to , so a few days later I found myself shaking in the BBC 's hospitality suite , very glad to have Mary and Chris with me for moral support . |
| 21 | One horrible night I found myself crouched at the door , listening for sounds of pain which would have given me pleasure , sounds of pleasure that would have hurt . |
| 22 | ‘ So I found myself heading for the Far East in the Service Corps . ’ |
| 23 | I was inclined to laugh until I found myself shuffling along the edge of one levada , eyes fixed to avoid looking at the drop below . |
| 24 | All very contemporary , but I found myself hankering for the crisp definition of the old Frederick Austin arrangement . |
| 25 | Erm I went in the mill to get some wood and noticed this young man and , I think I told you , I found him smoking in the , in the Porsche . |
| 26 | I found him sitting on the bench to the side of the house gazing out over Backyards . |
| 27 | I found her standing by the sink , which she was filling with hot water . |
| 28 | I found her lying among the Foinmen . " |
| 29 | But if I was going to have to disillusion the boy , I thought it kinder to do it personally than by letter , and I invited him to come to the studios to see the programme and have a drink . |
| 30 | ‘ I do n't know no more , except that I helped him to hide in the hayloft . |