Example sentences of "i [vb past] [conj] [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 That was the point I made when responding to the intervention of the hon. Member for Swansea , East , when I mentioned section 12(1) of the Theft Act 1968 .
2 Then I fainted and fell to the floor .
3 I fret often for the days when I lived and worked in the countryside , but one sad sight used to be that of herds of demented idiots vandalising the scenery and terrorising nature in their delirious lust for an innocent animal 's life .
4 Eventually , having decided that calling out the Cave Rescue for a simple case of overeating would n't look good in the newspapers , I recovered and got to the lane by Clay Pits Plantation that leads to Victoria Cave .
5 I changed and bathed at the tavern where my master was staying in Great Mary Axe Street near Bishopsgate .
6 I rose and walked to the other side .
7 I stopped and looked at the big house .
8 As a stepmother I should like to say how much I identified and sympathised with the writer of ‘ I Love Him But Not His Daughter ’ ( October GH ) .
9 I 've got some apples erm I stewed and stuck in the freezer , to make
10 I nodded and went through the crowd towards the dome car .
11 As it was , I nodded and made for the door ; she looked the sort of woman who won protracted lawsuits .
12 Well , there I was in London , penniless ; like the man in the gospel , I was too proud to go home so I begged and fought with the rest of the dispossessed in the dirty alleyways and streets of Whitechapel , Alsatia , and even across London Bridge amongst the stews of Southwark .
13 I was going to try the door , but I could hear him snoring before I touched the handle , so I turned and went to the bathroom .
14 I turned and looked at the subtly tarted , much breathed-upon 300 sitting at the kerb , then made a show of sizing up Yvonne .
15 I turned and looked at the man 's tear-stained face .
16 There was no dignified way to deal with this : I turned and fled to the bathroom and out of the window .
17 I enjoyed and suffered at the same time . ’
18 By the time I had been there a year , I walked and neighed like the Houys .
19 I raised that matter on the Adjournment of the House .
20 I was badly hurt , but I escaped and ran into the open country .
21 When I landed and taxied to the dispersal point an awed group of aircraftsmen crowded around the machine to examine the damage .
22 I slipped as I landed and fell against the bulkhead .
23 At this point we noticed some fry scattering towards the far bank , so I retrieved and cast to the spot .
24 I heard that cry in the house again , Martha .
25 I panicked and reached for the door .
26 Following the path with my thoughts wallowing in nostalgia , I soon found myself back where I started and crashing into the people I had heard through the mist .
27 He read his plays again , and he and I talked and laughed about the old days .
28 It was buried in the garden with all due ceremony , and all I knew or felt at the time was grief that I should never see my beloved pet again .
29 I tried to put what I knew and surmised into the context of other sports .
30 Erm to my self respect and I just I was determined that it was n't going to happen to my daughter , so in consequence I saw that working on the side to get to get the uniform so that she could go to school in a new uniform same as all the other kids as a necessity .
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