Example sentences of "[conj] [art] [noun] i [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was very mean of me , I know , after the sweet beginning of your letter & the pleasure I had from it , to be very angry at the end . |
| 2 | I was getting used to the odd feeling of distance , which made it seem as if it was all about someone else , but it was alarming to see how most of the articles highlighted the love-story angle , rather than the conditions in which John was held or the reasons I 'd given as to why the Government should be doing more . |
| 3 | Eton , however , meant far more to me than my relationships with others , or the learning I acquired or the games I played . |
| 4 | Or the poster I produced for you of the doves of peace made with human hands . |
| 5 | Eton , however , meant far more to me than my relationships with others , or the learning I acquired or the games I played . |
| 6 | The people I like best of all are those who write to me several times as this gives me ‘ feed-back ’ on whether my solution to their original problem was correct , or the information I provided useful . |
| 7 | A comment I ha or a question I had was how far is well removed ? |
| 8 | She struck me as prosperous and gave the impression of being a celebrity — an actress or a singer I supposed . |
| 9 | I felt my way along , a few steps at a time , and every time I heard a voice or a footstep I stopped dead , clinging to whatever bit of masonry was under my hand and almost cowering with fright . |
| 10 | It so happened that the firm I had been working for ( manufacturers of rubber-coats , ground-sheets , etc. ) had closed down the Glasgow Office and factory , and I was without work . |
| 11 | As happens in any new venture , I discovered that the hours I had to put in at the beginning seemed to outnumber those available in any day . |
| 12 | The first was that the time-shock I had suffered was inducing some highly life-like illusions . |
| 13 | ‘ I wish to impress on you that the rules I made in London still stand . |
| 14 | My resolve not to go back into education hardened , if anything , rather than softened , as I became more and more determined that the sacrifice I had made was not going to be in vain . |
| 15 | I told my father I was trying to get them over to the far side , to the mainland , and that the ones I had to bury , the ones which fell short , were victims of scientific research , but I doubt I really needed this excuse , my father never seemed bothered about the suffering of lower forms of life , despite having been a hippy , and perhaps because of his medical training . |
| 16 | The maxim that man learns nothing from history is often proved true that the bill I said shows the government learning from history . |
| 17 | I judged from the area occupied by this edifice that the apartment I wanted would be on the second floor . |
| 18 | It was then that I saw that the folder I 'd left on the coffee table was gone . |
| 19 | He told me that the way I felt was quite normal for someone in my situation ’ |
| 20 | I thought it was interesting as well that the stuff I got from the I and R V with it , was a lot about audio description and the tape and how much it cost and how wonderful this was and it was the first time it had ever been done , but there was nothing , as is always the case , there was nothing actually about what the film was about , it was full of sort of , this is the first time it 's done , but nothing about sort of this is the film about , about this , this is what the story 's about , you know . |
| 21 | I mentioned that the man I had spoken to had an old check suit and a limp . |
| 22 | And time went by , and suddenly I found out that the man I suspected ( who was married to an Englishwoman ) was planning to leave for England . |
| 23 | It seemed to me that the theatre I wanted to work in from time to time was the British theatre , so I have never contemplated living in America . |
| 24 | Vincent Skinner , the Writer of the Tallies , complained that ‘ the distraction I have had about quarrels to my place have hindered me much and now so utterly discouraged me that the service I intended to have done I could not . |
| 25 | Gangs of men were at work trying to rescue the contents of the burning shacks , going from one to another , putting out the fires ; or so I thought till with a shock it came to me that these were no rescuers but incendiaries , that the battle I saw them waging was not with the flames but with the rain . |
| 26 | But I knew that the sounds I had heard could have nothing to do with a servant 's dream . |
| 27 | Women are gentler , softer , cleaner , altogether nicer things and I , who always considered myself one of the boys , had come to the surprising conclusion that the companion I Wanted most was a woman . |
| 28 | ‘ He says that the night I returned Mr Laing his passport , duly altered , the young man spent most of the night in the computer room , and left before dawn with a large amount of computer printout . |
| 29 | I recall how disappointed I was in the morning to discover that the pebbles I had collected so lovingly the evening before were just a pile of dull stones now that they had dried and were away from the beach . |
| 30 | So the rabbi ran after the man and said : ‘ I have just found out that the jewel I gave you is more precious than I thought — do n't sell it for too little . ’ |