Example sentences of "[noun sg] [noun] [vb past] i [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | READING about how Princess Anne bossed her new husband around on their wedding day made me wonder whether it is time the rules of royal succession were changed . |
| 2 | When the heavy snow storms came I did some langlauf with Christian and Dominique Sarron and Adrien . |
| 3 | er on angiogenesis as an indicator of prognosis for invasive bladder cancer presented I believe by erm and representing er colleagues from Bristol , er Oxford and Sheffield . |
| 4 | It did not take me long because the big grin with which Yorkshire 's finest snooker player greeted me told its own story . |
| 5 | The underwear Max wanted me to wear could n't be more different from my own taste . |
| 6 | However , a more careful analysis of methods of work and recreation in the Easter vac helped me to overcome these problems and be more in charge of myself , rather than being tossed about at random . |
| 7 | got , got fair old rugby players interested I think . |
| 8 | This telephone call made me think back over the years . |
| 9 | In order to have my clothing coupons replaced I had to be vouched for by a responsible person , and Leslie 's uncle , who was a K.C. and Sheriff-Substitute of Fife and Kinross , kindly did this for me . |
| 10 | The geezer at the recruiting office told me to fuck off . |
| 11 | It was the day of parcel issues and as lunch time approached I tried to forget the future in the pleasure of the present . |
| 12 | Shit Phil did I turn the fire off ? |
| 13 | I guess at that point DEA assumed I had jumped the reservation and was feeding information to Pan Am . |
| 14 | This is not to say that everyone could name the book ( one chief adviser described it as ‘ the shiny red book which the drama adviser insisted I read ’ ) , nor in some instances was its actual existence known although its influence could be recognized . |
| 15 | Perhaps I 'm sounding cynical , but the sight of Diana reaching for Lady Spencer 's arm during the funeral service made me feel quite sick . |
| 16 | Like Lotus 1-2-3 and SuperCalc , Quattro Pro 's printer support is very good — although having to tell all these programs individually that I had an HP LaserJet IIIsi made me realize how easy it is telling Windows just the once for all your applications . |
| 17 | I had also had a very enjoyable weekend in Sheffield when the Salvation Army invited me to make an appearance . |
| 18 | ‘ Darlington Business Venture helped me put a package together and draw up a business plan which qualified for Enterprise Allowance . ’ |
| 19 | MY HUSBAND Leslie taught me to play golf when I was about 20 . |
| 20 | ‘ Walked on the race course before breakfast the air balmy and very delightful , great numbers of the blue mountain parrots were making their morning meal on a large kind of the Eucalypti — two of the beautiful Nankeen night herons passed over our heads and we heard the curious note of the coul [ cowl ] bird or bald-headed friar — returned with an excellent appetite — drew all day — in the evening John called me to look at the skin of a snake more than six feet long which James shot in the act of ascending a tree — also brought me some beautiful specimens of a climbing plant bearing thick clusters of cream colour blossoms . ’ |
| 21 | Her kind indulgence made me shrink a little . |
| 22 | This partially revived me after the £1,314 price tag made me feel faint . |
| 23 | The next day Errol called me to see how I was . |
| 24 | So everybody bar the PE teacher hated me playing football and everything they could do to stop me playing football they did . |
| 25 | In the second division in this day and age , I had to climb a wooden ladder , I had to go all the way to the very top of the main stand and there was a shed , and at the end of the match , surface water forced me to dry my socks off in the radiator in the dressing rooms afterwards . |
| 26 | Those fairy stories prompted me to read a couple of the latest guidebooks , one Welsh and one from the Lake District , plus a recent history of Lakeland rock climbing . |
| 27 | It was sheer self deception had me conned ! |
| 28 | But when the immigration people came I got a letter , and they said that I could stay while they finished their inquiries . |
| 29 | Loud Clachaig Inn climber revellers woke me clambering up the stairs . |
| 30 | " Assistant Commissioner Seddon told me to expect you , " he said . |