Example sentences of "[art] [noun] [conj] [vb past] i " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then they cut the ropes that tied me and I was able to get to my feet . |
| 2 | ‘ Then , late in the game , Ray Wilkins grabbed me by the shirt and threw me to the ground with a judo throw . |
| 3 | ‘ Then Robert would have stamped out the flames and carried me still smouldering into the thicket . ’ |
| 4 | I thought about that scent ; there was something about it , something extra besides the smell that reminded me of Marcus 's bathroom . |
| 5 | Even more than their magnificent appearance , I think it was the movement of the birds that captivated me — their ability to fly fast or , in the case of the owls , slow and in absolute silence , and pinpoint their prey with breathtaking accuracy , even in total darkness . |
| 6 | He often comes in of an evenin' and he took one look at the cow and told me what to do . |
| 7 | She repeated the request about the baptism and reminded me of my promise to baptise her baby . |
| 8 | She repeated the request about the baptism and reminded me of my promise to baptise her baby . |
| 9 | Chatterton climbed down to the deck and told me that Robin-Anne had eaten a huge breakfast . |
| 10 | ‘ At first Eadred tried to bluff , claiming Sir John was a local landowner , but then he confessed that Santerre was funding Abbot Bere 's construction of the crypt but told me if I wished to know more , I should ask either Sir John or the abbot . |
| 11 | ‘ But this is the bit that took me longest to work out . |
| 12 | I gave him to Nonni who was clucking round the kitchen and said I must go and clean myself up . |
| 13 | And when I arrived in Lanyon 's house , I took the dose of the drug that returned me to my normal appearance . |
| 14 | There was a lot of tooth-sucking for a while as he tried to get me to say more and that was almost funny , given that it was the tooth-sucking that made me think of it in the first place , suddenly thinking . |
| 15 | and a cup of coffee and a cigarette , and I always do that but this day I was so tired after the doing the garden , both gardens like and fucking weeding them all and doing everything else and brushing out the back and doing I said to him for fuck 's sake do them dishes for me for a change William would you I said , so I got er got myself in the bath said I 'm away to bingo , so William 's gone out what happened ? eight , I had eight he had one you may get yourself I said ah fuck no wonder I have no fucking luck , so on the settee and said I 'm not going anywhere , I sat for ten minutes then I said ah fuck you why should I sit here so I lifted the car keys and walked out again then , fucking zooming out of and there was John coming up like that |
| 16 | My pursuers swarmed over into the lane and seized me . |
| 17 | I know my father would raise a terrific stink if I told him the Headmistress had grabbed me by the hair and slung me over the playground fence . ’ |
| 18 | The soldier seized me by the hair and pushed me across the garden . |
| 19 | She came down to Riverside with me , watched as we rehearsed then followed me into the loo and gave me a blow job — something I just was n't used to as a 17-year-old grammar school boy still living at home with his mum and dad . |
| 20 | ‘ It must have been the noise that woke me up , ’ Jessamy retorted sarcastically . |
| 21 | To bring them success was the lure that brought me here . ’ |
| 22 | That , mixed with the mule 's contribution , produced an atmosphere in the cabin that stood me in good stead for the rest of my flying career . |
| 23 | So basically what happens is Mike Rutherford will ring me up after they 've done the album and sent me a tape . |
| 24 | It was the therapy that gave me the strength to leave my girlfriend because through it I established the fact that I was prone to passivity , always waiting for other people to call the shots . |
| 25 | I do n't believe she heard me because she yawned , handed me the key and told me to hang it round my neck so that no one could take it from me . |
| 26 | Ken met me at the entrance and guided me into a side room . |
| 27 | That was the obsession that made me write this . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ These are the songs I grew up listening to , ’ she says , ‘ they are the songs that made me want to be a singer . ’ |
| 29 | I want to take you through the thinking that led me to that conclusion , and then to concentrate on one of the keys to securing that future — the whole question of advancing the cause of children 's books . |
| 30 | After all , she said so herself almost five months ago , as she stood in the doorway and bade me goodbye . |