Example sentences of "[vb past] [conj] i [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In my case , I think it helped that I had a modest aptitude for football . |
| 2 | Then I mentioned that I had a Lawson Buford tuba solo from 1927 somewhere in my record collection and I was back in favour . |
| 3 | I also found that I had a vitamin deficiency , and Anna-Lisa introduced me to vitamin supplements . |
| 4 | I applied for an interview , and shortly afterwards found that I had a new job . |
| 5 | I 'd been told about the Afon Por-Gilli but never got around to finding and paddling it so when I found that I had the first Wednesday of the month off we set off westbound across the border . |
| 6 | I found that I gained a lot of strength from all this regular correspondence with people and , four years on , I now feel much more myself again , although of course I still miss my husband tremendously . |
| 7 | It reported that I had an 80C88 CPU , CGA screen and 512Kb of RAM , but then another figure which seemed impossible showed up . |
| 8 | ‘ Oh ’ and ‘ ouch ’ I howled as I hit the alleyway . |
| 9 | During the next year I completed my book , and all our hearts rose when I received a request from Mr William Ross 's office to see the manuscript . |
| 10 | ‘ You know , boy , ’ he mused as I hefted the heavy thing , ‘ these coins are excessively rare . |
| 11 | As I found when I took the time to listen to parents and hear what they said , the views advanced did not always fit the latest fashion or an approved passage in a book on sociology . |
| 12 | And as far as in the appraisals I mean I found when I did the three s part staff and , and I was , it was that pilot and , and I know |
| 13 | ‘ My heart sank when I saw the hill . ’ |
| 14 | I realized that I had a splitting headache and that my knee joints were uncertain of their purpose when I stood up . |
| 15 | And I realized that I had no family . |
| 16 | I found myself hurrying ton , until I realized that I had no destination : I wondered how many people around me had fallen into the same trap . |
| 17 | At the time of qualifying , however , I realized that I had the choice of working for the Eastern Health Board or the Catholic Church ( the two are interchangeable ) . |
| 18 | Thinking about it now , for the first time , I realized that I 'd no idea how a karaso was made : an arm-length shaft of wood , smooth and shiny as a newly opened conker , with five prongs at the end that were perfectly shaped into the smooth curves of a grasping hand . |
| 19 | I also realized that I have a responsibility , not only to young black kids but to all young people , of every colour and creed . |
| 20 | He sent it to several publishers and recommended that I accept an offer from Norton , a fairly up-market American book firm . |
| 21 | The specialist diagnosed an ‘ inflamed pubic bone ’ and recommended that I wear an athletic support for sport . |
| 22 | ‘ I soon realised that I had a very limited view of what venture capital was all about , ’ he recalls . |
| 23 | After reading some articles about close-up and fish photography , I realised that I needed a single lens reflex ( sir ) camera , where the image seen through the viewfinder is actually produced by the lens . |
| 24 | The only comment I wish to make at this stage is that the court recognised that I had no intention to act in defiance of an order of the court or to hold myself above the law . |
| 25 | I shouted again , and again I imagined that I heard an answer . |
| 26 | I think ( I can not remember the number ) that it must have been at least 20 lashes he received and I felt every one of them . |
| 27 | I said I 'd pick them up in an hour and then drove until I found a pub with a Bar Food sign and a quiet corner . |
| 28 | Frank tensed but I lifted a finger slightly to shut him up . |
| 29 | Bunny kept talking as he drove but I had no idea what he was saying . |
| 30 | I came because I regard the debate as important . |