Example sentences of "i [vb past] to [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Our trucks had open sides and Marius , Vermulen and I clung to each other , faces buried in our hoods , as we churned down the slushy autoroutes , the speed of the trucks sending icy , sawing winds through us at seventy kilometres per hour . |
| 2 | I agreed to this trip because of that . |
| 3 | She has encouraged me to talk about what happened before I got to that stage , and to think about what might have led up to it . |
| 4 | T. D. I was on the beat round Stanley Hospital and I got to this point at four o'clock on the Saturday morning . |
| 5 | Now when I was preparing this evidence , I got to this point and I thought to myself , why on earth has this not happened in Richmondshire ? |
| 6 | ‘ I moved to another pad . |
| 7 | In speaking of the works of others I referred to that disposition to be dissatisfied which the public have sometimes with and often without reason evinced . |
| 8 | When I referred to this restaurant of his , the Skein of Geese , her ears pricked up . |
| 9 | Examples might include having case-study documents of the new intake available as a starting point for a drama about prison ; a huge map for a drama about Treasure Island ; and architect 's designs of Paris sewers for a drama about a bank robbery ( I referred to this lesson in Chapter 5 ) . |
| 10 | And every time I came to that bit I jerked up in my chair and Miss Ross shouted at me . |
| 11 | I came to that conclusion at that time |
| 12 | I can not give over any of the powers that I , as a Member of Parliament , elected by the citizens of Aldridge-Brownhills — and each of us elected by our respective constituents — was given when I came to this Parliament . |
| 13 | Last week I came to this school to discuss the course with the Head . |
| 14 | But when I came to this country … |
| 15 | As a youngster — I was twelve when I came to this country — I imagined it was only temporary . |
| 16 | ‘ And these stones — so unexpected in this magnificent country — because I confess it is not for the pleasures of civilisation that I came to this district but for the informing breadth and spectacles of Nature — reminded me of somewhere I knew not where and that was my over-selfish study which all but ended in a brute collision with yourselves ! ’ |
| 17 | ‘ Lord , I came to this world by accident . |
| 18 | Is the Minister aware that , before I came to this place , I served for many years on a local authority as chairman of the environmental health committee , which had a wonderful section for meat inspection ? |
| 19 | He says , you know when I came to this house I had to have split all my furniture into little bits so I could get it up the stairs . |
| 20 | I had no intention of marrying early when I came to this town . |
| 21 | ‘ I know all that , ’ I began to feel angry and frustrated , ‘ but Goddammit , the only reason I came to this island was because of my interest in polio . |
| 22 | It just so happens that , before I came to this debate this morning , I was flicking through a pile of press cuttings when I came across one from The Journal ( Newcastle upon Tyne ) , a north-eastern regional newspaper . |
| 23 | I came to this conclusion after being asked by a student for some information on Occitan . |
| 24 | I made few friends , but once I adapted to this life I do not think I was particularly unhappy . |
| 25 | I knew that I possessed a sidereal compass and that I belonged to another world . |
| 26 | I stuck to that theory all the way through . |
| 27 | But then avowed with a great deal of feeling , ‘ I sorely needed somebody 's help when , with daylight I returned to that hotel and discovered you 'd taken a train back to Mariánské Láznë ! ’ |
| 28 | The responses I heard to that question were most unsatisfactory , the County Council 's response was , ah , well we 'll have to get together again with the group of authorities , now if you look back over how long it has taken to produce this particular strategy that 's exceedingly worrying , that means they 'll have to get together again , even if it takes half the time or a third of the time , they 'll have to get together again towards nineteen ninety seven ninety eight to be considering the strategy post two thousand and six . |
| 29 | What , any other things that you 'd got , but I talked to each group individually , erm but if you want to share any of your thoughts with everybody else I 'm standing in the way . |
| 30 | I talked to that tree like that because I was instrumental in his development . |