Example sentences of "i [vb past] [verb] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But little by little , as I became absorbed into rural life , I came to enjoy my ‘ inconveniences ’ . |
| 2 | ‘ Your reflections , ’ Hope cried out to the apparently enraptured merchant , ‘ set off my own — as do all the most acute thoughts , scattering from the hand like seeds , each of which can take on a life of its own , and I confess that I became absorbed in those great matters of morality and commerce raised by your eloquent conversation . ’ |
| 3 | I slid down until I became entangled in some bracken . |
| 4 | I made do with peripheral vision , which , after all , is the next best thing . |
| 5 | I did n't fancy his biscuits , so I made do with some toast . |
| 6 | Here are some of the weekly incomes and budgets of some of the people I met living on social security : One man and woman in their early twenties living in Coventry with one child , mostly unemployed since leaving school , have a total income of £5.25 child benefit . |
| 7 | Bradshaw was the only man I met to laugh at twenty-foot waves . |
| 8 | I failed to realise for some considerable time the importance of commitment from the top down . |
| 9 | I got injured in this game as well . |
| 10 | Erm , when I drew attention to this , one of the first things I did when I got elected to this council , erm , we get papers back which seem to suggest that in fact the Home Office are funding it at a level which , dare I say suggests that we might even make a small profit , er and I have in fact recently been approached by colleagues from Gloucestershire , asking us how we manage in that er , er exercise , because they 're concerned about the high cost of er , protection for certain royal establishments in their county . |
| 11 | And er I got involved on national registration and er , on one occasion , we were working , we 'd got a deadline and we were working through the weekend , and my wife came to pick me up at what she thought was a reasonable time , at one o'clock on Saturday , found she was given a cup of tea and set to work , and we finished , going home about midnight . . |
| 12 | I do n't know what , I mean some people may , you know , may not even perceive you know the concept of sin so I got rid of that |
| 13 | Er I got rid of that thing . |
| 14 | Oh I got rid of that one . |
| 15 | and then I got rid of that , that dining table did n't I ? |
| 16 | Would you recommend that I got rid of some of it then by paying my poll tax or doing something with it or use the money to live off ? |
| 17 | I was out and under the bonnet when I got stopped by this policeman . |
| 18 | Then , as the weeks went by , I got filled with this sense of pride . |
| 19 | I had a conversation the other day with Con that reminded me of what I used to be , before I got corrupted by this place . |
| 20 | I got done for that . |
| 21 | I was dead thin and not eating anything and then I got sacked for gross misconduct , y'know , for never going in and that . |
| 22 | ‘ I got recognised by this real old stomper in the sit-down Chinese in Cinderford … ’ |
| 23 | I got charged with that and the attempted theft . |
| 24 | Well when you 're elected as a councillor , you 've got provision for three years , that 's right , I got re-elected after three years , after three months there they changed their minds and decided to put er , a labour council in , so I mean . |
| 25 | I got changed in double quick time but she must have beaten me . |
| 26 | I got caught with all these drugs in a car by the same police ( I do n't know what I do , but it 's the same police every time I get arrested ) and I got charged with possession . |
| 27 | So anyway , before I heard that I 'd got an appointment at the Clinic , I got caught for one burglary and so I told them about the rest , 'cos I wanted to get off it an ’ I knew that was the only way of getting off it and I thought , now I 've been caught , I might as well get meself stuck down for a bit , like , rather than get a big fine which I wouldn'a been able to handle at that time … . |
| 28 | I got to hear of several healers , but there was one in particular towards whom I was subtly steered . |
| 29 | I got to think about this on my own . |
| 30 | I got to think about this . |