Example sentences of "i [vb past] [pron] on [art] " in BNC.
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| 31 | But I fancy that if I found myself on the field of Waterloo with a foot missing , or in a dentist 's chair without benefit of anaesthetic — a future form of laudanum — or faced with a work-situation in which my family were slowly being starved and degraded , then my conclusions might reasonably be the same . ) |
| 32 | In Hamburg and elsewhere I talked to several former U-boat captains and instead of the brash abrasive characters I had expected , I found them on the whole to be men of sensibility and humour . |
| 33 | ‘ Sorry , Mrs Scamp , but I found 'em on the floor in the back of the cab . ’ |
| 34 | Would you believe I found it on a stall in the flea market only last week ? ’ |
| 35 | ‘ I found it on the barbed wire . |
| 36 | I knew roughly what I was looking for and I found it on the floor under a seat frame from which the seat had been removed . |
| 37 | ‘ I think I caught everyone on the wrong foot at Ayresome Park when I increased my shareholding to 48 per cent earlier in the season . ’ |
| 38 | I think I caught her on the hop , for she was wearing trousers and sandals and … no , I can not remember what else … . |
| 39 | Yes , I think I caught her on the hop . |
| 40 | I caught it on a rack in the |
| 41 | I caught it on a door handle |
| 42 | I 've already completed mine : my son and I disturbed one on the main path leading up to The Merrick , in Galloway , and ranger Fred Gordon and I saw a very angry one on the path in Glen Cairn in the Cairngorms . |
| 43 | Under Lily Laverock 's auspices , she came to Vancouver on an annual concert tour , and when Marjorie Agnew and I approached her on the matter she was delighted to become a sponsor . |
| 44 | I phoned her on the fourth night to say goodnight to her that was all . |
| 45 | I seen it on the News — |
| 46 | there for three pairs which was just as well I stopped you on the last one . |
| 47 | Well do you know , out of all the girls who work New Year 's Eve right , I told them on the night , oh I said we 'll get about forty pound for tonight wo n't I , because it 's double time and I was the only one who complained about it when I had my pay . |
| 48 | ‘ You heard it could be murder ? — yes , I told you on the phone . |
| 49 | Sally-Anne was by now in full flow , and when she paused for breath Dr Neil said , as drily as he could , ‘ I will only say to you what I told you on the day when you arrived here : it is useless to take the world 's burdens on your shoulders . |
| 50 | But I told you on the phone did n't I , it rained and |
| 51 | ‘ Beware the falconer with the clean glove , ’ they say , and certainly I was looking forward to getting my glove dirty — at least metaphorically — with some practical experience when I booked myself on a falconry course on Bodmin Moor in the summer of 1988 . |
| 52 | I busied myself on the shore |
| 53 | That used to be a completely different tune ; I had the lyrics , but I played it on an open tuned National , then when I got the Strat and plugged it into an old Fender Vibrolux amp , it became what it became on record . |
| 54 | ‘ I noticed them on the launch this morning . ’ |
| 55 | ‘ I showed him on the map where we would sink into the Atlantic if we did n't , ’ Capt Goebel said . |
| 56 | ‘ I showed him on the map where we would sink into the Atlantic if we did n't . ’ |
| 57 | I threw it on the floor . |
| 58 | I threw it on the cobble-stones and Elizabeth cried . |
| 59 | Have a look at last midweek , I threw it on the . |
| 60 | The vermouth was dark red , and I wondered what my mother would do if I poured it on the mushroom-coloured carpet — very slowly . |