Example sentences of "i [vb past] [conj] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Chairman , thank , thank you very much indeed erm Chairman , I will in fact and er perhaps if I read that in the first instance I have n't circulated it erm if I read that the first instance it will set the of what I have to say . |
| 2 | I read that in the |
| 3 | Then I realized that over the years the white wedding dress had become yellow , and the flowers in her hair had died , and the bride inside the dress had grown old . |
| 4 | I told Northcliffe that if his people would make enquiries at our Central Office , he would find that our nightly regiment of speakers was at least as well worth reporting as the Radical contingent , but that I realized that from the Press point of view , no doubt , our speakers did not play up to the reporters by handing them their speeches in advance , and by other tricks of the kind to which the Radical orators have recourse . |
| 5 | Of course I realised that at the last moment he could have been attached to another troop , but this seemed highly unlikely in view of the S.A.S. methods of training , which relied upon close personal co-operation between all ranks . |
| 6 | She sounded ill-tempered and I realised that in the absence of me , Syl and Lili she must have dined alone with Mrs Monro and Robert and the gallery owner . |
| 7 | During which time I found that at the worst all Englishmen stuck together in regard to the West Indians … it was like a thorn in my heels to know that I was working in an atmosphere of hostility . |
| 8 | In a study of his four published Song Books , I found that of the forty-two tunes I could identify ( four I could not ) , some 60 per cent are ‘ traditional ’ , mostly of rural origin ( the bulk Scottish ) , while only about 12 per cent come from comic music hall songs and about 25 per cent from bourgeois sources ( parlour ballad , light opera ) . |
| 9 | Given the date , it was then a question of working backwards and consulting an old diary ; and I found that during the period in question I was in India for Panorama . |
| 10 | ‘ I found that within the first two years I more than trebled my external income simply because I was entertaining at a large conference-style table in a nicely furnished area . |
| 11 | On checking through the Division list , I found that among the Members who sadly threw out that advanced piece of legislation were the right hon. Member for Norfolk , South ( Mr. MacGregor ) and other interesting names . |
| 12 | I assaulted this position from every angle , ranging from thoughtful analyses of the male mid-life crisis , its nature and origins , to sweeping ad absurdum dismissals in which I demonstrated that by the same token Trish and Brian were equally culpable , because if they 'd gone out for the day I would have stayed at home and we would never have met in the first place . |
| 13 | In my message for World Communications Day last year , I mentioned that among the realities we celebrate on this annual occasion are the God-given gifts of speech , of hearing and of sight which make communication possible between us . |
| 14 | I told that to the American who came to my office and made the offer . |
| 15 | I was cold into the bargain , and when I was dropping my shorts , I overbalanced because of the painful shin , and soiled myself and my clothes with diarrhoea . |
| 16 | I did n't come because you said I could have anything I wanted , I came because of the past . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ I came because of the past , ’ Susan told him . |
| 18 | I recalled that in the New Testament , in the life of Jesus as written in the first four books , there were many psychic happenings . |
| 19 | When I visited Pucklechurch , the remand centre outside Bristol which was virtually destroyed during the riots , I noted that among the graffiti painted by prisoners during the riot there were slogans promising solidarity , not merely with Bristol and Strangeways prisoners as one might have expected , but also with protesters against the poll tax . |
| 20 | I noted that in the detailed report I handed in later . ’ |
| 21 | I noticed that over the four days Brian expanded on these subjects . |
| 22 | Yeah I noticed that on the top of the |
| 23 | right up the stairs , the passage and er I noticed that on the stairs not too bad you know , that hardly gets used , er |
| 24 | Once I was lying on the bed I noticed that with the appearance of Aids , there is so much more precaution — every needle , tube , cotton wool swab etc is carefully disposed of . |
| 25 | And I noticed that in the wardrobe was a spare pillow . |
| 26 | I noticed that in the report on City vs Arse , Rocastle played the 90 minutes and got no mention at all . |
| 27 | ‘ I guessed that from the way you treated me yesterday . |
| 28 | I guessed that in the absence of a sign to In Salah the lads would have kept going towards Hamouda , so I followed . |
| 29 | In the introduction I stated that to the principal of the theological college without reservation the Genesis account of creation . |
| 30 | I had tried three of them , swallowing the small amounts in the glass with what I thought was a superbly noncommittal expression when I discovered that in the middle of the room were two iron spittoons , waist-high . |