Example sentences of "i [vb past] a [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Would you mind if I made a few housing enquiries for you ? |
| 2 | In a survey on shopping which I made a few years ago one of my student interviewers was questioning an old lady about the grocer 's shop she used . |
| 3 | I made a few inquiries . |
| 4 | ‘ I made a few enquiries an' it 's up fer rent , ’ he called back . |
| 5 | When they fished me out I made a few phone calls , |
| 6 | I made a few suggestions , creating chances , scoring goals , but it did not get through . |
| 7 | Now that was the point I made a few moments ago . |
| 8 | I made a few as samples and then she could see that they were n't right so we did n't use them in the end . |
| 9 | ‘ Rain , after I rang you this morning I made a few more enquiries and then went and told Barbara she was to come with me . ’ |
| 10 | Er er , I 've , er I just I 'm just saying that , er , that , that last year er , when I made a few remarks that they were misquoted by Reuters and we did leave the meeting and the share price dropped by er , several P and we had to send out a correcting statement so this year we 've taken the precaution of issuing a press release er , at the same time as er , er , I 'm making these remarks so I hope at least they wo n't be misinterpreted . |
| 11 | It 's going to cost you under thirty eight pounds , so I 've got a little bit of wei , leeway if I made a few mistakes . |
| 12 | ‘ When I got your letter , I made a few enquiries and discovered that you are intending to practise from Broom House . |
| 13 | Well , you know , I think it was a kind of sports bag or something and I thought oh I 'll go along with that and the other , I mean I had heard of them before and I made a few enquiries and they said , you know , you you were quite quality company so I thought |
| 14 | Yes , I made a few mistakes at first , like cutting up their slices of salami to the thickness of a sliced loaf . |
| 15 | er because I said I , I only phone Marion once a month and phone mum probably about once a fortnight , I do n't like to leave it any longer and erm and I said I know I made a few extra calls over Christmas , but I said I really do n't know . |
| 16 | And then I met a few . |
| 17 | I met a few of them at my own destination , Cushendall , where the Co Antrim fleadh was in full swing , amid glorious sunshine . |
| 18 | Which although I 've heard before does say something about them … also , I met a few of them on the train up from London … |
| 19 | My lack of means is extreme , granted , and I look bad , skin white , mouth chapped , body apparently even shorter than usual , eye roaming and I daresay a bit fretful , trousers in bad shape , attention astray for a book lying around to pinch or even an old magazine , since I sold a few volumes I should now like to have kept , in exchange for a slug of what turned out to be the world 's nastiest though cheapest whiskey . |
| 20 | As I walked through the rubble in the direction of the road leading back to Amfreville and Brigade H.Q I passed a few slit trenches manned by No. 4 Commando . |
| 21 | Having found a comfortable Gasthof in the suburb of Spitalhof , I passed a few hours wandering the old town . |
| 22 | ‘ I passed a few exams . ’ |
| 23 | Well , even I got a few laughs from their replies to that one . |
| 24 | I got a few little pairs of knickers there , I 'd have to get her some more though . |
| 25 | I got a few flowery ones somewhere . |
| 26 | But there 's a few th , I got a few , few little things there . |
| 27 | I tried a few more , in quick succession . |
| 28 | Analysing his match-winning contribution he said : ‘ Prior to the match I tried a few shots from that same position with my right foot and missed . |
| 29 | In Petts Wood I found a little space like that to park in . |
| 30 | There are a few areas where descriptions are skimped ( for instance of Doppler effect ) and I found a few small errors . |