Example sentences of "i [vb past] this [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I countered this by intermixing with the transoxides . |
| 2 | ‘ I made this for you , Anna , ’ he had said , presenting her with a small wooden doll . |
| 3 | I got this at Woolworths |
| 4 | ‘ Do n't ask me where I got this from . ’ |
| 5 | When I recounted this to Jean-Claude , he said that innocent peasants regarded frequent bathing as some sort of health precaution , associated with the depravity of the city . |
| 6 | one of the things I 'm thinking of in the longer term and I I bounced this of er was that if groups moved to Stansted could not be moved across to groups to sort this problem out because I think she 's getting bored in what she 's doing |
| 7 | ‘ I found this under the bed . ’ |
| 8 | I found this to be the case when trying to replace a ballcock valve washer in a hot water tank in a very narrow airing cupboard . |
| 9 | ‘ By the way , I found this on piper 's Drive yesterday evening , ’ slamming open the back doors of the pickup . |
| 10 | ‘ I found this on my return from America this morning ; it was followed by a phone call from my sister — a very emotional phone call , I might add — and I came here at once . ’ |
| 11 | I found this on our table when I woke . ’ |
| 12 | I found this on a BB yesterday … |
| 13 | I — I found this on the floor after he 'd left the visitors ’ room . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ I found this on the floor — I wondered if it might have fallen out of his pocket . ’ |
| 15 | But I found this in a file . |
| 16 | I found this in many ways remarkable performance of Daphnis frustratingly difficult to assess , even after several hearings . |
| 17 | But I found this in our house , and I thought it might be yours ’ . |
| 18 | I found this in your room , Mark . |
| 19 | ‘ Well , I found this in the locked room , ’ said John Openshaw . |
| 20 | For old-style feel playing , I found this by far the best and most controllable overdrive setting , even on full tilt . |
| 21 | And I take this opportunity to say that , erm , I had , I moved this at budget revue , and my intention was to move erm , pretty much the wording that Mr moved at property , but I was unable to obtain that wording by the time of the meeting , so I put this forward , erm , knowing that it obviously was different words , but but with that same sense , that we do have to address some very real issues about County Farms and not to pussyfoot about it I think that er , any comparison between the County Farms and a commercial enterprise is a coincidence of terms , but I ca n't see how we can have forty million pounds worth of estate , as it 's valued on the free market , to be making two hundred and ninety-one thousand pounds a year out of it , and think that that is commercial . |
| 22 | As a parting pleasantry , I reported this to Mrs Brown , our Cardington Road billetor . |
| 23 | When I reported this to Control , Donleavy told me to warn Hurley , who told me to mind my own business . |
| 24 | I drew this to the attention of Mellowes , my line manager , at an early stage and he had made vague noises about something being in the pipeline . |
| 25 | If I used this with my way . |
| 26 | I mentioned this to Miss Stetson . |
| 27 | When I mentioned this to my father he said he had to drive up that way and would take me in the car and call back for me within a couple of hours . |
| 28 | When I mentioned this to my GP he smiled . |
| 29 | I mentioned this to no one for two practical reasons : one was that I loathed swimming , and if I pretended that I was still menstruating , signing the little red book every four weeks , I should be able to evade an unpleasant experience for at least one week out of four ; the other was that I feared further reprisals might be taken against me . |
| 30 | I mentioned this to a Fetlar man who used to hunt otters for their pelts , as many crofters did and he could tell me that there had been pale-coated otters in that area for at least fifty years . |