Example sentences of "i [vb past] [adj] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Since I became pregnant he has n't been interested in me ’ |
| 2 | He weighed 196lb and , when wishing to indulge in a man-to-man talk ( I say man-to-man because I became convinced he did n't believe he was a dog at all ) he would rear up and rest his forepaws on my shoulders and look down into my eyes , which are a rather attractive dark brown and reside about five feet two inches above sea level . |
| 3 | I nearly slipped up there Dick I , I , ick I nearly slipped up there President and called them slippery dog-eared toe-rags , I 'm glad I avoided that one |
| 4 | That one God could be Three made no sense to my logical or visual mind , and I made that my main , and most genuine stumbling block . |
| 5 | I made all her clothes . |
| 6 | ‘ I made sure they gave you one without the prices . ’ |
| 7 | They were a little startled to see two hippies and a Paki walk in ; there was some conversation on the subject and several glances in our direction , so I made sure we did n't eyeball them and give them reason to get upset . |
| 8 | I would have the food in my hand — hence all the effort to make her take food from me at home — and I made sure she could see it , however much I loosened her leash . |
| 9 | No , I made sure you had eight thousand ! |
| 10 | I made sure it was bad for Caliban , too . |
| 11 | And I made sure it was where it could n't be missed soon as she brought her cup out to the kitchen . |
| 12 | But I do remember that in every room he showed me I made sure I was near to the door , the safest point of exit if he tried anything . |
| 13 | ‘ I made sure I had a balance , though . |
| 14 | She smiled , ‘ But I made sure I got them back again , mind . ’ |
| 15 | I made sure I did n't put on too much weight and set myself a final goal — to get down to 13 stone . ’ |
| 16 | And I made sure I blabbed a bit to her , even contradicting in inessential details some of the earlier relations to the Colonel , so that he might think he was getting better quality intelligence this way . |
| 17 | I made sure I was well prepared before the big day and I especially took time in deciding my dress . |
| 18 | I made sure I looked as if I 'd just got out of bed and dressed in a hurry — hence no socks and the sweatshirt — and went down to front garden to wave them in . |
| 19 | I made sure I got some of the white powder on my fingertips and not making a big deal of it , brought them up to my tongue . |
| 20 | I made sure I had sufficient pellets in my jacket pockets , then headed out of the house for the Rabbit Grounds on the mainland , between the large branch of the creek and the town dump . |
| 21 | But I made sure I got my fair share . |
| 22 | I am particularly afraid of strange dentists , so before I went into the RAF I made sure my teeth were in order . |
| 23 | This time I made sure my master went first and , whilst he ran down the stairs , I scampered like a rabbit to the top of the tower , forcing back the trap door , standing in the same place that poor Falconer had . |
| 24 | Well I made sure my boss told her , that 's . |
| 25 | But he 'll go on applying the skills learnt on those days in the Nottingham library to a wider cricketing canvas , and using that cast accumulated knowledge to enlighten others — not least the thousands of schoolchildren who visit Trent Bridge in parties each year : ‘ Last season we had several hundred children through on the day when Derek Randall needed one run to complete his 20,000 for the county — and I made certain they all knew about the landmark . |
| 26 | I made another one in the park earlier . |
| 27 | I devised this one for a sewing box with a 50mm deep lid . |
| 28 | By the time I realized this we were less than twenty yards apart . |
| 29 | And when I realized this I started kicking and crying . |
| 30 | ‘ If I lived alone I would nearly go crazy . |