Example sentences of "i [vb past] a [adj -er] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On 6 December , I announced a further £7.5 million capital allocation for projects for 1992-93 . |
| 2 | Then I laid a paler colour into the gaps left for the highlights and took it back over the previous work as well to unify the colour . |
| 3 | I got a bigger ball . |
| 4 | Well that I I us I got a better rate of exchange out in S A than I did here . |
| 5 | I got a higher figure than Jim because I was I ca n't believe , believe this either th th the officer that , that , that , done this say to the , the , that 's the figures that have produced then they 're completely wrong and I can tell |
| 6 | and I got a greater kinship because they 're a small group . |
| 7 | I got a further half-smile before the door closed . |
| 8 | I got a later one half ten . |
| 9 | I found a better man than Dudley , James . |
| 10 | I maintained a straighter course now but perpetually wanted to stop , and so had to ration myself to two minutes rest in every fifteen , and ten minutes on the hour . |
| 11 | They realised I told a better story when I was composed . |
| 12 | But it was when I came to ask myself the reason for such a wild suggestion that I received a greater shock . |
| 13 | And even when I had assured myself I was on the right road , I felt compelled to stop the car a moment to take stock , as it were , I decided to step out and stretch my legs a little and when I did so , I received a stronger impression than ever of being perched on the side of a hill . |
| 14 | Last week , I approved a further £345,000 for the British Red Cross . |
| 15 | I licked a forefinger and made a ‘ nice one ’ stroke in the air . |
| 16 | In this situation you have to forget the textbook method of standing still and pivoting on one foot while the horse trots a beautiful circle around you : Skipper walked and later trotted a big circle and I walked a smaller one . |
| 17 | I heard an older couple joking about it : ‘ I do n't care what kind of burial I have , ’ he said , ‘ as long as I 'm on top of her . ’ |
| 18 | I required a longer rest ; and could I be driven home by someone , as I felt so tired ? |
| 19 | McWilliams was still having problems with the suspension on his Yamaha during the final practice session and said afterwards : ‘ I needed a higher starting position to have a chance tomorrow but I have learned a lot and I 'm going to prepare for my first World championship by having a good nights sleep . ’ |
| 20 | Dr Norman Davy used to point out to us and name the many different kinds of birds to be seen from the physics laboratory windows and I remember vividly the almost tangible stillness of those very early mornings when , on its roof , I whirled a hygrometer whilst recording the arrival of sound waves from gunfire at Shoeburyness in Essex . |
| 21 | On one final sweep with the binoculars , however , I saw a clearer patch of water to the south , with the waves breaking further inshore , some of which were rolling clear up to the low rocky cliffs . |
| 22 | When I looked from his face to O's ( my eyes often followed Madame 's ) I saw an older face , one I thought had been weathered by sex and by that indefinable sorrow of O's into a quiet , strong silence . |
| 23 | I took a firmer grip , squeezed tightly and immediately a cloven foot shot out like a whip lash and smacked me solidly on the knee . |
| 24 | I invited him into the house and there , in the bright light , I took a closer look at him . |
| 25 | I took a closer look at our visitor . |
| 26 | I took a closer look and discovered it was blood running from his head . |
| 27 | With trepidation I took a stronger hold of it and it came away altogether but with a sharp dagger of soreness , like digging out a splinter . |
| 28 | I took a further risk . |
| 29 | I took a shorter way than Sapt and when I reached the moat , I hid my horse in the trees , tied my rope round a strong tree and let myself down into the water . |
| 30 | There was a dining area , with small tables , and beyond I glimpsed a further ward ; and through an open door a dormitory where there were rows of beds , each with its flowered nylon eiderdown . |