Example sentences of "the [noun] [vb past] i " in BNC.
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| 1 | That 's why , the morning the porter took me down to the forest , you sent Dame Catherine after me to see where we were going . |
| 2 | The porter brought me the message . |
| 3 | I was bending my brains to think of a way of introducing Brian Harley into the conversation when the television monitor in the corner of the tent gave me the ideal opportunity . |
| 4 | I read the Blues Brothers review and the soundtrack gave me an idea : why not have a soundtrack chart in ZZAP ! ? |
| 5 | The thought had barely come and gone , and I was in the act of reaching out to replace the whisky bottle , when a long burst of electric-blue light from the aperture showed me something that froze me in mid-reach . |
| 6 | So when the Prince summoned me , I had to come . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ Is that your cousin ? ’ the prince asked me . |
| 8 | And a few months later the Prince asked me to marry him . |
| 9 | ‘ I thought it rather spiteful but the Prince ordered me to burn them . |
| 10 | The CO sent me to find you . ’ |
| 11 | The fact that the ordnance survey map of Ben Lawers proudly declared a Visitor Centre at the base left me no choice in the route I was to take to the top . |
| 12 | The unremitting four-mile ascent to the high pass over the ridge reduced me to a walking wet rag ; I was literally soaked to the skin and could feel rivulets chasing each other down my bosom . |
| 13 | As an 11-handicapper who does not play quite as often as she would like , I found the clubs gave me more consistency and greater ‘ feel ’ . |
| 14 | ‘ On a personal note , in 1991 when the Board nominated me and the shareholders elected me to the chairmanship , I indicated that I would serve in this capacity for two years and oversee the rationalisation and turnaround of the Waterford and Wedgwood businesses . |
| 15 | I could have done without the ‘ vote of confidence ’ the Board gave me a month ago … every football manager knows what that invariably means . |
| 16 | He said : ‘ The board gave me a free hand with the retained list and backed me all the way . |
| 17 | Being in neither carpet nor the RAF left me out of the conversation , until the tea trolley came round . |
| 18 | The wireless and the cinema gave me such enjoyment that I decided I 'd become an actor , a film star . |
| 19 | ‘ On a personal note , in 1991 when the Board nominated me and the shareholders elected me to the chairmanship , I indicated that I would serve in this capacity for two years and oversee the rationalisation and turnaround of the Waterford and Wedgwood businesses . |
| 20 | I had a grand day at sea , but although the tide helped me to get back the wind did n't , and I used the engine to get back into the Crouch . |
| 21 | When the Abwehr sent me to Ireland in forty-one I met a friend of his in Dublin . |
| 22 | When the Abwehr recruited me to go to Ireland in forty-one I did the usual radio and Morse code course . ’ |
| 23 | Eventually the Abwehr pulled me out . ’ |
| 24 | What strange quirk of the heart made me feel so much a part of the life of this place ? |
| 25 | Four days after the Ralembergs told me about the Luciferi , I was in the Golden Turk carousing by myself . |
| 26 | On the day before de Macon sailed on his second voyage , the Ralembergs invited me to a formal supper . |
| 27 | After my waters broke I had an uncontrollable urge to push but the midwife told me not to . |
| 28 | I lumbered to the loo and then rang the hospital excitedly — the midwife told me to come in . |
| 29 | The midwife suggested I go into the birthing pool as I 'd requested on my birth plan . |
| 30 | The midwife showed me a note that had been pinned to the baby 's jacket under the shawl . |