Example sentences of "i [vb past] [verb] [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 31 | He was a good playmate and he and I enjoyed playing " horses " where one would " drive " the other in turns with string as harness — and he told me years later it was a bitter disappointment to him when I said I 'd grown out of the game . |
| 32 | how much was n't held until after I 'd gone up for the money for Matthew 's back . |
| 33 | If only I 'd gone along with the doctor 's proposals , it would have been over by now — completely and painlessly over , and any feelings of guilt I might have had as a result I would surely have dealt with ages ago . |
| 34 | I 'd gone out on the boat |
| 35 | I 'd crumpled on to the door mat and I remember a fearful pain , but whether it was my head or my ankle , I do n't really know . |
| 36 | As I looked at her , I thought of her shrinking , like someone in a fairytale , and how one day I might hold her in the palm of my hand with her little voice squeaking commands at me as if she was a mouse I 'd picked up in the garden . |
| 37 | He 'd been there first , waiting , and I 'd walked up to the carefully prominent bait and presented him with a perfect target , a broad back in a scarlet sweater , an absolute cinch . |
| 38 | I 'd walked up from the village under a brilliantly starry sky , breathing cold shafts of early-morning air , thinking of murder . |
| 39 | Because my head landed on his teeth it hurt me more than if I 'd smacked down on the bridge of his nose . |
| 40 | Then the afternoon , we 'd had lunch anyway I 'd got up out the chair , I was so bloody livid ! |
| 41 | Once I 'd got on to the continent I 'd walk there if I had to . |
| 42 | I had n't realized just how much I 'd got out of the swing of things but everyone helped as much as they could and I soon adjusted back again . |
| 43 | ‘ I 'd got in amongst the sharks , filming them in a feeding frenzy . ’ |
| 44 | No , I came to get a ticket for the literature festival but it was pouring down so I came to get out of the rain . |
| 45 | Having set the scene , it was about 2 years ago whilst I was being taken for a walk through the village by our springer dog , that I happened to meet up with the Church Warden who , after passing the time of day suddenly said ‘ Ah Bob , you do a bit of woodwork , do n't you ? |
| 46 | I happened to look in on the Private Office before going home in order to see whether there was anything I ought to take account of . |
| 47 | I turned to look back at the softly gleaming , parallel surfaces converging towards an oblong of dimly lit structures , an oblong much taller and narrower than any doorway . |
| 48 | To harmonize my body language with Alison 's , I turned to look out of the window . |
| 49 | so we started called her lip , but that happened before I got there so , as I got there it just like , as I joined got in with the regulars it started to peter out a bit , but I got fooled with a couple of times I thought they were taking the piss , alright Lynn how you doing , you know , still . |
| 50 | Slowly , I began to swim along under the castle walls . |
| 51 | The man and I began edging out of the kitchen . |
| 52 | I began to climb back into the limo . |
| 53 | In splinters of thought , unconnectedly , I began to look back over the past three weeks . |
| 54 | The shabby room above the tobacconist 's shop where we held our ward meetings became home to me and , in a queer way , made me feel whole and integrated again so that I began to look back on the activities I had taken part in with Sophie as some kind of mental aberration . |
| 55 | With such dignity as I could manage I began to walk back to the village . |
| 56 | A few practice swings with the trusty old battle axe later ( I swung Whiplash around by the ears ! ) and their verdict was soon forthcoming : MicroProse 's Project Stealth Fighter is about the best the C64 has to offer on the flight sim front . |
| 57 | So I decided to go on to the council . |
| 58 | Just after six , with darkness falling , I decided to go down to the bar for a drink , was pulling on my jacket when the phone went . |
| 59 | I decided to go back to the block and rest for a little . |
| 60 | I decided to go back to the village , to thank him for all his help , and to carry out a plan I had been considering for some time . |