Example sentences of "[noun] i [vb past] [pron] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 've got a potential describing Inverness I met her on the train the other day , a friend of my , he says |
| 2 | I knew before I started out that , weatherwise , the end of March is not the time to plan a journey to the Islands and my misgiving proved to be well founded as on Tuesday 23 March I found myself in the lounge at Dalcross Airport , Inverness watching gale force winds sweep snow across the runways . |
| 3 | But erm when we , by the time we got into Hull I heard it on the radio what had happened and we went to the toy fair and then we came back and there was er you could see all the ambulances and everything still there . |
| 4 | So this afternoon I had him on the settee |
| 5 | ‘ An' where 's the money I gave yer fer the pictures ? ’ he demanded . |
| 6 | Finding myself in the coal bunker at the back of the bungalow I did nothing till the morning of dawning when maximum light was to be utilised for a rather essential cold water wash under an outside tap , and I was soon back on the solid road remarking that the hedgerows ' newborn leaves utter great things . |
| 7 | Perhaps it was just the times I saw him in the Div II Championship year and the season after that . |
| 8 | Yes it 's great , I mean in the first year lecture on Tuesday erm in the break I gave them in the middle of it the the corridor was like thick with tobacco smoke y'know you could hardly |
| 9 | I did n't approve of what he was doing , but if I refused his money I would be more and more visible , so I took it , and when he had gone off in relief back towards the dining car I gave it to the barman . |
| 10 | Still on the subject of pets , I must n't forget Mrs. I found her under the millstone table outside the kitchen on a cold November evening . |
| 11 | I see you later than , oh where 's the car keys I had them on the . |
| 12 | Like a fool I told her about the man I 'd been living with . |
| 13 | Outside in the corridor I grabbed him by the elbow . |
| 14 | Discovering how much I wanted you , right from the moment I saw you in the flesh for the first time , was harder still . |
| 15 | Much to my shame I knew nothing of the Cambrian Railways as most of my interest up to then had been in the Southern Railways and to a greater extent industrial railways , and so decided that much research was necessary , which along with the commencement of renovations will form part of our next episode : - ‘ A NEW STATION IN LIFE ’ . |
| 16 | But for Ilsa 's sake I asked him about the gleaming star and discs on their rainbowed ribbons and he became almost talkative . |
| 17 | At a particularly exciting point I dropped it between the seats in front , and insisted that my parents ask the people to look for it . |
| 18 | from my vantage point I saw nothing in the few seconds between the County Inspector 's announcement to have incited what appeared to be a concerted start by the police . |
| 19 | It was definitely time to say farewell and stepping down from the canal at that point I found myself on the very street of my son 's house . |
| 20 | ‘ Remember the lecture I gave you in the train . |
| 21 | It 's for this latter meaning I chose it as the name of my new holiday company . |
| 22 | For three years I consoled myself with the fact that one minute he was laughing and joking the next it was over . ’ |
| 23 | I often walked along the shore , and one day I saw something in the sand . |
| 24 | That is where I spilled vodka on it the day I wore it for the first time . ’ |
| 25 | Next day I shot him in the arm during our fight , thought that was the end of the whole thing , and left France . |
| 26 | On the appointed day I presented myself at the villa . |
| 27 | Alter that night I threw myself into the struggle on Mrs Rumney 's behalf . |
| 28 | Mrs I excluded you from the speech after you asked the question |
| 29 | Yeah and that 's another thing I found I had a letter from the Social Security saying would you please send your order book back you 're not entitled to any more money , your sickness benefit 's run out , I thought it ca n't have , I do n't go back until the twenty fifth of March , phones up for the appointment I got it on the fifth of March , nine days ago |
| 30 | In the course of the paper I addressed myself to the question : ‘ Why is it that people unhesitatingly talk of feeling hot as well as of feeling the heat of things ? ’ |