Example sentences of "[adj] i [vb past] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then , without turning round , he said : ‘ I 'm sorry I lied to the police . |
| 2 | Until I was eight I lived in the village of Feltwell in Norfolk where there was a joint RAF and USAF base . |
| 3 | After that I waited at the harbour until it was safe to go back to the beach without seeing the person I was dodging . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ When I was 12 I won the one length freestyle , backstroke and breaststroke events at the local schools gala , but after that I concentrated on the backstroke most of the time . ’ |
| 5 | I repeat that if one adds to that the £40 million from the foundation , the £20 million a year for football and the £1 million that I found for the champion coaching scheme , it is clear that our commitment to sport is greater than anyone 's . |
| 6 | Erm erm can I just say , just on the on the basis of Mr 's map erm I think that proves the point that er that I suggested at the outset of the discussion erm on this issue , that if you look at the distribution of settlements there outside the greenbelt , there 's nothing there that suggests that any of the particular sectors ought to be discounted . |
| 7 | The other half I sat in the Sheikha 's section trying to be as inconspicuous as possible . |
| 8 | When I was 12 I tunnelled into the side of the local canal and inserted a glass panel . |
| 9 | In 1985 I stood on the quayside , shivering in the cold drizzle , to watch Arthur Hutton plant the hedge , closely watched by his grandson Martin , who hopes one day to follow his grandfather in keeping up the custom . |
| 10 | So I did , just for a fortnight , but it was fourteen miles there in the morning , and fourteen back at night , and I 'm afraid I threw in the sponge ! |
| 11 | When on Monday before Christmas 1991 I stepped on the scales and found that I 'd done it , I almost died of happiness . |
| 12 | 16th December 1813 ’ … went to Mr. Architect Websters , he was from home , but Mrs. Architect was there entertaining company — cold of my feet and uncomfortable I returned to the White Hart spending my time with Mr. Richardson the drawing master — till Mr. Lishman came . ’ |
| 13 | How strict Tata had always been with me as a child ; even taken the strap to me on a couple of occasions , once for pinching ‘ fress ’ , or buns as Mother called them , behind his back — he did n't mind how much I took from the shop as long as I asked — and once for saying ‘ Damn ’ when I cut my finger peeling an apple . |
| 14 | Could you please tell me : a ) how much I made on the deal ; b ) year of manufacture and finally ; c ) why is the thing so rare ? |
| 15 | Guess how much I paid for the Christmas pud ? |
| 16 | But that November evening , the evening it all started , it was raining heavily and just after six I passed through the iron gates and followed the path through the forest of Gothic monuments and gravestones . |
| 17 | So it was that just after 8.15 on the morning of Monday , May 6th , 1929 I arrived at the Times-Herald editorial offices and found the place locked up tight . |
| 18 | ‘ Like Dorigo and Stuart Pearce , I like to weigh in with a few goals and in pre-season I joked with the lads that I 'd get 15 this year . |
| 19 | Once at Number 112 I banged on the door with the palm of my hand and waited — I remember being surprised that the Trumpers did n't have a knocker . |
| 20 | Here are three I wrote with the children . |
| 21 | From the little I saw of the game Ipswich seemed quite content with standing inside their own penalty box and only closing down people when they got within 2 yards of it . |
| 22 | In 1976 I went to the States to promote ‘ Devil Woman ’ and some journalist said to me , ‘ If you 'd like to meet Elvis , I can arrange it . ’ |
| 23 | Well fo a at sixteen I went into the department that built the machines and er I was , I think it was bell was going for lunchtime and a lad come by says hello Taffy how you going on in here ? |
| 24 | All I had at the end was a sore hand and broken fingernails . |
| 25 | I am not exaggerating when I say that I was inspired by all I saw at the adult education centres in Croydon . |
| 26 | A belated attempt at abdomen-straining brought it swimming back into fuzzy focus , but that dial was all I saw during the remainder of an interminable fast-jet loop . |
| 27 | Shrugs were all I received from the Tourist Information Centre on the harbour . |
| 28 | All I heard of the answer was the low bass of Mr Toombs and the nasal falsetto of Roger Beeding . |
| 29 | Sure I went to the Arts and everything and stuff . |
| 30 | Being shortsighted I moved to the front while my mother stayed at the back . |