Example sentences of "[noun sg] i [vb past] [pron] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So this afternoon I had him on the settee |
| 2 | ‘ An' where 's the money I gave yer fer the pictures ? ’ he demanded . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 |
| 5 | I packed my things , and as I was manoeuvring the car I reversed it into a ditch from which it would not shift . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | When I found her the other side of my desk I told her in no uncertain terms I was n't having anything to do with it . |
| 8 | Like a fool I told her about the man I 'd been living with . |
| 9 | Outside in the corridor I grabbed him by the elbow . |
| 10 | Discovering how much I wanted you , right from the moment I saw you in the flesh for the first time , was harder still . |
| 11 | At that moment I glimpsed myself in a shop window and was pleased with what I saw . |
| 12 | Indeed , the police treated us both with the greatest sympathy and consideration from the moment I rang them from a callbox on the Abingdon Road . |
| 13 | 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 ’ . |
| 14 | But for Ilsa 's sake I asked him about the gleaming star and discs on their rainbowed ribbons and he became almost talkative . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | " Why are you not wearing the medal I sent you as a keepsake ? " |
| 19 | ‘ Remember the lecture I gave you in the train . |
| 20 | It 's for this latter meaning I chose it as the name of my new holiday company . |
| 21 | I often walked along the shore , and one day I saw something in the sand . |
| 22 | That is where I spilled vodka on it the day I wore it for the first time . ’ |
| 23 | Next day I shot him in the arm during our fight , thought that was the end of the whole thing , and left France . |
| 24 | On the appointed day I presented myself at the villa . |
| 25 | At the top I found myself in a wide gallery looking down onto the floor below . |
| 26 | Alter that night I threw myself into the struggle on Mrs Rumney 's behalf . |
| 27 | For example I found myself in a warehouse in Manhattan , where the New York Public Library keeps a lot of its records , and I discovered an enormous deposit of papers of , of an organisation which was actually very strongly against the minimum wage , which appeared not to have been touched for about the last — sixty years ? |
| 28 | They 're usually purchased over the counter with no instructions , but last week I bought one in a plastic sleeve , on which the following instructions were printed : ‘ This voltage indicator is suitable for testing AC voltage from 100 volts up to a maximum of 500 volts against earth The metal part on top of the indicator must be touched to operate it , and the earthing position of the user largely determines whether it lights up or not . |
| 29 | I mean every week I supplied them with a new stack of everybody wanted them . |
| 30 | And yet , alighting in the sunshine from the trembling train I found myself in a space transfigured by the three stages of the passage through the underworld that is matinee cinema : the transition from day to night ; the day for night of the viewing ; the transition back to daylight . |