Example sentences of "i [vb past] [conj] [pron] [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I asked if they knew the way to the Sanctum . |
| 2 | He returned with a symphonic battle piece , and when I asked if he realized the significance of the words he admitted he did not know what they meant ! ) |
| 3 | I asked as I held the deli door open for him . |
| 4 | I asked as I stroked the baby 's fuzzy head . |
| 5 | I asked as I started the engine . |
| 6 | At the time of qualifying , however , I realized that I had the choice of working for the Eastern Health Board or the Catholic Church ( the two are interchangeable ) . |
| 7 | Jessica and I met when we joined the same company within a day of each other — both straight from school . |
| 8 | She was the first person I met when I joined the Waaf , and the last person I saw as I left it . |
| 9 | I 'd been told about the Afon Por-Gilli but never got around to finding and paddling it so when I found that I had the first Wednesday of the month off we set off westbound across the border . |
| 10 | As I found when I took the time to listen to parents and hear what they said , the views advanced did not always fit the latest fashion or an approved passage in a book on sociology . |
| 11 | And as far as in the appraisals I mean I found when I did the three s part staff and , and I was , it was that pilot and , and I know |
| 12 | I proposed that we fish the same swim , which was large enough to accommodate both of us without the risk of crossed lines . |
| 13 | ‘ Oh ’ and ‘ ouch ’ I howled as I hit the alleyway . |
| 14 | I learnt if you want the party to continue , you have to chill . |
| 15 | I came because I regard the debate as important . |
| 16 | ‘ I came because I need the money . ’ |
| 17 | When I had finished and opened my eyes I noted that she had the cup in one hand and the saucer in the other . |
| 18 | I noticed that he pronounced the name B'bbitt . |
| 19 | However , the warmth of the reception and the encouragement and I received as we travelled the length and breadth of this country , across to the ‘ Emerald Isle ’ and into Belgium was truly appreciated . |
| 20 | So he went at me , but I ducked and he hit the shelf — he broke his thumb in two places ! |
| 21 | I panicked when I saw the blood . |
| 22 | But I persisted because I loved the sound of the old organ . |
| 23 | She said I did n't appreciate her , I took her for granted , I did n't notice all the little things she did and that I sulked if she made the slightest mistake . |
| 24 | Therefore , I decided that I had the clue to something that had long baffled me , that whereas Levis 's strict division of the world into sensuous particulars and more intellectual abstractions — I hope I 'm being fair to him , I 'm caricaturing and shortening _ whereas this was applicable to the modern period , it probably was n't to the period I decided , I think , roughly before the eighteenth century , and with this in mind I then turned to the mysterious last plays of Shakespeare that we 've been talking about earlier and tried to see whether the sense one gets in those plays of love , for example , not as simply a logical construction for talking about the way people behave in relation to each other , but as some kind of spiritual entity existing prior to the human subjects in the play , whether that sense could be in some degree confirmed and explained by an investigation of the general use of universals in the period and earlier . |
| 25 | Therefore , I decided that I had the clue to something that had long baffled me , that whereas Leavis 's strict division of the world into sensuous particulars and more intellectual abstractions — I hope I 'm being fair to him , I 'm caricaturing and shortening — whereas this was applicable to the modern period , it probably was n't to the period , I decided I think roughly before the eighteenth century . |
| 26 | I will certainly reiterate fully the message that I delivered when I visited the north-west a few days ago . |
| 27 | ‘ I felt after he won the Mandarin Chase at Newbury in 1990 that he would be a Gold Cup horse , but after he was beaten in the Gold Cup then I thought that the Grand National was his race , ’ Adams said . |
| 28 | How can I tell you what I felt when I saw the body ? |
| 29 | Is he oppressed by the same obscure shame that I felt when I read the letter ? |
| 30 | Confronting the referee over his mug of vodka , I insisted that he call the game off as it was obvious the five Chamden lads were at a complete disadvantage against our full team . |