Example sentences of "i [vb past] [vb pp] [indef pn] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | On each trip I overheard snatches of the bar-room conversations and could hear the louder buzz of continuing upheaval along in the lounge , and I thought that after I 'd satisfied everyone in the dining room I might drift along to the far end with my disarming little tray . |
| 2 | I had heard nothing but the wind , seen nothing but the moving trees but , I thought incredulously , someone had shot me . |
| 3 | I looked up , startled to find how I had forgotten everything but the antics of these two monstrous beings . |
| 4 | I had learned something about the protest vote . |
| 5 | As a result I knew that I had recovered everything within the detecting capabilities of my old machine and did not expect that there would be anything left to be found . |
| 6 | I said that I had been in the British Army which prompted another Englishman called Chris to ask if I had known anybody in the Royal Signals in Aldershot or Catterick . |