Example sentences of "i [vb past] [indef pn] [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then I thought I heard something moving in the trees — just behind one big tree . |
| 2 | But downstairs I rang the bell next to the black steel gates and after a while I heard someone coming to the front door . |
| 3 | I heard someone coming towards the door . |
| 4 | ‘ Well , I 'd been on the boat a few minutes when I heard someone pounding along the gangway and going ashore , so I knew I 'd been right . ’ |
| 5 | Donning the coat I felt something attached to the shoulder and in my cabin mirror was reflected a very gaudy and lifelike plastic parrot which some crew member had stitched there . |
| 6 | ‘ He put his arm through the partition and I saw something glinting in the darkness . |
| 7 | " I saw something reflected in the glass , " I say . |
| 8 | But the comm-screen exposes faces in the harshest detail , and for an instant I saw something move at the back of his wet old eyes , like a creature threshing in a net . |
| 9 | I saw something growing through the tiles . |
| 10 | I saw one lying under the dresser and pulled it out gingerly lest the spur catch my finger . |
| 11 | I thought I saw someone moving in the front room . |
| 12 | ‘ When I was walking up to Keble Road yesterday I saw someone standing at the bus-stop outside St Giles ’ Church , waiting to get up to Summertown . |
| 13 | Now I differentiated something forget about the K you can |
| 14 | A few days later the father told a project worker , ‘ You know that was the first time I felt I had something to offer to the school . ’ |
| 15 | But after my mam died I had nobody to look after the baby , so I could n't go any more . " |
| 16 | I had nothing to do with the rifleman 's death , sir . |
| 17 | I had nothing to do with the financial side of the firm , and big output does not necessarily mean big profit . ’ |
| 18 | I had nothing to do with the recording and creative side but I changed guitar strings and that kind of thing . |
| 19 | ‘ I had nothing to do with the murder of Graham Mills . |
| 20 | No I had nothing to do with the staff at the |
| 21 | ‘ But it got ridiculous in the end — I had nothing to eat in the house . ’ |