Example sentences of "[noun sg] [conj] [vb past] i " in BNC.
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| 1 | I want to take you through the thinking that led me to that conclusion , and then to concentrate on one of the keys to securing that future — the whole question of advancing the cause of children 's books . |
| 2 | That was the obsession that made me write this . ’ |
| 3 | But it was your axe that hit me , borne down by his sword . |
| 4 | It was a Frankie Howerd interview that made me realise I do not even want one . |
| 5 | Charles told her about his movements on the Sunday night , concluding , ‘ … so it must have been the arrival of Nigel 's car that made me run out of the place . ’ |
| 6 | I saw no one on the long lonely road home , and the only enemy that attacked me was the midges . |
| 7 | It was the therapy that gave me the strength to leave my girlfriend because through it I established the fact that I was prone to passivity , always waiting for other people to call the shots . |
| 8 | Thirdly , it was not just the bald declarations of innocence that impressed me , but the nature and quality of those declarations : there were passages in both books which , as in Meehan 's letters to me , had the sharp ring of truth . |
| 9 | The boots have a Vibram dual density sole that gave me all the grip and comfort I needed over steep wet grass and rough ground . |
| 10 | It may have been the horse that roused me from my sleep . |
| 11 | ‘ It was the live side that struck me as being a bit special , ’ he says . |
| 12 | So in this merry mood of self flagellation I shall tell you the story of one monumental cock-up that taught me two very important lessons . |
| 13 | We talked a lot , laughed a lot , drank a lot — another round in the warming game of friendship that left me happy at the time , and aching afterwards as I contemplated the lonely bed . |
| 14 | It was only this monthly accounting that worried me though , for I read every patient 's case notes with avidity . |
| 15 | And I chose a conception that promised me a child of certain defined personality characteristics as well as physical ones . |
| 16 | So she went like this pulled our her note card and said I can put it on now she said . |
| 17 | She was polite , she gave me a small box of chocolates with a thank-you card and kissed me and shook my hand when she came for a meal on Sunday . |
| 18 | The employee behind the check in desk gave me a huge smile and welcomed me to the airport , gave me my seat reservation card and wished me a good journey . |
| 19 | It was here that Tony gave me my ring and told me that my funghi marinati was the best he 'd ever had in spite of him getting an earful of it . |
| 20 | Emil briefly consulted a notebook , stowed his travel bag on a rack in a small bedroom and directed me to put my big in the one next door . |
| 21 | Mrs Young , who had paused in her search , finally found her purse and gave me a dollar . |
| 22 | For all this however , he has an iron nerve and told me , ‘ I have never been scared but when I go out for the National I get a tingling sensation . |
| 23 | Nevil choked me until I almost passed out , then he lifted me out of the driver 's seat and bundled me into the back of Armstrong , hitting me on the back of the neck with what could have been an anvil but was probably his fist . |
| 24 | The Maggot now ordered me into the right-hand pilot 's seat and told me to keep my thieving hands off his knobs . |
| 25 | ‘ He shoved me on to a toilet seat and punched me , ’ Claire said . |
| 26 | The midwife took one look at me — the head was already on its way out — attached a fetal monitor and told me to push . |
| 27 | He promised to forward my mail and wished me luck . |
| 28 | The bastard smiled evilly at me as if he would have loved to have put a noose round my neck and had me swinging on a branch of the overhanging elm tree . |
| 29 | She threw her arms round my neck and kissed me . |
| 30 | So I did — and all of a sudden a man with a gun grabbed me round the neck and dragged me off . |