Example sentences of "[vb past] [art] [noun] i " in BNC.
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| 1 | The one major event which happened to me at Binbrook , and which was going to change my life , was that I met the man I was eventually to marry , although a lot of water would flow under the bridge before the wedding took place . |
| 2 | Years later when The Great Bastard pulled down the monasteries and emptied the convents I took Johanna into my own home . |
| 3 | ‘ As I passed the boy I saw in the mirror the car had pulled out sharply to overtake and I just heard the bang . |
| 4 | On the way I passed the rabbit I thought had escaped , lying just before the sparkling clean water of the stream ; blackened and contorted , locked into a weird , twisted crouch , its dead dry eyes staring up at me as I passed by , accusatory . |
| 5 | As I passed the ladies I noticed that the beer crates stashed in front of the Fire Exit had been moved aside . |
| 6 | Richard made the gown I wore to meet Charles and Di at the premiere for The Living Daylights and I felt like a million dollars in it . ’ |
| 7 | and that made the difference I think , that probably made the difference |
| 8 | After I made the cut I folded back the turf ( still using the spade ) and saw the nest . |
| 9 | It was our first morning of filming and when I rode the horse I really liked him . |
| 10 | Let me give you an example , one I remember because years ago when I first read the book I actually penetrated the secret . |
| 11 | ‘ Didya read the script I brought last week ? ’ |
| 12 | ‘ But I did stand in for one of your girls at Jenkinsons last week — and I sold the suit I showed . ’ |
| 13 | I sold the jewels I was wearing and de Michelet and I had a splendid time until the money was gone . |
| 14 | ‘ Are you awake , Jane ? ’ asked the voice I had been expecting . |
| 15 | I asked the gaffer I says can I get out ? |
| 16 | When the Minister announced the scheme I described the measures as ’ no more than damage limitation measures . |
| 17 | When I announced the results I paid tribute to places such as Wigan and St. Helens |
| 18 | He even produced the document I had signed to that effect , bringing to my attention the relevant clause . |
| 19 | You got pefec you got sandwiches you got the turkey I bought you . |
| 20 | Now we all know because we 're print buyers to a larger or greater degree but they 're clients they over-estimate they add about twenty five per cent more on than they need and you have to send them back to sharpen their pencils several times before you 've seen the estimate , they of course know that all print buyers are idiots who keep forgetting all the important things and do n't give them half the information they need like the weight of paper or the fact that there 's to be a pocket at the back so , I think if we got the man I think if we maybe started off with H M S O the print buyer which is more akin to what we are and say well you know these are the problems I 've got I 'm sitting with a six million pound budget buying for the whole of the government of Scotland and I have problems and these are the problems that I have , then we get to the wee man from who says now wait a minute boys I get the rubbish that you send out , that was the message and let's make it funny but slightly aggressive let's highlight the real problems because that 's what it 's about , we 're not here for a nice night we 're here to learn |
| 21 | A.Q. : Towards five-thirty this morning , having just got back from the flower market , I was working in the front quarters of my shop when I got the idea I 'd heard a funny noise just outside the window … |
| 22 | " I do n't know where you got the idea I was ill , " I said as heartily as I could . |
| 23 | information about a particular piece , so , Simon and I sort of , we were talking kind of fairly casually about that , but erm , what we agreed to do is , this was about the time when we first got the equipment I think and it , it occurred to me that you , and I 've checked this now , that you can actually plug a cassette , you know , a Walkman type of player into either the microphone for the |
| 24 | ‘ It 's just that Uncle was a cautious old devil and — ’ he looked away ‘ — he got the impression I was a bit of a spendthrift because — well , because I used to get through my allowance pretty rapidly when I was away at school , and … oh , hell , he wanted to make sure I was going to be dull and sensible about all that money when he finally kicked the bucket . |
| 25 | I got the feeling I had n't handled Eric very well over the phone . |
| 26 | It was all terrifically exciting and when I got the parts I could hardly believe it . |
| 27 | I mean I got the Maxwell I mean I think Mum got that . |
| 28 | Maybe the local fisherman did , where he got the fish I could not say . |
| 29 | It was a long time before I got the fame I was looking for . |
| 30 | I refused to be the tracer for the aeroplane company , I said no , I got the job I wanted in an advertising firm . |