Example sentences of "[subord] i [vb past] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | where I went to work down there and in a month they put , it was amongst a shop of about sixteen men and they all had separate orders and the men had got little lads working for them , you know . |
| 2 | To come somewhere like this would have been better , somewhere where I had to be in at a certain time , where I could n't have certain people come in . |
| 3 | I had to go below ground to an office where I spoke to a policeman . |
| 4 | My next call was to a local Somerset newspaper , where I spoke to a gentleman about the subject of the Chalice Well cover . |
| 5 | He took us to the Þingvellir National park where the clouds parted and the sun shone on square kilometres of snow that was so clean and pure it made me weep for all the time we had lost on the trip , and for the pleasure of being where I wanted to be . |
| 6 | A piece of land where I happened to be born . |
| 7 | Although I said to my husband when I was pregnant , what if I have a handicapped baby ? |
| 8 | They realise that their route to the Community can be opened only if their countries are practising real democracy in respect of human rights , and multi-party Parliaments — although I said to my Polish friends , ’ You can go a bit too far . ’ |
| 9 | Although I wrote to the Corporation drawing attention to Captain Roskill 's account of the incident , the letter was neither published nor acknowledged — presumably on the basis that the BBC saw no reason why facts should spoil a good story about a ‘ cover-up ’ . |
| 10 | Neither could I conceal that although I wrote to my parents once a week ( a school rule ) they scarcely ever wrote to me , and failed to send me the necessary supplies of toothpaste , stockings , etc. , so that I was always having to borrow from other girls ( strictly against the rules ) and getting into trouble as a result . |
| 11 | Although I insisted to the referee that the goal should stand because I had sent Pahdra on as substitute , the ref was not fooled , especially as Mr Singh was still wearing his dufflecoat and brogues . |
| 12 | Although I called to my father , he took no notice , appearing totally absorbed in his conversation with the white-faced man . |
| 13 | Pitching : the flysheet is erected first and took a little longer than I expected to up on my own — six minutes . |
| 14 | I was confused by all these solicitous questions , and found myself telling more lies than I had to . |
| 15 | ‘ I 'm tired , yes , but I was n't prepared to leave you labouring under your misapprehensions any longer than I had to … ’ |
| 16 | Erm one interesting point about overtime and temps er generally is that temps apparently unl are costing us around about fourteen K with overheads which is a lot more than I believed to be the case . |
| 17 | ‘ I said more than I meant to , ’ he said . |
| 18 | In fact , it was earlier than I wanted to be in front , but then he galloped on in his stride all the way to the line . |
| 19 | I could n't afford drink , so I resorted to Karen instead . |
| 20 | As it was close by I decided to pay Frank Dick a visit at the Board 's offices , so I ran to Francis House , but I was told that he was n't there . |
| 21 | Joseph told me to fetch the doctor , so I ran to the village , although I knew it was too late . |
| 22 | I could not see my mother sine she had got herself well hidden behind my father so I rushed to the house , through the open french windows , saw my wife sideways on to me gazing at a blank wall and screamed , " See what 's happening — our baby to be plastered over half of some alien landscape ! |
| 23 | Now in those days you never got an album deal from a record company unless you had a hit single , but I made up my mind that the sort of stuff he had would make a very good album , so I went to Decca with that view in mind , trying to get an album deal , and did get a deal for him . |
| 24 | I felt really faint so I went to the pub at the end of the road where your office is — ca n't remember its name . |
| 25 | Mr Jones , my old PE teacher , had advised me to join an athletics club , so I went to West London Stadium , not far up from the old White City and adjacent to Wormwood Scrubs Prison . |
| 26 | Poppy had managed to gather quite a collection of workmen 's boots , so I went to the pet shop and bought her some toys , which she loved playing with . |
| 27 | He said we should meet for lunch so I went to his office . |
| 28 | But I could n't get my camera to work — I hardly ever used the thing — so I went to Derek 's house one day to ask his advice on how to operate it . |
| 29 | I did n't have any others so I went to the police station in stocking feet . |
| 30 | About eight o'clock they were getting very bad so I went to bed . |