Example sentences of "[conj] [vb past] i [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | There were no brakes , and if I had stumbled , then the bar that ran between the shafts behind me would have caught me in the back and either dragged me along or knocked me to the ground . |
| 2 | ‘ While engaged in watching the movements of the several species of the great family of Procellaridae , which at one time often and often surrounded the ships that conveyed me round the world , a bright speck would appear on the distant horizon , and , gradually approaching nearer and nearer , at length assumed the form of the White-headed petrel , whose wing-powers far exceed those of any of its congeners ; at one moment it would be rising high in the air , at the next sweeping comet-like through the flocks flying around ; never , however , approaching the ship sufficiently near for a successful shot , and it was equally wary in avoiding the boat with which I was frequently favoured for the purpose of securing examples of other species ; but , to make use of a familiar adage , the most knowing are taken in at last ’ ’ ; one beautiful morning , the 20th of Feb. 1839 , during my passage from Hobart Town to Sydney , when the sea was perfectly calm and of a glassy smoothness , this wanderer of the ocean came in sight and approached within three hundred yards of the vessel ; anxious to attract him still closer , so as to bring him within range , I thought of the following stratagem : — a corked bottle , attached to a long line , was thrown overboard and allowed to drift to the distance of forty or fifty yards , and kept there until the bird favoured us with another visit , while flying around in immense circles ; at length his keen eye caught sight of the neck of the bottle ( to which a bobbing motion was communicated by sudden jerks of the string ) , and he at once proceeded to examine more closely what it was that had arrested his attention ; during this momentary pause the trigger was pulled , the boat lowered , and the bird was soon in my possession . ’ |
| 3 | So that got me over the turkey . |
| 4 | And that got me into the last three so I had to do it all again at the Barbican which I think was to see if I could fill that theatre with enough presence and vocal range . |
| 5 | " Tell me , my sister , " said Vasilissa , " who was the white knight that passed me in the forest ? " |
| 6 | The walk that defeated me on the way up seemed to take about five minutes coming down , and despite the forced cheery countenance of my friends , I knew I had ruined the day . |
| 7 | It was Mr Hurd 's first paragraph that drew me to the rest of the review . |
| 8 | so the second level of using theory was to actually begin to find out what I could do to help myself and that threw me into the middle of ‘ what is knowledge ? ’ |
| 9 | One of the first things to happen after my arrival at Bourn was the phasing out of Stirling bombers , so that the one that followed me around the perimeter track must have been one of the last to operate from there . |
| 10 | So I guess the bucket of cold water that hit me in the face did n't come as much of a surprise . |
| 11 | Let It Rock did unbelievably good business Friday night or Saturday morning a lorry would turn up with a delivery of creepers — the very things that enticed me into the shop in the first place . |
| 12 | The war drums throbbed , a muffled , far-carrying , never-ceasing sound that thrilled me to the core ; the five-foot trumpets brayed . |
| 13 | FROM Sasbach my next target was the Danube , a drive that took me through the Black Forest . |
| 14 | One thing that intrigued me in the course of my meeting with Kagan was his careful enquiries about what duties were involved in membership of the House of Lords . |
| 15 | It was probably the idea of having to hang on for no more than two months that convinced me of the value of these silly prophesies , but I was a true believer . |
| 16 | There were peaks in view that reminded me to the Matterhorn , of Ober Gabelhorn and Wellenkuppe . |
| 17 | IT WAS a two-part induction process that dragged me into the brawling hostelry in the sky of NME Towers . |
| 18 | ‘ I can not say why , precisely , but for hundreds , thousands — an infinite number of reasons — you fascinated me , and that fascination encouraged in me the desire to live , something that abandoned me on the death of my sister . |
| 19 | P : I was coming home from a party with Robert Mitchum drinking cider when one of Shane 's gang came out and stabbed me in the arm … ( goes on for about ten more pages — Freudian Ed ) |
| 20 | He smiled too , and stabbed me in the gut with the gun-barrel hard enough to make me suck in my breath . |
| 21 | Ryan stopped and clapped me on the shoulder . |
| 22 | They laughed and clapped me on the back and handed the container round the circle again . |
| 23 | Ralemberg smiled , sheathed his dagger and clapped me on the shoulder . |
| 24 | He laughed and clapped me on the shoulder . |
| 25 | Benjamin grinned and clapped me on the shoulder . |
| 26 | They laughed and clapped me on the shoulder . |
| 27 | He grasped my elbow and led me through the hallway and into a long room knocked through the whole length of the house . |
| 28 | Then the old lady took me firmly by the arm and led me into the bathroom . |
| 29 | And her white Reeboks screeched at the marble as she turned and led me to the waiting forms . |
| 30 | She frowned for a moment , then picked up my hand and led me to the window . |