Example sentences of "i [vb past] [indef pn] [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 And then I met someone from the Kaplan galleries which showed thinking bishops in their robes such as you see in the windows of the galleries in St James'/ The gallery had just taken on a new director and were proposing to show modern art — people like Tinguely and Marcelle Cahn who at that time were n't known .
2 I was a student in London but I was at home on this occasion when I met someone in the park .
3 I got nothing at the table right .
4 I got one on the sh on the telephone
5 and I got one on the C's .
6 I found something from the AIDS one the new Benetton advert , have you seen that ?
7 I found none of the double entendres in Whiplash Whispers funny , and the illustrations were a bit tasteless .
8 ‘ I think I caught everyone on the wrong foot at Ayresome Park when I increased my shareholding to 48 per cent earlier in the season . ’
9 I 've already completed mine : my son and I disturbed one on the main path leading up to The Merrick , in Galloway , and ranger Fred Gordon and I saw a very angry one on the path in Glen Cairn in the Cairngorms .
10 It was n't until my second year that I told anything like the truth about my father .
11 I learnt something of the joys , frustrations and bitterness of their lives .
12 I collated everything in the evening , I improvised , it would be a pleasure .
13 I fetched one from the dining-room , and gave it to him .
14 to get that back , that 's outlining , you know I merged something on the end that I do n't want to , it 's deleting
15 I experienced the joy and excitement of the subject as I discovered something for the first time .
16 Tallis said , ‘ I killed one on the cliff .
17 Erm , I I heard something over the weekend , that that erm , mentioned er an American drug company , that has come up with whatever drug and it 's moved from being a million pound concern , into a multi-million pound concern , because of these discoveries ,
18 Imagine that you have just come home from your hard day being an Environmental Health Officer , and your neighbour , who happens to be a builder or bookmaker or something , invites you down to the pub , and over a pint he says , ‘ I heard something on the radio about some story .
19 I heard everything at the Opera and Musikverein .
20 ‘ I read about it at the time , but I heard none of the details .
21 I felt nothing at the time and naïvely smiled to myself when I spotted it later .
22 I felt something of the same awe and excitement I had experienced four years before when tramping round and round Warwick Gardens with Chesterton , debating the execution of Charles I. Here was someone who ought to have been a member of the Society that G. K. C. had dominated at St. Paul 's from 1891 to 1893 .
23 I knew something about the bird life of the islands , having read articles about the rare and endangered Seychelles kestrel and magpie robin , but it was a chance encounter in — of all places — the Falkland Islands , that inspired my partner in Island Holidays to seek out more information .
24 I knew nothing of the facts of life until I got to my preparatory school , when at the age of thirteen , all of the boys who were leaving were summoned to the headmaster 's study .
25 Much to my shame I knew nothing of the Cambrian Railways as most of my interest up to then had been in the Southern Railways and to a greater extent industrial railways , and so decided that much research was necessary , which along with the commencement of renovations will form part of our next episode : - ‘ A NEW STATION IN LIFE ’ .
26 I knew nothing about the profession when I started , absolutely nothing .
27 I knew nothing about the event .
28 I knew nothing about the Ober Gabelhornr 's history or the difficulty of the route , or even what it looked like .
29 I knew nothing about the realities of proper soldiering , and to counterbalance the tedium and boredom of my small-time life , I surrounded the idea of the French Foreign Legion with a cocoon of glamour that it did n't possess .
30 I told the Customs officers and now I 'm telling you — I knew nothing about the heroin . ’
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