Example sentences of "i [vb past] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ My soul proclaims the greatness of the Lord and my spirit exults in God my saviour because he has looked upon his lowly handmaid Yes , from this day forward all generations will call me blessed for the Almighty has done great things for me . |
| 2 | I asked for the usual guarantees — that the object would n't endanger my ship or anyone on it , and that carrying it would breach no SenFed laws . |
| 3 | Because I asked in the other classes , three or four American students , and I asked them the same question . |
| 4 | I applied for the occasional post that I thought might be interesting , but never heard anything back . |
| 5 | I doubled to the other side of the deck and joined the Sergeant Major and Brigadier Mills Roberts . |
| 6 | I doubled across the cobbled yard and stood in the middle of the road to watch the jeeps disappear in the distance in a cloud of dust . |
| 7 | Limply I gazed at the mortal oiliness of the water , in which no creature could prosper , and the dockside crowds of welcome floating and swimming above like tropical fish . |
| 8 | There is a perception amongst informed people in the community that there may well be a shortage of long stay beds in Leicestershire and you do need to bear in mind that the National Health Service is increasingly going down the road of not keeping people in hospitals longer than they have to because hospitals are perceived as being very , a very expensive way of providing beds and you have to take that into account because that 's a fairly clear national policy and you are likely to see an acceleration in that process from what I read in the national press . |
| 9 | As regards finding more ‘ absolute ’ tempo area indications for automatic mechanical instruments : there are mechanical noises on the recordings I made of the 1793 and undated Niemecz mechanical organs associated with the turning of these instruments ' flywheels . |
| 10 | I reiterate the point that I made to the hon. Member for Greenock and Port Glasgow ( Dr. Godman ) . |
| 11 | Be before we start can I make two quick announcements , one er I made at the last lecture , that is there is a public lecture given by Baroness at five fifteen today on the subject of the Soviet Union and wh where does it go , erm and that 's in . |
| 12 | To those who point to Britain 's right , under the Maastricht Treaty on European Union , to choose not to be part of the Single Currency , I recommend a passing glance at a passage in a speech I made in the closing stages of the second reading of the European Communities ( Amendment ) Bill on 21 May 1992 . |
| 13 | The comparison that I made in The Independent newspaper was based on what the Secretary of State 's own review had recommended as the number required to run the system . |
| 14 | And was that sublime trip I made around the celestial skyline embracing the deep recesses of Cwm Llan just a dream ? |
| 15 | The revenue settlement is matched by the substantial local government capital settlement for ninety four five which I announced on the thirtieth of November . |
| 16 | That afternoon she and I devised in the small front room of our lodgings ( pliant landlady , audience of children ) a double act : the Carruthers Sisters . |
| 17 | Now , I laid into the JMP-1 for having but a single input on the front , with no means of connection to the back of the unit ; the TriAxis has the input to the rear , with no input on the front ! |
| 18 | ‘ I realised for the first time that I have never been wanted : it really was such a revelation . |
| 19 | Anyway , I was congratulated once more and I realised for the first time that I was actually doing some good . |
| 20 | At that moment I realised for the first time that not a single word had been uttered on the subject since the accident happened . |
| 21 | Four years ago , I argued with the then Secretary of State for Health and Social Security about the Fowler review , which led to cuts in income support . |
| 22 | As I argued in the previous chapter , boxing was the first sport in which institutional arrangements permitted a black presence : almost every weight division produced black boxers of such brilliance that they were virtually without equals ( see Henderson , 1949 , 1970 ; Maher , 1968 ) . |
| 23 | After that the jug of water was empty and I was full , but the waiter was smirking in an enigmatic Eastern way , so I toyed with the final concoction , just to prove I could if I wanted to , and that any I happened to leave was just for manners . |
| 24 | I sprinted across the open square outside the station , jacket over head , dodging tramcars with split-second , if largely inadvertent , precision , skirted a large puddle , feinted between two parked cars , head-faked a lamppost and two startled elderly shoppers ( once I start running , I ca n't stop myself from pretending I 'm returning a kick-off for the Chicago Bears ; it 's a compulsion — a sort of Tourette 's syndrome of the feet ) . |
| 25 | I lived for the six weeks almost as one of the Community except that I did not sleep at the Manor . |
| 26 | Luckily I lived at the higher end of the village so my house was not affected . |
| 27 | Now when er when I was coming down er , coming from , I lived on the Green then , to go to work , we used to met er a person and we used to call her Rosie . |
| 28 | ‘ I lived in the same house as him once . |
| 29 | ‘ I fought in the Holy Land for the Cross , and in England for Edward against the rebels ; I have founded monasteries , supported Holy Mother Church so God would exalt my family . |
| 30 | This was the last time I met with the Harlequin Bronzewing . ’ |