Example sentences of "i [vb past] [adv] to [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I soon noticed myself rapidly approaching a fallen tree over the surface of the river and as I rushed towards it I clung on to it for dear life . |
| 2 | I crept up to my first victim in the same way as I imagine a lion cub stalks it first wildebeest — clumsily . |
| 3 | I regret the fact that the hon. Member for Livingston saw fit not to answer the challenge that I laid down to him , just as he has not answered any of the challenges that I have laid down to him today , and that he has also seen fit to put the hon. Lady , on her first outing today , into a rather difficult position . |
| 4 | I made a lot of mistakes but I owned up to them and was starting to play pretty well . |
| 5 | I got wearily to my feet , muscles aching from the effects of drink and walk . |
| 6 | ‘ Look , ’ she said , ‘ in those three weeks I got closer to him than anybody . |
| 7 | The following May I called him , got through his secretary by saying Mr. Jones asked me to call at this office , which was more or less true , erm , so I got through to him , and said , my name is Ricky Elliot , we met at the N E C , you asked me to give you a call this month about time management training . |
| 8 | I tried phoning you this lunchtime to ask about the above proposal , but I do n't even know if I had the right number , though I got through to it twice ; about five different people spoke to me uncomprehendingly , and eventually a man came to the phone and said ‘ Bratislava ’ ; I did n't know whether that meant I 'd got a Bratislava number , or that you 'd gone to Bratislava . |
| 9 | I got up to him a couple of times once he only |
| 10 | And that 's how I got on to him . |
| 11 | I waited for three buses to go past before I got on to one . |
| 12 | Anyway , before I got round to it , my symptoms started and shortly afterwards , as you know , MS was diagnosed . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ I got down to it and stopped it . |
| 14 | It was when I got back to my new room there that I first came across my new neighbours , Jane and Mark Walsh , and their two children , Sonja and Darren . |
| 15 | ‘ When I got back to my apartment I ate some ham and beans , and opened a bottle of rather rust-coloured claret . |
| 16 | When I got back to my room I waited for my friend Malleson . |
| 17 | By the time I got back to my parents ' house my face was grey . |
| 18 | When I got back to my flat I decided to ring Toby . |
| 19 | When I got back to my office , the Hinkle was still out at lunch . |
| 20 | When I got back to our hostel , our bags were in the hallway and Dana was waiting for me . |
| 21 | They seemed to be mostly line-and-wash with an occasional burst of colour , and even when I got close to them I found I had to concentrate to see what they were about . |
| 22 | I swam out to it and tied ropes to it . |
| 23 | ‘ I squared up to him but only on the spur of the moment . |
| 24 | ‘ I shouted out to her but she walked past without even looking . |
| 25 | When I moved in to my flat she had to a certain extent taken me over , and treated me like an erring and somewhat unintelligent son who obviously needed the care and attention of a responsible adult . |
| 26 | Her lips moved again and I bent down to her . |
| 27 | Then I bent close to his ear and said in as big a voice as I dared , ‘ He 's taken Rebus with him . ’ |
| 28 | Then I caught on to what it was the guy was saying . |
| 29 | But at last it was done I rose wearily to my feet and leaned against the wall , my mouth hanging open , sweat trickling into my eyes . |
| 30 | It also was emphatic that I reported back to him alone . |