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

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1 The theory was that the effort of changing would keep me pinned to the table , diligent and creative .
2 ‘ 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 .
3 Judging by his expression , Clive had not been best pleased to find me ensconced in the Parsons ' sitting room that night .
4 ‘ In the end I became like the chaplain or the lady who did the hair or the manicurist. patients would ask , ‘ has the artist done you yet ? ’
5 Stalling for his arrival I asked about the religion .
6 I mean , ’ he stammered , ‘ when I asked about the funeral , you looked shocked and grieved .
7 Is he aware that , when I asked about the growth in employment in south Derbyshire recently , I was told that figures were available only until 1989 , that they are collected only once every six years and that figures for self-employment are collected only once every 10 years ?
8 I asked about the baby and she looked at me as if I should know . ’
9 A young man wearing a yarmulka skullcap and sitting astride a roaring tractor wiped his brow with his arm when I asked for the location of Um Al-Farajh .
10 Since the controller was n't busy I asked for the rest of the weather , and was told three at 800 , or 900 feet above the threshold of Runway 18 .
11 Then I asked for the inlays , two humbuckers , two volumes and a tone .
12 For Christmas and birthdays I asked for the red , hard-backed children 's classics published by Dean and Co. and sold in Woolworth 's : Treasure Island , The Children of the New Forest , Alice in Wonderland , What Katy Did , A Tale of Two Cities .
13 And I asked for the Kommandant 's help to have him released .
14 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 .
15 And they said so at the er at the district council , went up to district and I asked for the support of the district council and er probably John immediately said , you have the full support of the district council for it he says and I 'll ensure that you get support with the result I also received four posters direct from the Edinburgh District Council with John photograph on it and with the caption st stating every old age pensioner should be signing here .
16 From round about then , cos I asked for the
17 Might , perhaps ; there 's just something ; that 's why I asked at the meeting , but I 'd have to see the letter first , partly to see what 's in it , partly just to see it . ’
18 All the questions I asked at the beginning were concerned with the Old testament passage and started ‘ Why ? ’ .
19 The question I pose is the one that I asked at the beginning of my speech : do those in government and opposition have the courage to set about creating a new beginning to bring about peace , political stability , and an end to the tensions between Ireland and Britain , and can they bring the beginnings of hope for my constituents and the people in the north of Ireland ?
20 I asked at the meeting of the city board and I asked on more than one occasion , and did n't get a proper answer , what the labour group intended to do with the three point two million pounds that will build up in reserve say for the next three years .
21 I asked in the beginning .
22 Because I asked in the other classes , three or four American students , and I asked them the same question .
23 Er I asked before the enquiry , at the pre-enquiry meeting , that I should have such er any additional representations before the start of the enquiry .
24 I applied for the occasional post that I thought might be interesting , but never heard anything back .
25 I applied for the post and was interviewed by the headmaster , a man of about my own age who was ‘ mad on Puccini ’ , and consequently thrilled to bits when I recognized
26 It was a big disappointment to me that when I applied for the news editor 's job , I did n't get it .
27 In 1969 , I applied for the post of Senior Lecturer at the new University of Lancaster , in the north of England ( about 240 miles north west of London ) .
28 A week later back in Vancouver , when Canada joined Britain in the war against Germany and Italy , I applied to the RCAF recruiting office for a commission , in view of my earlier flying experience .
29 Oh mind , it was quite light , it was n't and I saddled on the path and I did n't , I do n't take chances .
30 I lunged for the meth. bottle and caught it before it hit the floor .
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