Example sentences of "[adv] i [vb past] " in BNC.
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1 | Presumably I did hear him right saying that Labour 's spending plans were predicated on assumptions about Labour 's ability to produce economic growth . |
2 | Presumably I did . |
3 | I tried it once and burnt my mouth so badly I looked like I 'd been kissing superglue . |
4 | ‘ Last year I won the Julie Rose 10K in a time which was within 10 seconds of my track best for the season , which is indicative of how badly I ran on the track . |
5 | This made me aware of how badly I 'd done with the domestic arrangements . |
6 | I know how badly I behaved that night ; but I was wild with jealousy . |
7 | I could think only of how badly I wanted to make love to you again , with the sunshine on your beautiful face . ’ |
8 | But , although it was something to tell the others at school , secretly I thought he was important enough already . |
9 | I think that secretly I wanted to get pregnant , although I tried to kid myself I did n't . |
10 | ‘ Secretly I applauded your decision . ’ |
11 | That we could not condone , and Gill Davies insisted that I go over there [ to the interviews ] and make the point , which I did very forcibly I thought . |
12 | But once I 'd had a chance to calm down a little I realised that what I wanted was you . |
13 | Little I cared . |
14 | Little I cared then who saw me . |
15 | We sat in his lovely round room with all the books ( little I thought ! ) |
16 | A second hour went by , while little by little I abandoned hope first of one bus connection , and then of another , until there were footsteps and a small thin man hurried in , pushing back the strands of hair which had plastered themselves across his forehead . |
17 | Little by little I learned Leslie 's recent military history . |
18 | Wearily I trailed back into the house . |
19 | Thankfully I brought my certificates with me . |
20 | As a Ballyclare supporter I was not sure which fans to join in the final but thankfully I went to the South stand and found myself in the middle of the most friendly people I have ever met in my whole life . |
21 | Thankfully I accepted his invitation to ‘ jump in the back ’ , and home we sped . |
22 | Regretfully I went into my own apartment . |
23 | Regretfully I pushed her clear . |
24 | I felt uneasy and the back of my neck was prickly with sweat , but relentlessly I kept the same pace towards them . |
25 | Are you , er , this year was the most I got off my grandma and that as well . |
26 | ‘ In my wildest dreams the most I expected was to come on and get maybe a quarter of an hour . |
27 | The most I 'd allowed myself to see of the inside of that room during his three months at Sleet was himself half naked ruled into a margin of light . |
28 | Edwards said : ‘ The most I had ever scored before for Wigan was four tries — I never dreamt I 'd score ten . |
29 | But that 's about the most I had . |
30 | ‘ Until then the most I had done was two or three costumes at a budget of £50 . |