Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] i [vb past] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ My father retired when I was 10 years old and I started in 1980 . ’ |
| 2 | I intend to make animal welfare one of my priorities in th United Kingdom presidency , as I made clear when I wrote to hon. Members on 27 February . |
| 3 | I started at half past six and I worked until two o'clock in the morning . |
| 4 | You chose very well , I used to get really nervous when I came to Chinese restaurants , I never knew what to choose . |
| 5 | Before I left Fontanellato my father had told me that although he was not against my trying to see Mussolini he would be very upset if I indulged in any kind of cheering or applause . |
| 6 | one night when Paul came up and I was n't asleep and I saw like this bright light |
| 7 | I was feeling much happier than I had for two years . |
| 8 | Is the weather as bad as people keep telling me because it was Okay when I drove in this morning . |
| 9 | I am not sure that I listened to much more of what Didier had to recount on the subject of Montaine 's death . |
| 10 | Just to say that the trip worked out slightly cheaper than I anticipated at first and have pleasure in returning a little bit from your cheque . |
| 11 | " Now I feel younger at seventy than I did at sixty . |
| 12 | The World squad matches in New Zealand were great and I felt in fine fettle there but after injury in Australia it has been quite a struggle . |
| 13 | It was ten foot deep and I fished at 11 metres with a shortish line to get good control . |
| 14 | and then there 's me , tell me when it gets to eleven and like I had to go and get a shower and put the dinner all out and all before I left at half four . |
| 15 | Within days it was obvious that the extent of the dissolution was every bit as great as I had at first suspected . |
| 16 | When I stayed with my husband and children at the Holcombe Hotel in Oxfordshire on the Great Escapes scheme this summer I was told I would get free accommodation as long as I stayed for two nights and paid for dinner and breakfast at a cost of £33.20 each per day . |
| 17 | Time was getting short and I ran in this awful heat to the nearest Underground , waited ages for a train , and then had an interminable journey into London . |
| 18 | Until this point , of course , I had believed myself quite alone and I turned in some surprise . |
| 19 | ‘ Morale among the Associations ’ 800 members has never been lower since I joined in 1977 and this represents the launch of a campaign for a better deal for referees and linesmen . ’ |
| 20 | I did n't , I work , I started at half nine and I finished at half ten and I went to you know . |
| 21 | And my cheeks were red as I thought of those precious moments . |
| 22 | I joined a flower arranging society thinking ‘ Well I quite like flowers and it 's a good way to meet people ’ , but I found it so boring that I left after three months . |
| 23 | I missed several classes because they put me up in , for instance I , when I came up from the infants to the big school I missed the first standard and they put me into standard two and I went from two , three , four , five , six , seven and seven and I was only eleven , you see , so I did pretty well and then the Headmaster came to my parents and said , why do n't you let her go in for a scholarship to Stowmarket Secondary and so I went in for that and er there was one other girl went as well , there were two of us and erm , and of course we only heard during the summer break and er we passed . |
| 24 | At least , that was the thought I had , but for some reason I must have found it very nice because I stayed for 30 years ! ’ |
| 25 | But I would be surprised if I did after this year , although , at this stage , I am still playing well enough and I am enjoying it enough so that if I want to play another tournament , I can . ’ |
| 26 | But I would be surprised if I did after this year , although , at this stage , I am still playing well enough and I am enjoying it enough so that if I want to play another tournament , I can . ’ |
| 27 | I would feel bad if I knew for certain that someone was going to cosh me with a lead pipe on January 15 of that year . |
| 28 | That was too bad cos I said to this bloke . |
| 29 | I said well it 's alright cos I went to this er presentation there . |
| 30 | He said last night : ‘ I was surprised when I heard about this but very pleased . |