Example sentences of "[conj] [vb past] [adv] [adv] [conj] i " in BNC.
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| 1 | It happened when I was forced on to a very low fat diet for health reasons ( I had a gall bladder that grumbled very painfully when I ate fatty food ) . |
| 2 | Panic throbbed through my body and , if I had n't been made of sterner stuff , I would have dug spurs into my horse and galloped as fast as I could back to Ipswich . |
| 3 | I said nothing , but turned away and walked as quickly as I could towards the stairs and down to the student canteen in the basement . |
| 4 | We had six minutes to eat lunch , so I stuffed bread , yoghourt , fish stew and beans into my mouth , and chewed as fast as I could . |
| 5 | She played and sang so plaintively that I almost wept , the song was so sad . |
| 6 | I stopped the boat and drifted as near as I dared . |
| 7 | I tried to hide my fear , and laughed and smiled as often as I could . |
| 8 | And he bent his head so that his mouth was hidden in the folds of my skirt , and said so softly that I could hardly hear it , but I felt it more than heard it , through the red material , murmured against my leg : " I love you . " |
| 9 | I watched the distant cloud from the explosion drift away over the firth , dispersing , then I turned and ran as fast as I could for the house . |
| 10 | I stuck my fingers up his nose and pushed as hard as I could . |