Example sentences of "[noun sg] [conj] i [vb past] [adv prt] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They all seemed to be down the after ballast compartment so I called down something like , " Come on lads , " I 've got my seizure , what about yours ? " |
| 2 | It was a great disappointment but I made up my mind there and then that it would be different next term . |
| 3 | Oh , well that the money that I found out my pocket and the payment granny gave me . |
| 4 | When the bus pulled to a halt and I got off I was relieved because I had finished school and I had the weekend ahead of me so I could enjoy myself . |
| 5 | Ann Smith , who was at junior school in Haltwhistle , Northumberland , remembers : ‘ I know I felt really sad but the thought of a Coronation cheered me up a little bit until I found out it would not be held until the following year . |
| 6 | HAVING found a school for our three children and a house to rent , my wife and I took up our new life on . |
| 7 | One year ago , my wife and I packed up our young son , double-locked the door and moved from New York to London . |
| 8 | I went into Diary and I printed out my appointments for next week . |
| 9 | My result in the afternoon race was the worst of the event as I dwelt over my fate up the first beat . |
| 10 | I could tell that my father was looking at me from the other end of the table , swilling his juice round in his glass and staring at my head as I bent over my plate . |
| 11 | I wanted a pay rise because I found out I was way behind most of the first-team lads and barely on much more than the apprentices ' wages . |
| 12 | ‘ On holiday , are you ? ’ asked the woman as I handed in my key . |
| 13 | I never used to be able to read good before I went into prison : I used to get into the book and think , ‘ What 's that word ? ’ and then cut the word down to size until I made up what it was . |
| 14 | She says : ‘ I felt immense relief when I found out I was pregnant , mainly because I 'd had this secret panic that I would n't be able to conceive . ’ |
| 15 | Preparations were being made to evacuate the farm as I picked up my rucksack , slung it over my shoulder , and joined the others outside on the road . |
| 16 | In the first I shall review activity within the Engineering Branch before I took up my post within the MOD . |
| 17 | It was n't until The Byrds ’ ‘ Untitled ’ double album came out with the liner notes explaining all about the string-bender that I found out what a fool I 'd been … |
| 18 | I 'd bought two bottles of cider and I went down my friend 's house and I had two neat vodkas and two vodka-and-limes and I got drunk . |
| 19 | The first year after I moved in I found snails , morning after morning , an infantry of them , silvering across the damp lawn . |
| 20 | We called at Brigade H.Q where I picked up my bagpipes . |