Example sentences of "[vb past] [conj] i [verb] [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We both winced and I went back to some more work on the sulphonamides , and he to dressing his patients . |
| 2 | If he was claiming a grant in yours , I did I claimed when I went back to college , my twenties I actually claimed a grant but my father claimed income tax relief claimed under him . |
| 3 | ‘ Nothing , ’ I replied as I scrambled out of the trench , replacing the diary quickly in my hip pocket . |
| 4 | ‘ Watch out ! ’ you yelled as I set off on holiday . |
| 5 | As I held it , I knew if I looked over to the bed he 'd be there , hands behind his head , stealing , this time , an image of his widow . |
| 6 | And I thought if I come along with . |
| 7 | He was stronger than he looked and I stumbled back into his partner . |
| 8 | ‘ Good bye , Granny , I 'll try to be a good girl , ’ I sobbed before I stood back for the undertaker to screw down the lid . |
| 9 | It was not at all sweet for Alfred Noyes I learned when I came back to the boat , for he had a bucket of slops emptied on his head . |
| 10 | Taff enquired as I jumped down into the trench beside him . |
| 11 | High on a mountain we paused and I looked down on Lough Nafooey , a lake lying far below us . |
| 12 | I , I waited until I got back into Switzerland before I said I 've been to Italy and I have n't got a scratch on the car . |
| 13 | " Watch that one , " they said as I sat down on one of the armchairs , " the seat falls through . " |
| 14 | ‘ I said when I came back to Williams that it was a two-year plan , so probably if it is going to happen it has got to be this year because of the way it 's been structured . |
| 15 | Several informants in my study articulated the view that their parents preferred them to speak British English : Mom — mom likes me to speak mostly English , she said when I go out into , you know , upper class society , and I start speakin " Patois dey might not understand , and take me as an idiot . |
| 16 | Anyway Mr Kobold suggested that I press on to Manchester tonight . ’ |
| 17 | But she opened the door just like I wanted and I shot through to the living room only to encounter more men in dark clothes , too many for me to tolerate . |
| 18 | In due course Vernon Hunt retired and I took over as Chief Inspector of Accidents on 1 January 1974 . |
| 19 | I wondered as I fumbled around inside my apron for my cigarettes . |