Example sentences of "[coord] [vb past] [adv] [conj] i [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A woman put her in a car and drove away and I did n't see Shelly again . |
| 2 | She came down with this summer flu everyone 's getting and went home before I got in . |
| 3 | By the time I reached Tintern I could go in straight lines easily and had a right wrist the size of a tennis ball that was painful to touch and crackled ominously when I flexed it . |
| 4 | Mrs Singh had seemed mystified by the advice , as she believed the school should be responsible for progress in English and mathematics and shrugged helplessly when I suggested that parents also had an important role . |
| 5 | I closed the curtains , went to bed , pulled the blanket high over my head and slept peacefully until I heard through layers of consciousness that unforgettable sound , the voice of the wind . |
| 6 | Yes number two You have n't gone and left home since I saw you last , no ? |
| 7 | I first started to think about painting about ten years ago when my two children married and left home and I thought I 'd ‘ do ’ something at the local adult education centre . |
| 8 | Only the young Swede and the attendant took a sympathetic interest and pointed helpfully as I gathered up the meatballs and deposited them in the ashtray . |