Example sentences of "[coord] i [vb past] [pron] with [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The gate 's open , ’ she said , ‘ and I wedged it with a brick . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ And I shared mine with an ATS girl , ’ Jane sighed . |
| 3 | Frankie read his tattered old comic and I busied myself with the crocks . |
| 4 | So I said OK , and I gave him a real fancy one — it was like topiary , and I left him with a rude word on the back of his head . |
| 5 | I said that he could try to put the cube together and I left him with the pieces while I went to fetch some paper . |
| 6 | I recalled how sane and healthy they were , and I contrasted them with the fiends with whom I had to deal in 1816 ! |
| 7 | I brought grim news , and I delivered it with a certain mournful pleasure . |
| 8 | Her last words had been spoken very portentously , and I rewarded them with a dubious shrug . |
| 9 | Since they had n't spotted me earlier , there was no embarrassment attached to my circuitous ramble and I hailed them with a tone of voice that sounded as if I knew what I was doing . |
| 10 | B : ‘ I thought she was far too cocky but then I changed my mind and I pursued her with a vengeance . ’ |
| 11 | At planning meetings with the senior management I often had to endure predictable little jokes about Andreas 's ‘ harem ’ , but I took them with a good grace . |
| 12 | I went to punch him but I caught him with the crowbar instead . ’ |
| 13 | But I did it with a heavy heart , I can tell you . |