Example sentences of "i [vb past] [verb] [adv] [pron] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ewan had seen you leap on Hector , and struck out at you — I tried to hold back his blow ! ’ |
| 2 | I was already shivering with cold , but when I tried to walk faster my heart pounded unpleasantly . |
| 3 | I think it was then I tried to work out her relationship to Gómez , but the complexity of it made it difficult to grasp . |
| 4 | I tried to make up my mind about Conchis too . |
| 5 | Oh you know I tried to find out her phone yesterday |
| 6 | It started to rain when I was halfway to Porteneil , so I stopped to put on my ka-gool . |
| 7 | She suggested in that shoddy little newspaper interview that I 'd broken up her marriage … but let's not talk of it , Gregory , please . |
| 8 | It must have been around two-forty-five by the time I 'd packed up my stuff . |
| 9 | He wanted me to stay but I 'd made up my mind . |
| 10 | ‘ I 'd made up my mind to go . ’ |
| 11 | She paused , her head bent , ‘ There 's strange , because I 'd made up my mind to tell him to go anyway . ’ |
| 12 | I 'd made up my mind that he would like some of my work . |
| 13 | I 'd made up my mind there was a chance for us . |
| 14 | I 'd made up my mind that I was going to tell you last night . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ Trouble is , that night we started all this I 'd made up my mind to forget her . |
| 16 | I 'd made up my mind to go it alone before I came here . |
| 17 | I 'd sold out my race . |
| 18 | I left Aisha 's prison in the following way : one day a woman from the same village as Aisha and I came to pick up her sewing machine . |
| 19 | ‘ Once I began to put together my chain of companies , I had certain responsibilities to the people I employed , ’ Julius said in the same curt tone . |
| 20 | I dreaded to discover just what symptom of drug dependency I was witnessing , and wondered if I should shout for the big Jackson Chatterton to come and rescue me , but then Rickie turned his terrified gaze on to me . |
| 21 | At six and a half I loved making up my face , and at ten , the baby book recorded , I wanted to be a dress designer . |
| 22 | I decided to keep up my flat in London and find fairly basic lodgings locally . |
| 23 | Fumblingly , shaking with excitement , I struggled to pull up my tracksuit trousers , half praying , half whispering : Wait , Lawrence . |
| 24 | I managed to pull off my mask and see it was a white car . ’ |
| 25 | One eveing I dared to stretch out my hand to his plate , but he struck me a sharp blow over the back of my fingers . |
| 26 | I did wipe out your comment about the bible |
| 27 | ‘ I closed off … yes , I did close off my heart because you had closed off yours , ’ she insisted quickly , her words coming in a rush . |
| 28 | Though I had made up my mind . |
| 29 | In this particular Mess I had hardly sat down before I felt completely at home , and before I had finished the meal , I had made up my mind that if this particular unit would have me , this was where I would stay . |
| 30 | After a long look I had made up my mind to continue 18 . |