Example sentences of "i [vb past] [subord] [pron] [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I asked if they knew the way to the Sanctum . |
| 2 | He returned with a symphonic battle piece , and when I asked if he realized the significance of the words he admitted he did not know what they meant ! ) |
| 3 | I asked as I held the deli door open for him . |
| 4 | I asked as I stroked the baby 's fuzzy head . |
| 5 | I asked as I started the engine . |
| 6 | Jessica and I met when we joined the same company within a day of each other — both straight from school . |
| 7 | She was the first person I met when I joined the Waaf , and the last person I saw as I left it . |
| 8 | As I found when I took the time to listen to parents and hear what they said , the views advanced did not always fit the latest fashion or an approved passage in a book on sociology . |
| 9 | And as far as in the appraisals I mean I found when I did the three s part staff and , and I was , it was that pilot and , and I know |
| 10 | ‘ Oh ’ and ‘ ouch ’ I howled as I hit the alleyway . |
| 11 | I learnt if you want the party to continue , you have to chill . |
| 12 | I came because I regard the debate as important . |
| 13 | ‘ I came because I need the money . ’ |
| 14 | However , the warmth of the reception and the encouragement and I received as we travelled the length and breadth of this country , across to the ‘ Emerald Isle ’ and into Belgium was truly appreciated . |
| 15 | I panicked when I saw the blood . |
| 16 | But I persisted because I loved the sound of the old organ . |
| 17 | She said I did n't appreciate her , I took her for granted , I did n't notice all the little things she did and that I sulked if she made the slightest mistake . |
| 18 | I will certainly reiterate fully the message that I delivered when I visited the north-west a few days ago . |
| 19 | ‘ I felt after he won the Mandarin Chase at Newbury in 1990 that he would be a Gold Cup horse , but after he was beaten in the Gold Cup then I thought that the Grand National was his race , ’ Adams said . |
| 20 | How can I tell you what I felt when I saw the body ? |
| 21 | Is he oppressed by the same obscure shame that I felt when I read the letter ? |
| 22 | I knew if I cut the anchor rope at the wrong moment , the Hispaniola would make a sudden move out to sea , and my boat might be knocked out of the water . |
| 23 | Who I saw when I bought the house at er thing . |
| 24 | He was saddling a fat brown cob and I stared as he led the little animal out , climbed stiffly on to a box and mounted . |
| 25 | I laughed when I heard the old cliché about ‘ having him under my feet . ’ |
| 26 | I laughed when he told the linesman that he 'd had a ‘ mare . |
| 27 | I thought as I closed the door behind me . |
| 28 | I thought when I saw the pair of you coming that you had just raced through everything , ’ Moran laughed . |
| 29 | I thought because everybody had the same experience . |
| 30 | I understood because I felt the same fear as they did . |