Example sentences of "and i [vb past] [adv] [vb pp] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Clouds were moving across the far north-west of the landscape as I got to the cave , and I 'd just reached the mouth when the first drops of rain spattered on the stones at my feet . |
| 2 | And I 'd just seen a colleague come and go in less than three months … |
| 3 | and I 'd just peeled an orange to be honest |
| 4 | It was early and I 'd already done the shopping . |
| 5 | And I 'd already pushed the card in |
| 6 | I once went to get the buggy out and I 'd accidentally left the key in the door |
| 7 | Clean , it was an absolute dream ; the EQ offered more than enough scope to produce anything from a cutting Telecaster to a rich acoustic tone , and with the help of a short delay and pitchshift I put a sound onto tape which I 'd defy anyone not to recognise as an acoustic guitar — and I 'd actually used the Patrick Eggle New York model reviewed elsewhere in this issue . |
| 8 | it 's always a bit a it came home to me with great a vigour and enthusiasm when I was walking round the kitting station at R A F Innsworth with a supermarket trolley getting it filled with kit and when I got to the end they handed me my dog tags and my gun , I thought what have I let myself in for because I 'd never worn dog tags before and I 'd never had a gun with live ammunition in it that got strapped to my hip and you suddenly realise , I 'm going into a real war it was quite a nerve racking experience for a few days |
| 9 | That 's right , that 's right , I , I tend to keep my watch to the minute if I possibly can , but that 's bad habit or really habit from the days when I was catching trains every day , and I 'd never caught a train with any time to spare , erm |
| 10 | No it were Monday when in here cos I was oh I were , Gavin were wanting some toast with jam on and I 'd only got a little bit like that , I says oh you 'll have to wait while your Aunty Margaret brings some more tomorrow . |
| 11 | Within twenty-four hours , Justine would be hanged , and I had not said a word to anyone about it . |
| 12 | He had seemed very uninterested , and I had not pursued the conversation . |
| 13 | I still hated and feared the thought of the wild animal inside me , and I had not forgotten the desperate dangers of the day before . |
| 14 | I was doing a training session and I said erm I 'd , I 'd started to say something and I 'd done it , I was talking about something and I had n't done the bit before |
| 15 | We were going to see a film and I had n't seen a film before . |
| 16 | and I had n't seen the flat before , and the first thing she said to me wherever you look in here it 's blue . |
| 17 | ‘ But then one night , under the covers — I was just getting older , I guess , but anyway — I was sort of reviewing the day , and I was thinking about school , and what we 'd learned , and we 'd been doing the Second World War , and I had n't liked the sound of this Hitler guy at all ; and I 'd asked dad , just to double-check , and — ’ |
| 18 | A week or so went by and I had n't received a reply . |
| 19 | What I had n't expected was the reaction we got here today which is that erm whilst there are smiling dis , he 's smiling now , there are smiling districts who might be pleased to be named as areas in which a major exception might be accommodated and I had n't expected the others would like a bit of it if there was one going too . |
| 20 | So I pulled to the side and I had n't changed a tyre for a long time , but I got the jack out of the back and started to jack the car up , and while I was doing it , these two ladies went , ‘ Ah , it 's Sting ’ . |
| 21 | Eva was already irritable ; this Madame Verdurin of West London felt Dad and I had n't appreciated the quality of her guests . |
| 22 | ‘ Laura is our first child and I had n't got a clue what to do . ’ |
| 23 | He said er we had a big hoo hah he said er I borrowed some money off him he said some time ago to do something with and I had n't got the money he said and when I sold the plot of land he said I paid him back what I owed him cos borrow the money . |
| 24 | I had the club already going , was dealing with mainly young people , and as you will know young people 's taste tends to vary quite considerably and very quickly , so I might well be very successful for so long and then if suddenly taste changed and I had n't got the ability to change with the times I realized that it would be rather precarious , so I needed a second string to my bow . |
| 25 | Wilson and I had n't had a proper meal the whole time and now my stomach was beginning to remind me there were other things in life besides Scotch and bourbon . |
| 26 | I married Clive because Mummy told me he was suitable for me , and I had n't had a letter from Felipe for a long time … |
| 27 | Ben and I had just given a recital in Vienna . |
| 28 | Although surgery was a mutilation , and I had just lost a kidney , that seemed nothing compared with the loss of a beautiful head of hair . |
| 29 | He looked down at me as if he were a giant and I had just climbed a beanstalk . |
| 30 | I 'll back chasing young cattle against anything else for working up a sweat , and I had already forgotten the uncharitable world outside . |