Example sentences of "i [adv] [vb past] and i [verb] " in BNC.

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1 and that was my Barclaycard number in case you want it although I ordered it through the thr phone I made out that so that I could read it off on the telephone I did n't even erm I did n't even assemble it I just looked and I saw it does n't chop I thought it would chop things but does n't , it only grates Looks as though it had been out before , you know , you look at this !
2 I was cleaning out knives and the metal thing that goes over the knives there was something there and it was a nail and I just pushed and I caught it .
3 We went to the theatre and to dinner and I believe I must have talked and , as I have said , I know I sometimes laughed and I think no one ever knew that I was empty of everything except perhaps madness .
4 ‘ I was forced to face the fact that I was living with a woman I actually disliked and I had no one to blame but myself .
5 I have experienced this directly in researching this book and am deeply indebted to many new friends , in areas of science that would have remained foreign to me , for their time and patience in explaining things that I never knew and I hope that we all gained from the experience .
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