Example sentences of "[verb] [coord] i [vb past] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Folding the sheet containing the poem into what I hoped was the perfect paper 'plane , I waited until Mrs Burton 's back was turned and I launched the message-bearing missile in Belinda 's direction . |
| 2 | Well almost I got the cupboard done and I got the tiles lying by the side of the hob , but they have n't yet been cut to fit erm and glued down but one of these day 's he 'll get around to it . |
| 3 | " Mary was n't looking and I found the experience very pleasant . |
| 4 | The recorder stopped and I heard the rustle of paper being turned — the music-stand . |
| 5 | Now and then the faint popping of the jet stopped and I restored the dim-blue circle with a match . |
| 6 | He told me where to go and I left the room with relief . |
| 7 | The kettle boiled and I made the drinks and followed him through to set the mugs down on the low table near the fireplace . |
| 8 | ‘ I went to the old house where she lived and I saw the paintings . |
| 9 | The point is that this is where Camus lived and I made the effort to find my way here . |
| 10 | It took another week before my photographs were developed and I saw the result of my airborne activities . |
| 11 | Looking ahead , I suppose travel would be nice , if only the opportunity arose and I had the courage to go with it . |
| 12 | The bubbles of foam trembled to mist and I sensed the house become dangerous , a mirage to my eyes . |
| 13 | The door opened and I covered the terrible state of my face with hair . |
| 14 | Reverend thought oh yes he 'd be very very glad of you , so he said I 'd be prepared to visit the sick , I 'd do anything like that and he did in fact start doing some visiting , and among other people that he called upon was a person living in Road , not very far really from where I 'd been born and I knew the area well . |
| 15 | ’ He grinned and I caught the mockery in his voice . |
| 16 | Next , I had to run crying through the concrete concourses in dawn rain until my panic slowed and I recognized the city and myself in the matt and muffled streets . |
| 17 | Saturday afternoon arrived and I had the house to myself to get ready . |
| 18 | As we flew closer and lower they looked up and waved and I recognized the pathetic twisted wreckage of T for Tommy . |
| 19 | Sapt and I left the room by a secret door , and we found ourselves outside , at the back of the palace gardens . |
| 20 | And I could hear and I could hear and I turned the light on and it would n't come on ! |
| 21 | This had already been binned but I binned the offer as well , just in case I ever came close to considering it seriously . |
| 22 | ‘ When the first bell went and I saw the way Lennox was going after him I told the guys watching with me that Ruddock had better watch for that left of Lewis 's or he 'd be counter-punched with the right and get himself knocked out — and that 's exactly what happened . ’ |
| 23 | So he s , I said to him is it alright , says am I in danger of coasting if I 've got my foot on the if , if I 'm taking the corner in first and I 'm slipping and I got the clutch , I 'm using the engine but I 've , not much |
| 24 | Would you credit and I got the bastard . |
| 25 | Francis was gone and I remained the woman I always had been . |
| 26 | as mothers go and I did the garden |
| 27 | The house is fairly modest as stately homes go but I knew the gardens were outstanding as soon as I glimpsed them . |
| 28 | I did and I passed the exam ( which seemed very important at the time , although now I am not so sure ) . |
| 29 | He smiled and I felt the hairs on the back of my neck go rigid . |
| 30 | John had just left and I heard the story from Joan . |