Example sentences of "[conj] i [vb past] [adv] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If I could get away somewhere , away from Glesca , somewhere quiet where I did n't know anyone , I 'd be able to get a job and settle down , no bother . |
| 2 | Or I 'd better provide you with some paper . |
| 3 | Like they make a mistake , or I 'd better phone back , and then it cost them all that much money again , more money . |
| 4 | Yeah I did n't I did n't actually need to go shopping or I did n't want to go shopping . |
| 5 | Or I did n't think she was ! ’ |
| 6 | oh that Dutch coffee was too strong , now this seems to weak , or I did n't put enough in I think I 'll clean , put that filter stuff in tomorrow |
| 7 | It 's typical , they just accepted it all , so it did n't really achieve a great deal , but Mike told me quite a lot of things that I do n't really have any idea , or I did n't know about , |
| 8 | Or I did n't know where to go next . |
| 9 | I was smashing everything up and setting about people , 'cause I did n't know what was going on or nothing . |
| 10 | He used to write to me about how it was best for Stephen if he got adopted , 'cause I did n't know what I was going to do with me life , I was n't settled and I 'd probably end up back in prison . |
| 11 | I was so bruised and exhausted that I did not feel strong enough to walk home , and although I did not want to , I had to spend the night at Wuthering Heights . |
| 12 | I was pleased that he could come , although I did not want him to discover anything about my horrible work . |
| 13 | Although I did not relish such conditions I reached the final quite easily ; but then disaster struck . |
| 14 | Although I did not care for her looks , the yacht-like appearance had great potential for undercover work and after about two months working her around the Solent and Poole area I was quite impressed . |
| 15 | Although I did not conduct field research in Nigeria , I visited that country in 1975 , 1978 and 1981 . |
| 16 | Although I did not get this trouble with my machines , we used to suffer badly when we first got our computer . |
| 17 | Although I did not know it , my encounter with Gladstone Murray and Ernie Bushnell in February was beginning to bear fruit , and my days as newspaperman cum radio programme director were numbered . |
| 18 | Southerton , writing under a byline , would probably have been able to speak his mind about the general atmosphere , although I did not know that his attitude to bodyline would be . |
| 19 | It looked pretty dull to me , although I did not say so . |
| 20 | She learnt , from my saying , ‘ Here ’ , where I was , although I did not say where I was . |
| 21 | I saw no bodies , although I did not doubt that many people had drowned . |
| 22 | Then , although I did not believe them for a moment , I stored them away in my memory against a rainy day . |
| 23 | Although I did not understand I could see that they were discussing the problem . |
| 24 | I was tempted to look for Mum 's name so I checked that she was really asleep , although I did n't care if she woke up or not . |
| 25 | Because I had n't sorted myself out about the whole thing properly , my feelings while waiting were a complete tangle — although I did n't want to see him , I did desperately want him to want to see me . |
| 26 | Although I did n't expect the floods to be as high as they were my friend , Matthew , and I had planned to go out in this American style canoe . |
| 27 | Of course , I 'm always glad of an excuse to reprint rather than write , although I did n't intend my prose to be quite so timeless . |
| 28 | I like to grow the big onions , although I did n't exhibit those this time here . |
| 29 | Although I did n't watch that one , it 's so in n it ? |
| 30 | I supposed that he must have heard it all before , although I did n't think he was ever bored by Lili . |