Example sentences of "[noun pl] [adv] i [verb] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Six months ago I moved house and acquired an 18′ × 9′ × 2′ pond . |
| 2 | This made me shudder but I was brought back to my own worries when I heard Mum demand that she gave the lump of coal back . |
| 3 | I thought I would have burns everywhere I had metal . |
| 4 | Erm , many of you will realize that East Devon have been requested er by the Government to prepare these area wide plans rather than just a town plan so they take in and encompass the whole of the area and there was quite a lengthy and substantial document with the , with all the different policy statements on I believe Councillor ? |
| 5 | It was a number of weeks ago I had cause to sit on it to do some paperwork ; I then found out I was to be a father again . |
| 6 | ‘ At the PGA championship two weeks ago I putted cack handed for the last nine holes and I did quite well . |
| 7 | Three years ago I planted leopard 's bane , and I have n't had a single leopard in the garden since ! |
| 8 | When I first bought the vehicle five years ago I noticed gear oil in the boxes . |
| 9 | For instance , a few years ago I studied paul Simon 's music quite extensively . |
| 10 | He would n't allow me to wear stockings , and I was still in knee-socks and lace-ups when I left school . |
| 11 | I do fucking when I do silly things like I rip bus stop signs |
| 12 | With the pads in I feel square on the top . |
| 13 | No , I do n't think I had even taken any A levels when I left school . ’ |
| 14 | I went east , and I was lucky , for I had n't gone one hundred yards when I did trip over the painter . |
| 15 | I used to have my hair shaved , now I let it grow — people react to me in very different ways when I have hair and when I do n't ’ . |
| 16 | He pushes back his sleeve to show scars where I have vaccination marks . |
| 17 | When I cited instances when I thought anger might have been appropriate , I was always told ‘ this is not our way ’ . |
| 18 | ‘ Well , yes , I 'll do these exercises when I have time , but right now I 'm really rather busy . ’ |
| 19 | if there are if there are other restrictions then I say section fourteen is automatically void in it 's entirety because it reinforces , it has to be independent effect of reinforcing the other restrictions it stands behind them boosting them on |
| 20 | I was deep in such thoughts when I heard Mum 's unmistakable heavy tread coming towards the door . |
| 21 | I did not own such a garment ; I had stopped wearing shorts when I left school , determined never again to be taken for a ‘ lad ’ . |