Example sentences of "[adv] [adv] [conj] i [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | No sooner had I selected wheels down than I noticed that the port wheel had not come right down because I did not get a green light on that side of the undercarriage indicator . |
| 2 | Right so as I said , Point taken but I 'd like people to go away and read it . |
| 3 | ‘ They said it would be all right if I had the serial numbers but I do n't think they expected me back , ’ she said . |
| 4 | ‘ I 'd have been all right if I 'd made it to the main road . ’ |
| 5 | I we I went and looked at it I looked at it , it looked all right and I thought |
| 6 | And erm she said all right and I said what do I do with them and she said I 'll put them down in the base at the back and I said all right so I went back on the shop floor just before I was coming out come out . |
| 7 | The organist and I finished more or less together and I turned to him for reassurance as I announced my next song : ‘ And now , ‘ ’ Summer Time' ’ . ' |
| 8 | This semi-audible remark made me uneasy — that there had been debate at all on my utility — so much so that I wished I had never heard it . |
| 9 | Aviation was one of them and I was completely fascinated by the thrill of flying , so much so that I thought seriously of giving up journalism and becoming an aviator . |
| 10 | So much so that I had to threaten to call the police . ’ |
| 11 | So much so that I bought his only copy of it , and earned his cordial loathing . |
| 12 | So much so that I stopped the rehearsal at that point . |
| 13 | The child glared at me so fiercely that I tried to ingratiate myself by asking who was her favourite composer . |
| 14 | Granpa clapped so loud as I returned to my place that some of the mums looked round and smiled , which made the old fellow even more determined to see that I stayed on at school until I was fourteen . |
| 15 | I loved him so much that I knew it would be all right . |
| 16 | He certainly has a vision for the Burmese farmer , and I have never liked him so much as I did last night as we sat talking together under the stars . |
| 17 | I would n't say I enjoyed it , but it went much better than I expected and my audience were very appreciative . |
| 18 | I feel at ease — much better than I did then . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ They knew him much better than I did . |
| 20 | After considerable reflection , a discussion of the match with a wide circle of friends , a session with a sports psychiatrist , and two calls to the Samaritans , I decide that I lost because Martin played much better than I did . |
| 21 | I could prove my point much better if I kept on , I 'm determined , so I kept on . |
| 22 | Cutting that over the numbers had me down and stopped well before the first intersection , a distance of around 400 metres , and I could have done much better if I 'd heaved on the brakes , which are single Goodyear discs with excellent stopping power . |
| 23 | They came in illegally low after bombing practice on the range just down the firth , blasting over the island so suddenly that I jumped while in the delicate manoeuvre of teasing a wasp into a jar from the old tree stump near the ruined sheep-pen at the north end of the island . |
| 24 | When you were here before I was only a schoolboy and er just er old enough to know everything that was going on , as you might say , but young enough so as I did n't get too involved . |
| 25 | It 's so long since I had people to dinner . |
| 26 | I mean the first two the first two or three nights after and that 's like the sleeping death because it 's it 'd been so long since I had a complete nights sleep . |
| 27 | Eeh , I 'm beginning to think those legs of yours have disappeared , it 's so long since I saw them . |
| 28 | It 's been so long since I spent oh at least three quarters of a lunch break . |
| 29 | Oh , there are all manner of things I need , it is so long since I went shopping . |
| 30 | But it is so long since I went to a party , ’ she whispered . |