Example sentences of "[noun sg] i [vb past] [adv] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Like the driver I knew where we were going without being told . |
| 2 | With a strong crosswind I sighted over my mentor 's left shoulder during the approach , only moving my head from side to side in the final stages to get a symmetrical perspective for the flare . |
| 3 | But before he got into his aircraft to complete his detail he presented 20 piastres to Fagan , Fagan looked at the 20 piastres — and the 20 piastre piece was a great thing like a cartwheel , very large and bigger by far than an old-fashioned crown , some 2-2 ½ ″ wide , Fagan looked at this and the doctor said : I am sorry about the shit I blew over everybody — there is my fine , " Fagan looked at it and said " Doe , the fine was only 10 piastres . " |
| 4 | " 10 is for the shit I blew over you and 10 is for the shit I am just about to blow over you , Good-day sir . " |
| 5 | But of course I knew where she was , and that she was calling at Genoa . |
| 6 | One afternoon I summoned up my courage and as casually as I could I invited him for a drink after work that evening . |
| 7 | With Lissa 's money I picked up his tabs . |
| 8 | So on the back of the May calendar card I wrote down his name and telephone number and put N E C in brackets . |
| 9 | If I get the result I wanted there is consolidation rather than extension of my committee skills , but if I do not get the result I wanted then I have learned something and I form a new hypothesis about my next interjection strengthened by this new learning . |
| 10 | Yes , said , so the agreement between us was made signed in blood I thought then I shook hands with him the signature faded before he left the yard . |
| 11 | I did it all on me own , of course Alan sat here like a bloody idiot , I said you sit there do n't get , he said I thought you were getting a cloth , I burnt all me arm trying to , jumping out , hacking me hair out there so I had to say to this bloke I said well there 's erm justice for you , he said what ? |
| 12 | I could describe the run I took down our drive later that night , key in hand ; the nature of my flight upstairs , twelve skips at a time and the sight of my mother's-help , helping this particular mother to find her pretty Victorian loo with a tight black sheath dress covering her head — but I wo n't . |
| 13 | to do these at home I said well it had been twenty hours or nothing cos me and my old man do n't speak ! |
| 14 | I hoped the dogs would be in the garden but the moment I stepped inside I was surrounded by five of the massive dogs . |
| 15 | The moment I got back I realized that things had changed . |
| 16 | That 's a good job I found now you said it was a letter head paper , well that ai n't a letter head paper ! |
| 17 | In imperfect German I explained why I was there . |
| 18 | In my first article I explained why there might be special difficulties for parents educated in Asia , as expectations differ . |
| 19 | ‘ When I was an accountant I knew when I was going to be busy well in advance . |
| 20 | Jackie phoned me up to say , she phoned me up today for a chat , we were chatting away and she said erm , I heard Brenda , Brenda , so I knew it was girl , and er , I was saying she walked straight into the kitchen and I was sort of still on the phone , I was saying yeah , yeah , ok and erm , I said I 'm going out shopping and I 'm taking the dog with me , I said ok fair enough , she said well you 'll probably be gone when I get back , I said oh might be but she said but I do n't know and erm you know and I just put the phone down cos she wanted to see the pictures , my little girl asked put all the pictures up for him and er were looking at all the pictures and I 'd forgotten about Jack on the phone you know , so she s all of a sudden I got back she said oh your phone call she said who you talking too ? |
| 21 | but for the tree I thought well I 'm gon na make some I 'm gon na make six , like the colouring we did erm the erm wa black , red and white |
| 22 | The day I came here I 'd gone down to Age Concern — I used to go there for meetings and bingo — and I told them I was n't stopping because I 'd no money . |
| 23 | On the day I got out they picked us up in a taxi at the prison and then we went to the hospital to pick him up . |
| 24 | never liked her , she knew it and all , and that last day I walked out I said bye , bye Debbie , she said , she went , she got in , in the car quick |
| 25 | ‘ I took mine off , the day I found out who his mistress really was … ’ |
| 26 | When I got into work on the big day I found out he 'd been arrested at the weekend . |
| 27 | In my head I heard again his lyrical voice , on my lips I felt his lips , and on my wrist . |
| 28 | I did n't at the time know where to , but when I had only about two months to go I too was posted , to Scampton near Lincoln , and who was the first person I saw when I booked into the Waaf Guard Room ? |
| 29 | On one occasion I screwed up my courage to ask if I could come in at 9 p.m. instead , at which Harold looked puzzled and asked why . |
| 30 | When I read your page I felt like I was listening to a Party Political Broadcast of the Labour Party . |