Example sentences of "and i [vb past] [to-vb] [Wh adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And it was rough going , and I had to watch my head and I had to watch where I was putting my feet . |
| 2 | From outside , the church looked very old , and deserted , and I began to wonder why I had come ; and I must have been a little late , because in the perfect stillness within , the members of the congregation already knelt — like statues , some caught in a swath of rainbow light where the rising sun shone through a stained-glass window , splashing the bowed heads and bent shoulders with crimson , royal blue , emerald and gold . |
| 3 | But he had n't given it , and I began to wonder why he had n't . |
| 4 | I was now very weak from lack of food , and I began to wonder why I should struggle to stay alive , when I did not want to live . |
| 5 | It proved a nuisance to the horses , who were continually tripping over , and I began to see why communications ‘ up at the front ’ were so haphazard . |
| 6 | But as I sat with my legs dangling over the edge , looking out on to the quiet water meadow , the anarchy of Delhi seemed far away and I began to see why in all the most sensible cultures , Paradise was envisaged as a walled pleasure garden . |
| 7 | I was like a Lilliputian in Europe , and I began to understand how a very small creature feels . |