Example sentences of "i [adv] [vb past] and [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Further points were discussed , for example the need for public liability insurance , which I duly went and arranged ; the need for ‘ Caution : Work in Progress ’ signs at each end , which I duly had made ; the need to take care , when working , not to disturb the kicking stones ; and the need to avoid making heaps when distributing the spoil , so as not to impede the grass cutter . |
| 2 | So I duly smeared and squeezed . |
| 3 | I was also given an indemnity form , which I duly completed and returned . |
| 4 | I knew in one case that every Saturday morning I would get a letter from a lad who was having a very trying time at an operational training unit , and he begged me week after week , I eventually relented and brought him back ; he nearly went through and completed a second Pathfinder tour . |
| 5 | I just shrugged and warned him to watch out , but he still did n't take any notice . |
| 6 | I just shrugged and lit a cigarette . |
| 7 | Then it began to rain hard and I sheltered for a long time in a barn , but I could n't stay there all night so I just walked and got thoroughly soaked . |
| 8 | I never told you I just everything 's going round in the room I just had and make the best of it . |
| 9 | The queue on Sat am was outrageous , and I was told that the end of it would n't get Oxford tickets , so I just left and hoped for the best with the fax request . |
| 10 | In the beginning I just hoped and prayed that it would be over next week . |
| 11 | So I just went and told my sister . |
| 12 | I just daydreamed and felt intensely happy . |
| 13 | His wife , Klara , declared : ‘ When I first met Laci [ Laszlo ] in 1965 , I just listened and listened . |
| 14 | I just smiled and said ‘ a little ’ — but I was hurt . |
| 15 | ‘ He tried to make conversation but I just smiled and went on reading my book . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ I just broke and ran — with Mac screaming for help . |
| 17 | I just sat and looked and looked . |
| 18 | ‘ I just sat and told Lindy I loved her . |
| 19 | ‘ I just sat and cried my eyes out . |
| 20 | I just turned and ran off . |
| 21 | I pretended something was wrong with the bed , and then I just turned and ran . |
| 22 | ( my thanks to the somewhat bemused friend I just telephoned and asked to tell me the first ten objects that came into her mind — though I do wonder about her and what made her choose those particular objects ) . |
| 23 | Friends I think I started writing in 1988 and I just worked and worked on it . |
| 24 | I could n't believe it , I just cried and cried . |
| 25 | I just slumped and sat down in the mud and dirt . |
| 26 | No I did n't but I just changed and came down here and put my feet up here . |
| 27 | I just stood and stared for a few moments amid all the activity that was going on around the wounded Lovat . |
| 28 | While I was in these fine showrooms I saw exquisite pieces of antique furniture , old silver , paintings , porcelain , figures , antique clocks , masses of objets d'art , and the most fabulous coral and white Meissen porcelain dinner service — I just stood and gazed at it with sheer enjoyment ! |
| 29 | You must be cold , ’ she said , but I just stood and warmed my hands : I did n't dare sit down . |
| 30 | But I was only a child , so I just stood and watched him out of sight and turned reluctantly to deliver his message . |