Example sentences of "i [vb past] [prep] [adv] [pron] " in BNC.

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1 And as I got in here I saw that one of the men sitting just where you are was Hal MacQuillan .
2 But Mr Tebbit told Mr Hurd : ‘ I regret having to say that I disagreed with almost everything he ( Mr Hurd ) said and agreed with almost everything the Right Hon gentleman said from the Opposition front bench . ’
3 You were n't supposed to turn the radio off , but I used to so they could n't hear me singing along with the tape .
4 It is all too revealing that , searching through the biographical work on Gide for further references to Athman in Europe , I came across hardly anything except the occasional derogatory , passing remark .
5 When I came over here I got to know about Kyrle Hall [ a Birmingham amateur club ] and went along there with my pumps and shorts and that was my introduction to boxing really .
6 And not only have they consumed practically a quart of maple ice-cream , but just before I came in here they were ordering some pizzas !
7 When I came in there you could n't stop laughing .
8 And when I came in there it is he .
9 " But I came from outside it . "
10 but er , er as I say while I was round there the new town was , was all built and er I found , we found such a difference cos I used to have to go into Old Harlow shopping , I used to cycle before I was handicapped like this , I used to cycle everywhere , and er I went , you used to have to queue up in Old Harlow for the shops , we had n't got anything here at all , no Stow or anything when I first , I mean when I came here nothing , it was just terrible terrible lane up here it was and all these were all ploughed fields and it was really terrible and I had erm , I used to have to cycle into the doctors Old Harlow , queue up , queue up at the butchers , queue up everywhere you had to queue and er , till they built this er the new , The Stow then we used to go to The Stow shopping you know which made such a difference , but er , during my say during my lifetime I 've so , so pleased when the new town came because I wanted to move back to Nazeing where I came from when I first got here because it was such a terrible place there was nothing doing whatever , you know and then I moved erm , as I say after I got round the front there it was more , better really , you know , with all the er traffic and that you could see people going by and that as otherwise it , it was monotonous really in Common Fields , you did n't see much at all there , but you know it was , I quite enjoyed it really , now what else have I got to tell you ?
11 I did not know the name , but I guessed at once who she was .
12 ‘ You know , Alice , when I walked in here I was feeling pretty suicidal .
13 I heard as how you were ill .
14 Any-way in September 1990 I decided to further my career in Horticulture and started a college course full time at Houghall College , County Durham , which meant having to live on a Educational-grant My expenses weekly are £29 rent , bus fares to college £25 , HP £10 , electric £5 total £69 weekly this is without food .
15 So I decided at least I stood there for ten minutes which one should I take ?
16 I needed to when I was a teenager .
17 And a lot of them have emotional problems ; I mean one of the girls I talked to here who 's dealing with calls says it 's difficult , you get some people who get very angry with you because you do n't have news for them .
18 ‘ You 've no idea what I felt like when I found Nicola .
19 I ca n't tell you what I felt like when I got your letter yesterday .
20 ‘ Do you have any idea what I felt like when I saw you facing up to him with that silly little blade in your hand ?
21 When I saw it , I knew at once what it was .
22 And I knew at once what had happened .
23 ‘ That bitch … ’ said Surkov softly , and I knew at once he was referring to Imogen .
24 I knew at once I had never
25 The cover of the directive features a cricketer in full protective kit , so I knew at once I had better find out what it was all about .
26 I knew at once I had seen its like recently .
27 I knew at once it was the pigeon again .
28 Now that disappointed me I know , because I knew from where I stood , that the stuff was practically worthless .
29 I saw at once he 'd been drinking .
30 Although it was late she did this , kissed me goodnight and that was the last I saw of ever her . ’
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