Example sentences of "i [vb past] [conj] [verb] [adv prt] " in BNC.

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31 I did not expect to survive but miraculously I escaped and got out of the country .
32 I followed and peered round .
33 I lied and shouted back that I did n't know where it was .
34 I feel as if the woman I loved and looked up to never existed . ’
35 I undressed and turned out the lamp , then stood a moment by the open window .
36 It was an extra cost but also I learned in the end like the top earners do er and I guess I was mister average because I was coming in to do this job not that one , erm I I decided or worked out that I could do two or three deals in a day between a certain hour .
37 Well I felt that fed up I told 'im straight out .
38 Now that it was really beginning , now that I was going to be near him , I felt as strung up and as energized as Zak , and no doubt suffered the same compelling anxiety that things should n't go wrong .
39 I screamed and ran off down the street .
40 I swayed and stumbled along as best I could , trusting to luck and the two people with me .
41 Never ! 'Cos I would die of shame if I retaliated and hit back ; and I would , because I 've levelled men almost as big as you before today , and you know it . ’
42 The Chapman I knew and observed over a decade and more seemed to me never to have outgrown his background , his appetites , his ambitions or his selfishness .
43 I laughed and taking out a handkerchief , quickly wiped my face .
44 It 's early days but if the injury hung around and I thought that pulling out of the world championships was a necessary course of action to prevent more serious problems , I 'd do it without hesitation . ’
45 I went an sat down wid an reasoned wid Mr Ayatollah .
46 see up in the tops there we could see this , sort of , box of Rice Krispies and down , so I went and toddled off to find somebody , and nobody in sight !
47 But then when I left library I just got fed up and I went and went down to help Sue did n't I ?
48 Triumphant but exhausted , I went and lay down in my tent .
49 I listened to her and the sisters and then I went and picked up Orlando from school .
50 I went and sat down about three feet away from him .
51 I went and sat down beside Vern , who was still asleep , took out my dreams and started to sort them out .
52 I went and sat down on the lounging chair .
53 I went and sat down with Lenny and Vin , who were making a kite .
54 You went and , you went and sat down and I seen yous fucking between the so I went and sat down .
55 and I thought it was just tickling tickly you know and erm it was n't until I , su I went and sat back in my seat I was watching
56 I blinked and looked up at her face again , to find that it held an icy glare .
57 I blinked and staggered back with watering eyes .
58 Last night I opened my eyes when it was dark and feeling a sudden want of air opened the window when to my astonishment I was in time to see Oreste carried past in the arms of an angel and I wept and called out to him but there was no reply and soon they were gone up to the heavens and lost sight of .
59 I smiled and went on down the train , getting the feel of it now , understanding the way it was put together , beginning to wonder about things like electricity , water supply and sewage .
60 I smiled and held out my hand .
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