Example sentences of "i [vb past] [conj] [verb] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I asked while cutting up a British Telecom van — rather niftily I thought . |
| 2 | Then I skidded and slanted through into Public Baths Surf . |
| 3 | ‘ All right , ’ says Howard , smiling to himself , on the side of his face away from her , in case she opens her eyes , ‘ I made that bit up . |
| 4 | Erm tt there 's er one point I would like to make , when I , when I made that comment about she 's only the wife , and I 'll just clarify why I said that and this is it 's amus a few years ago some , somebody who was , we were taking a policy out with right was , came to me and was , was talking and making arrangements to , to come and see us and he patronisingly said erm and your husband 'll be there , and I patronisingly said back , and you 'll be bringing your wife , because of the way that he came across to me and I , I mean |
| 5 | I was in , I was in the industry for thirty years before I realized or find out that it 's an Arabian craft . |
| 6 | First thing , I went to the boarding-house where I lived and put on my suit . |
| 7 | I knelt and gazed around in astonishment . |
| 8 | After a few paces I stopped and looked around . |
| 9 | And I went two or three steps down the stairs before I stopped and looked back . |
| 10 | I drove twenty yards ahead so that the bus would not be blocking my way when it stopped at the bus stop , then I stopped and looked back . |
| 11 | The hill was a switchback and at the top of the first rise I stopped and got out to have a look around . |
| 12 | I stopped and put down my shopping next to the hedge . |
| 13 | I gulped and peered over my shoulder to make sure Benjamin was behind me . |
| 14 | I parked and got out . |
| 15 | Aunt Louise 's glance slid back over her shoulder to see if I had appreciated the window ; I nodded and smiled back . |
| 16 | Then I turned and ran back . |
| 17 | But I turned and ran out of the room . |
| 18 | Mr Palmer seemed incapable of speech , and his mouth remained wide open as I turned and walked out of the office . |
| 19 | I went as far as the Galilee Gate , I turned and came back to my church . |
| 20 | I turned and looked out of the window again . |
| 21 | I turned and looked out over the slanted , foreshortened wedge of streets and stocky tenements , and for once the strain in my ears found the appropriate line , the right score . |
| 22 | It was the wee lad shoving his basket into me and laughing fit to burst when I turned and looked down at him . |
| 23 | Later I turned and walloped back towards Berlin , by way of Magdeburg , with just the one tweak of the Tardis en route as I saw the signs for Potsdam . |
| 24 | Finally I turned and started back , not conscious of anything , my mind still locked in on the impression the place had made so that I only vaguely heard a voice calling me . |
| 25 | Half closing my eyes , I turned and backed on to the porch . |
| 26 | I sighed and sat down on the stairs . |
| 27 | I swivelled and strode up to the end of a passage . |
| 28 | I sniffed and rootled around down there for at least ten minutes , and got in several good licks and kisses . |
| 29 | When John Clifford , who began his working life in a mill , wrote home after preaching in New York , he told his family that , ‘ Mr J. D. Rockefeller came and spoke to me , thanked me , and said he would like to take hold of my skirts when I ascended and go up with me . |
| 30 | The journey to Calcutta took some hours , and when we arrived the Army met us and wanted to put us all in to some barracks , but I protested and rang up the Bishop , Foss Westcott , and asked if he could advise me what to do as Margaret by this time was very ill . |