Example sentences of "i [vb past] [v-ing] [pers pn] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | and er I tried getting it off , anyway I thought I ca n't be bothered messing about with it |
| 2 | I tried phoning him yesterday but there were no answer and then I thought oh bugger it , forget it . |
| 3 | And then , because I stopped looking out for her , I stopped seeing her altogether . |
| 4 | Never one to look a gift horse in the mouth , I began kicking it ashore , at the same time trailing the flies in the water behind me . |
| 5 | The result was very rewarding and I enjoyed doing it very much . |
| 6 | I started drawing them as well as I could remember . |
| 7 | a coincidence cos at the time I started taking them actually trying to spare my branch work in a bank . |
| 8 | I felt disillusioned , stale and cynical and I wanted to take a break before I started taking it out on the callers . |
| 9 | Come on , sweetie , what if I started getting it on with one of my baby dykes , what would you feel ? |
| 10 | many and I 've stopped eating them at Christmas when I brought them and I started eating them again . |
| 11 | ‘ He never used to notice when people took advantage of him , so I started pointing it out . |
| 12 | I started rubbing it underneath |
| 13 | I , I made them I started making them quite a while ago . |
| 14 | Looking back , I fancy that when I went skiing I always hoped that the snow was covering some kindly grass , certainly not something as hard and painful as the arres of Pierre-Saint-Martin . |
| 15 | All the morning I kept pushing it back again . |
| 16 | I kept calling him back ! |
| 17 | ‘ But I began this without any hope whatsoever of winning the one thing I wanted above all others because I thought it was already given , and what I took in compensation merely made me want it more and resent its absence , because I kept loving you more and more . |
| 18 | I kept mixing it up with the florin , |
| 19 | That 's why I kept putting it off to go to the doctor to get help 'cos I thought that , with me having kids , he would automatically ring the social services and tell them . |
| 20 | I was right when I said having you here would do more for me than all the medicines in the world . ’ |
| 21 | Right , a few problems yesterday , a forklift and trailer keys not being signed in and I had taking them home . |
| 22 | I was overjoyed that our letters had regained their old intimacy , and I wrote telling him how much I delighted in sharing his thoughts once more . |
| 23 | I suggested visiting him tomorrow . |
| 24 | I contemplated telling him where to stuff his stuffed stuff — but drove off instead . |
| 25 | I stood looking him over for about a minute and then went round the room . |
| 26 | Still , Melissa was pleasant enough and said Hello and asked if I minded driving them back to the village . |