Example sentences of "one day i [verb] " in BNC.
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| 31 | He recalled , ‘ I was under the pressure of being a family man with a daughter , and one day I accepted a job to act in a movie in the day-time and was writing another movie at night . |
| 32 | One day I chanced upon a chubby black and white brute molesting a helpless young sparrow and rushed to the rescue . |
| 33 | One day I know I wo n't have room for everything but for the moment I wo n't bring myself to part with something I have found , ’ she said . |
| 34 | Hell , in one day I 've been jealous of a sour-faced moron like Dave Fernie and of a little tub of lard like Marcus Felstead ! |
| 35 | One day I had an argument with the forelady . |
| 36 | I used to call him Pear , and one day I had this tattoo done . |
| 37 | One day I had one of the prototype JS1s ; it was an ash body and that did n't work out too well when we were looking for woods . |
| 38 | Anyway , one day I had tickets to see Mike Oldfield and I was really upset because we had these gigs and so I had to sell them . |
| 39 | One day I had to go to the clinic and I lied about the time of the appointment so I could skip a suit inspection , so I had an hour to waste . |
| 40 | Then one day I had to go to the Post Office for something — one of them forms I daresay — so I thought I better wrap up , I better take care , you 're very vulnerable after a long illness you know , and I put my old long mack on and one of the kids ' mack hats and Wellingtons and I went out in the rain , feeling , in a depressed sort of way , ‘ Well , if I get ill again , what can I do ? |
| 41 | One day I had left a five pound note on the mantelpiece . |
| 42 | One day I had a mind-blowing experience ; I was sent on relief to Sainsbury 's Finchley Road shop . |
| 43 | One day I had them and they were full of pips . |
| 44 | Enya , who is at No. 11 with the haunting Book Of Days , reveals : ‘ I had hair down to my waist until I was 18 , then one day I cut it all off . |
| 45 | One day I go home . |
| 46 | It 's just such a shame because th , the one day I knew they were playing it was James ' birthday . |
| 47 | One day I saw a man pulling a small cart . |
| 48 | ‘ At first I thought art was simply a matter of reproducing what I saw ; but one day I saw a reproduction of Piero della Francesca 's Pietà , and I suddenly realised that there was a huge spiritual element in painting . |
| 49 | I often walked along the shore , and one day I saw something in the sand . |
| 50 | Then one day I saw her . |
| 51 | And er she was missing , and one day I saw her sister-in-law and I said , Where , how is she ? |
| 52 | One day I saw my own face in the water of the river . |
| 53 | One day I saw my own face in the water of the river . |
| 54 | Today , I was going to Corfu — I had never really wanted to go there , but one day I saw an advertisement in the newspaper . |
| 55 | Anne had had a poem published in a magazine , and one day I heard a conversation between Charlotte and Emily . |
| 56 | When one day I tidied up and cleared out this cupboard , I realised that I had ignored everything in it for over a year . |
| 57 | One day I darted out of his way and he broke his hand on the settee . |
| 58 | So one day I said , " I 've had enough . " |
| 59 | And one day I said to her : ‘ Kirsty , I think you 're still taking the stuff . ’ |
| 60 | But , erm all that time I was running the young wives ' and we used to hold a stall in the garden , at the garden party at the church , and w when you took your takings in , you know th the treasurer would say you know , who are you , you know and I used to say young wives ' and then one day I said well , you know we 're no longer young wives , you know we were getting old and I decided there and then I 'd had enough of young wives ' , you know and er , er because I , I said , I , I was secretary and I 'll close it down it , it erm the young wives ' closed down and er er it , it had actually closed down and this lady was marvellous this secretary of the Guild , who would kno known mother and she was a councillor , she come dashing down , you know you , you , th the young wives ' has closed and you know you 've got excuse . |