Example sentences of "thing i [vb past] [conj] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ROS : What was the last thing I said before we wandered off ? |
| 2 | Apparently when they pulled me out of the river and bashed the water out of my belly the first thing I said as I came round was , ‘ Riddled with diseases , I 'm sure ’ and the crew broke up in this hysterical laughter . |
| 3 | The first thing I noticed as we arrived at the famous pot was a fixed caving rope leading down into the dark abyss , and I could n't resist scrambling across to peer in . |
| 4 | Anyway , the first thing I noticed as I was going upstairs was one of Popova 's pictures with a bath-tub hanging over it … |
| 5 | ‘ The first thing I thought when I saw myself on video was , ‘ Gosh , do I really look that bad ? ’ ’ confides Kitty , who has the problematic body of your standard middle-aged woman : potbelly , cellulite , stretch marks . |
| 6 | ‘ I want to send out a very strong message today , ’ he had said , ‘ one thing I learned when I was young is that you do n't give in to the village bully . |
| 7 | The first thing I did when I got behind the houses was to get out of Nibs 's clothes . ’ |
| 8 | The first thing I did when I came to live in this lovely place , was to take out a subscription for MKM . |
| 9 | ‘ The first thing I did when I came out was try to explain to the kids that we were n't bad people . |
| 10 | later years , say well okay I , I have n't got a fantastic voice but I did it and that was the bravest thing I did cos I know I have n't |
| 11 | The last thing I wanted when I was so worried about what was happening with my own daughter was to spend my sentence surrounded by pregnant women . |