Example sentences of "[vb past] [conj] i [verb] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Towards the end of the war I realised that I had had both friends and enemies at Southern Command . |
| 32 | ‘ But I realised that I had spoken too soon , ’ he continued . |
| 33 | I felt a strong feeling of nausea as I realised that I had put my hand through the chest of a dead British soldier that could have been lying in the ditch for several days . |
| 34 | By 25 past , we 'd made it to the car when I realised that I wanted to push — panic ! |
| 35 | The magazine America had already written about this ; it had published an interview in which I announced that I wanted to hand my collection over to the Tretyakov Gallery as a gift , and saying that I intended to make Lilya curator of the collection . |
| 36 | When he asked me if I played I admitted that I had done so but insisted that I really was very bad . |
| 37 | The GP visited again 10 days after his first call and asked that I continue to review the wound regularly and alter the dressings as necessary . |
| 38 | I peered down and for a moment believed that I had come on Percy Bysshe Shelley . |
| 39 | ‘ But the day I wrote this song I honestly believed that I did love everyone ! ’ insists Paul , chirpily . |
| 40 | Even Stella , McIllvanney 's long-suffering secretary , had taken the day off , leaving the office locked , which meant I had to walk into town to find a public telephone from which I called the Bahamian Police and told them about Hirondelle , and added that I had rescued a chart and a handful of cartridges from the stricken boat . |
| 41 | The formalities took some weeks , but by the end of July 1939 , I learnt that I had got the job . |
| 42 | Everyone watched me , pleased that I seemed impressed . |
| 43 | The driver assumed that I had come to see the church at Eyam , with its special exhibition featuring the events of 1665 and 1666 , when the bubonic plague visited the village . |
| 44 | Moving outside to fit the new cylinder , I noticed that I had dropped the tiny rubber washer that fitted between the cylinder and stove . |
| 45 | ‘ It was one of those days when it seemed like I had to climb a mountain . |
| 46 | My rash courage ebbed and I wanted to run . |
| 47 | When the pass came and I had arranged for a fortnight 's holiday I travelled to the Pacific coast in a day coach : overnight to Calgary , and on for another 24 hours through the glorious panorama of the Rockies to Burrard Inlet , English Bay and Stanley Park , Vancouver . |
| 48 | She said when you came and I rang to confirm it all she said you 're very lucky because he agreed thirteen pounds and we do n't do it for under fifteen pounds now . |
| 49 | but er , er as I say while I was round there the new town was , was all built and er I found , we found such a difference cos I used to have to go into Old Harlow shopping , I used to cycle before I was handicapped like this , I used to cycle everywhere , and er I went , you used to have to queue up in Old Harlow for the shops , we had n't got anything here at all , no Stow or anything when I first , I mean when I came here nothing , it was just terrible terrible lane up here it was and all these were all ploughed fields and it was really terrible and I had erm , I used to have to cycle into the doctors Old Harlow , queue up , queue up at the butchers , queue up everywhere you had to queue and er , till they built this er the new , The Stow then we used to go to The Stow shopping you know which made such a difference , but er , during my say during my lifetime I 've so , so pleased when the new town came because I wanted to move back to Nazeing where I came from when I first got here because it was such a terrible place there was nothing doing whatever , you know and then I moved erm , as I say after I got round the front there it was more , better really , you know , with all the er traffic and that you could see people going by and that as otherwise it , it was monotonous really in Common Fields , you did n't see much at all there , but you know it was , I quite enjoyed it really , now what else have I got to tell you ? |
| 50 | The idea that you might be the person we 've been looking for came after I 'd met you . ’ |
| 51 | My worst moment came when I had to change film . |
| 52 | One slight annoyance came when I tried to procure the sound of a valve amp just on the edge of distortion , like an AC30 or a Vibroverb just going into mild overload . |
| 53 | ‘ The problems came when I started to find myself more and more entrenched in the business side of things , and unable to actually design stuff like before . |
| 54 | It all reminded me of what I received when I dared to make some mild criticism of the habits of cyclists and for much the same reason . |
| 55 | And I 'll , and I passed and I need to get my medals and all that . |
| 56 | Er taking off and sending telegrams , you see , erm then I was told that the Railway Company wer were taking girls on again , so I applied and I had to go to Ipswich to pass two more exams , you see , and er and started work and the in the Catering Manager 's office at Ipswich Station as , as a clerk doing typing and general office work as the Manager had to go on the district . |
| 57 | ‘ I realised if I wanted to get back to where I had been , it was perhaps better going back to North and starting off there again . ’ |
| 58 | But then should I also have said that Oliver rang up the next day and asked if I 'd liked them ? |
| 59 | Mum and Dad were dozing in their chairs but Dad opened his eyes as I sat down and asked if I 'd enjoyed the picture . |
| 60 | As we walked towards an ancient Volkswagen she took my arm and rested too heavily upon it and asked if I 'd brought her anything from London . |