Example sentences of "[adv] i [vb past] [verb] [pron] the " in BNC.

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1 The longer I waited to tell her the harder it became .
2 Sometimes he grunted at me as if trying to get me to say something , but always I had to give him the same classroom answer : ‘ Ich verstehe nicht . ’
3 So when Lewis turned up I decided to show him the money straight away .
4 ‘ And then I began to ask myself the questions all over again .
5 But it was when I came to ask myself the reason for such a wild suggestion that I received a greater shock .
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