Example sentences of "[adv] [vb past] [conj] i [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is exactly the sort of corkscrew I always use but the room was so dark and I so flurried that I drove it in sideways and broke the cork . |
| 2 | I worked hard all week and so felt that I deserved them , I suppose . |
| 3 | I merely meant that I love you too much to refuse you anything — only I 'm probably an idiot to admit it ! ’ |
| 4 | Actually , it just happened because I found I was engaging with people who had similar interests to myself . |
| 5 | But it soon vanished when I mentioned my wish to visit Manu National Park . |
| 6 | Just thought if I tell you why because I 'm cold . |
| 7 | ‘ No , she just went when I said you did n't actually live here . |
| 8 | and that was my Barclaycard number in case you want it although I ordered it through the thr phone I made out that so that I could read it off on the telephone I did n't even erm I did n't even assemble it I just looked and I saw it does n't chop I thought it would chop things but does n't , it only grates Looks as though it had been out before , you know , you look at this ! |
| 9 | When I finally accepted that I create my own reality , I was excited but scared . |
| 10 | The memory of my encounter with Jeanne Kennedy and how I 'd run away remained and I thought it stayed with me from shame . |
| 11 | I was cleaning out knives and the metal thing that goes over the knives there was something there and it was a nail and I just pushed and I caught it . |
| 12 | ‘ I nearly fainted when I saw him , ’ said his mother Mandy , 27 . |
| 13 | ‘ I think a part of me probably died when I took your job , though it may have been just the settling-down thing . |
| 14 | I 'm afraid that my moment away from the phone also meant that I missed my opportunity to query whether I am really the right person for the job . |
| 15 | I nearly died when I saw them . |
| 16 | They also insisted that I sue their front door — and not my own — so that people had to go through their gallery . |
| 17 | I also remained because I understand you wished to speak with me . ’ |
| 18 | Hanging around with the photographer sparked Tony 's interest in the medium , ‘ It was a combination of things ; one was the bull , the adventure , the romance , and I really found that I liked it a lot . |
| 19 | I do n't know what really happened for I had my eyes closed , lashing out with my sword , whilst my horse , who had more courage than brains , took care of itself . |
| 20 | ‘ The princess really laughed when I told her she was getting kippers . |
| 21 | She was the one person I really trusted but I felt she had lied and betrayed me . |
| 22 | Nothing could have been contrived to accord less well with his lovat green country suit and hat but , he explained , ‘ She simply insisted that I wear it . |
| 23 | I almost fainted when I read your letter , confronted by that terrible mistake I had made . |
| 24 | Your Grace will therefore be so good as to allow me to ask you most humbly for my discharge … seeing that when I asked you for permission to travel to Vienna three years ago you graciously declared that I had nothing to hope for in Salzburg and would do better to seek my fortune elsewhere . |
| 25 | But into your fifth year and you were supposed to be really you know , fully fledged but I mean you hade about four years to serve . |
| 26 | Later , when I was more familiar with the beliefs and practices of the movement and had ‘ learned the language ’ , I would interact with the Moonies as though I were one of them , and , although I never pretended that I accepted their beliefs or that I was anything other than a sociologist studying the movement , members who did not know me would mistake me for a member — the Moonies themselves were no longer ‘ translating ’ for me when we were interacting . |
| 27 | Right , David , you said you 'd been approached by another insurance company , er , I could obviously say , I recommended Abbey Life , and I 'm tied to that , but I actually joined because I think they 're a particularly good company , in that what , in the use they make of the money that I 'm paying , actually goes , performs very well . |
| 28 | The cheque never arrived and I heard nothing more ! |
| 29 | On the day of the interviews I noticed that Jenny Ball was smartly dressed and in particular I also saw that she was wearing a wedding ring ; an item of jewellery that she seldom wore when I saw her in school on other days . |
| 30 | I never run when I know I could crawl . ’ |