Example sentences of "[conj] [vb past] [conj] i [verb] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | But then should I also have said that Oliver rang up the next day and asked if I 'd liked them ? |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | ‘ Because , three months ago , Heather telephoned me and asked if I 'd taken Clare to the Skein of Geese a couple of weeks before her death . |
| 6 | She turned to me and asked if I had spoken to my husband today , was he well , and the children . |
| 7 | An upper-class homosexual-looking man with white hair and glittering eyes came up to me and asked if I wanted to go to a Black Mass . |
| 8 | When I said she did n't , he rang for his chauffeur and told me he was going to see her and asked if I wanted to go with him . |
| 9 | Eventually I went along to the British Association of Psychotherapists , where I was assessed and asked if I wanted to see a male or a female therapist . |
| 10 | ‘ Only because I could n't work out how you were doing it , ’ I said , and she laughed some more and asked if I wanted to join her friends . |
| 11 | Still , Melissa was pleasant enough and said Hello and asked if I minded driving them back to the village . |
| 12 | I th there was , there was one big point that I actually missed out as well that neither of you have picked up on and that was that Maggie actually said that they were having problems with John in school and I should 've come back and , and said well she di she actually said that she was having problems with John , full stop , and I should 've actually come back and , and clarified whether it was at school or not and hence led to the private education and I missed that one completely and realized that I 'd done it afterwards but none of you picked up on that one . |
| 13 | When on Monday before Christmas 1991 I stepped on the scales and found that I 'd done it , I almost died of happiness . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | I experienced the agonisingly slow passage of time and decided that I needed to go to the toilet . |
| 16 | She laughed and screamed until I had to smother her mouth with kisses . |
| 17 | Then I watched the re-run on the screen and saw that I had come third . |
| 18 | I stood there in the dark and the rain , and knew that I had created a monster . |
| 19 | After what seemed an eternity , and was well over two hours , I felt the marsh ground underfoot change to shingle and knew that I had reached the shore . |
| 20 | and thought that I 'd bought it . |
| 21 | I listened to his speech and thought that I had heard it before . |
| 22 | Bowyer 's and Southgate 's conversation about the coming hunt faltered and died as I went to stand and warm my backside against the fire . |
| 23 | I cursed and blinded and I swore to get even … ’ |
| 24 | He replied that he did , but asked whether I had tried any of the new generation motion detectors . |