Example sentences of "[conj] i [vb past] [adv] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Another pull for ten minutes or so brought me up on to the summit , where I sat down to have my lunch . |
| 2 | If I could get away somewhere , away from Glesca , somewhere quiet where I did n't know anyone , I 'd be able to get a job and settle down , no bother . |
| 3 | Or I 'd better provide you with some paper . |
| 4 | Or I did n't think she was ! ’ |
| 5 | ‘ Or , ’ he demanded harshly , ‘ do you have someone other than me lined up to pay your mortgage ? ’ |
| 6 | I was smashing everything up and setting about people , 'cause I did n't know what was going on or nothing . |
| 7 | He used to write to me about how it was best for Stephen if he got adopted , 'cause I did n't know what I was going to do with me life , I was n't settled and I 'd probably end up back in prison . |
| 8 | Although I had n't met him before , like many would-be adventurers I 'd read a lot about his life and experiences . |
| 9 | Although I had n't seen her in over thirty years , there was one person in the world who might help me : my sister . |
| 10 | ‘ It was the last day of school and I had intended to phone you later although I had n't decided what to say . ’ |
| 11 | I want … wanted it all or , in the end , I found I wanted nothing , although I 'd originally thought I could be satisfied with something . ’ |
| 12 | I 'd told her not to worry and that he was one of the lads , although I 'd never seen him before , and we were just waiting for her to go before we started the party . |
| 13 | I was pleased that he could come , although I did not want him to discover anything about my horrible work . |
| 14 | Although I did not know it , my encounter with Gladstone Murray and Ernie Bushnell in February was beginning to bear fruit , and my days as newspaperman cum radio programme director were numbered . |
| 15 | Then , although I did not believe them for a moment , I stored them away in my memory against a rainy day . |
| 16 | Although I did not understand I could see that they were discussing the problem . |
| 17 | Of course , I 'm always glad of an excuse to reprint rather than write , although I did n't intend my prose to be quite so timeless . |
| 18 | I supposed that he must have heard it all before , although I did n't think he was ever bored by Lili . |
| 19 | So although I did n't like him touching me the way he had , I decided not to tell anybody . |
| 20 | And although I did n't like my pig wife or my pig mother come to that — I was very fond of my pig father . |
| 21 | I used to wear clear glass spectacles , although I did n't need them . ’ |
| 22 | I thought I had all the answers although I did n't know what was going on . |
| 23 | And he was moving in my direction , although I did n't know he was coming in for a photograph . |
| 24 | She 'd also written two or three books of poetry , although I did n't see them . |
| 25 | I did n't although I did n't slam it but I did shut it . |
| 26 | ‘ Though of course before that I 'd already done my bit : I was one of Our Lads , I was an Expeditionary , part of the Task Force that recaptured Maggie 's surrendered popularity . ’ |
| 27 | There was a click and she 'd gone , and I could hardly believe that I 'd ever doubted her as a relay post . |
| 28 | Not that I 'd ever tried it , but , that sort of thing , semolina , and all that , |
| 29 | That I 'd actually done it I suppose . |
| 30 | ‘ That I 'd never seen her from that day to this , of course . |