Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb past] [conj] i [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My heart sank when I heard him say he was in full support of the government 's policy . |
| 2 | The sense of disbelief grew when I realised what a truly wonderful prize I 'd won . |
| 3 | Somehow we managed , and the director asked if I thought there was any chance of the weather worsening so that the boat would heel a little more . |
| 4 | In any case — thank God — eventually my period came and I knew I was n't pregnant . |
| 5 | It was on the morning when registration began that I had my fatal encounter . |
| 6 | And erm later on let's see f when the war started and I mean they wanted cheap labour and all that , there was room for apprentice . |
| 7 | ( 1 ) — for the satisfying crack the CD 's sleeve gave as I snapped it over my knee . |
| 8 | The right hon. and learned Gentleman nodded when I asked him the same question earlier , but he has not said how he will ensure fairness between schools and therefore , no discrimination against students with special needs . |
| 9 | and then this , this , the phone went and I picked it up and this squeaky voice at the end of the phone said |
| 10 | The driver gunned the motor but that only threw off sprays of fine snow , and the motor howled until I thought it would burst . |
| 11 | But that was where the trouble came when I lost my sight he was left with both the practical side and the er bookkeeping as well which he did n't understand at all . |
| 12 | ‘ Your absence meant that I had her all to myself at breakfast — with the additional pleasure of escorting her personally to school . ’ |
| 13 | It would have been nice if it had been a decade to the day since the dog died that I exhumed its skull , but in fact I was a few months late . |
| 14 | He did not change expression , but an eyebrow flickered and I knew I had him . |
| 15 | The manse door opened before I reached it . |
| 16 | Last January my grandmother died and I took it very badly . |
| 17 | I did n't panic like Mum did and I think I calmed him . |
| 18 | I came at the same time as the Sweeper came for I saw him standing by this very cage in clothes the people wear and not in Keeper-clothes such as he began to wear afterwards . ’ |
| 19 | My stomach turned when I heard our ‘ Number One , ’ Cmdr Boord , announce over the broadcast system : ‘ We are to escort a convoy to Murmansk . |
| 20 | Some sense of duty remained and I visited her quite regularly . |
| 21 | When the good Doctor suggested that I override your wish and write to … ’ |
| 22 | The problem began when I converted my 4 x 2 to 4 x 4 . |
| 23 | However , the time came when I wanted something bigger and better . |
| 24 | Carol 's face fell and I thought she might burst into tears . |
| 25 | It would have been so easy and commonplace to move into some bushes ; but my partner insisted that I light my second candle . |
| 26 | Ranson followed his manager 's lead afterwards , saying : ‘ I 'll get sin died if I say anything . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ By God , Sally-Anne , your mother said that I spoiled you rotten , and I think that she 's right . |
| 28 | It was winter and I was changing her clothes three times a day and my self-control snapped and I shook her very hard to stop her sitting down without her pants and was so upset by my behaviour and frightened by what I had done that they agreed to put her in a home . |