Example sentences of "[vb past] [verb] [conj] i [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They were the first big fish I tried to catch when I decided to be more selective with my fishing , and when I did catch a big chub on my first attempt it set the scene for my present angling outlook . |
| 2 | The faces seemed to shift as I looked at them . |
| 3 | But things seemed to change when I went to Oxford . |
| 4 | Actually , he 'd started on that before six and I think he 'd finished when I left at six-fifteen . |
| 5 | It was erm it 's the first time that I 'd come across , I mean I 'd been a little bit of experience on , on inland waterways in Windsor er which I 'd lost when I went to Leicester and Lincoln I came back here of course and now we had the North Sea and the docks and erm that was a new area and a , and a really good challenge erm I particularly got involved with , with things like erm the movement of chemicals which was beginning to increase and coming into Felixstowe and , and er and , and er Ipswich erm and when I think back Felixstowe Dock , looking back , ended where the big jumbo tank , the Calor Gas tank is , that , that was the sort of range of Felixstowe Dock in those days . |
| 6 | ‘ That 's what I forgot to get when I went to the market ! |
| 7 | ‘ I 'm annoyed about that , it was only when I began touring that I heard about it , ’ she told the BBC 's top children 's programme Going Live . |
| 8 | And there he was , I went to look and I saw at the end there , a big pile of erm earth fresh earth you know . |
| 9 | Well , so there you are and I told them , he he said that he wanted erm a urine sample you see and so of course when the nurse come after he 'd gone , later and I kept waiting and I thought to myself well I want to know the result ! |
| 10 | Jim did say if I looked at mine , and I only have just looked at it er if I 've read the fig if I 've read the figures right and I |
| 11 | The rain had stopped when I emerged from the subway exit at Fernhill . |
| 12 | But unfortunately the parting of the ways had to come and I worked in another wee shop er down in Albert Street in Leith . |
| 13 | There 's one in the window I 'm just gon na have a look , cos I never had noticed when I came in this morning |
| 14 | ‘ It did n't really sink in what I had done until I returned to school on the Monday morning and saw all the television cameras waiting for me at the gates , ’ says Dozzell . |
| 15 | Nathan had watched while I went under the rock , had been surprised when I vigorously stood up and had stood transfixed as I gently pitched forwards off the rock . |
| 16 | I gave it a wide berth and went to sit on the rug , but of course it had gone so I sat on one of the chairs instead , had a good long wash and settled down for a nap . |
| 17 | Yeah , but that 's all she thought , she , she still did n't realise that after Gavin had gone that I got in me car , come home and seen you , did n't she know ? |
| 18 | When Eva had gone and I lay for the first time in the same house as Charlie and Eva and my father , I thought about the difference between the interesting people and the nice people . |
| 19 | Taff continued talking as I sipped at my tea . |
| 20 | The phone calls had started before I left for hospital . |
| 21 | My fever had returned and I took to my bed . |
| 22 | By now my courage had failed and I had to be helped up the steep , wooden steps , the executioner 's assistants whispering that if I made a good show they would make sure I would choke for no more than ten minutes . |