Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] [conj] i [verb] [pron] " in BNC.

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1 He was the goalkeeper for Manchester United and I joked later that I threw him the bag of money and he dropped it !
2 My heart beat wildly and I licked my lips .
3 During the lead-up to my emergence as a fully-fledged lesbian , I suffered unspeakably as I steered myself through a minefield of heavily internalized Catholic dogma .
4 dropped Asdir off and she drove away and I saw her and the four children go , along to the house
5 We played magnificently and I thought we were the better side . ’
6 ‘ Proctor played well when I brought him into the team .
7 you know , I mean they were so good when they came here but I mean they 've been shut in for months now !
8 I thought when I first came here that I hated what she was trying to do to me and then I came to see that the clothes , the manners , the society , all those things were part of a process , a process to give me enough confidence to do what I liked , not to live in eternal dread of insignificance and error .
9 It recovered quickly after I gave it an injection .
10 She nodded sagely when I told her of my decision .
11 I sighed inwardly as I followed him .
12 I hung my head , which I also nodded sombrely as I hung it .
13 Excepting for German reconnaissance aircraft which shadowed the convoy and a number of abortive U-boat attacks , we all arrived safely and I had my first run ashore in a foreign country .
14 As an auditionee I knew I worked best if I attempted something outrageous so I prepared Lord Foppington from The Relapse and you just have to let go with his Lordship otherwise there 's no point to it .
15 I panicked even before I knew he was murdered . ’
16 The phone rang again as I replaced it .
17 I have tried the Cotherstone cheese made today but I prefer something a little drier .
18 When you struck me last night I — I felt only that I wanted you .
19 It knew better than I did what to do .
20 He went anyway and I thought we might as well
21 Well I went outside and I shut my gates and they saw I mean , er I was looking at them as I was shutting the gate , there 's only three of them !
22 cos it was only like sort of eight inches difference and I thought well when I wash 'em they might shrink anyway
23 Well I do n't know whether Nick went today cos I see his car .
24 Erm , she died quicker than I think they expected actually , she had cancer of the liver , so I 'm glad she did n't suffer any longer .
25 I felt then that I understood her .
26 I knew then that I loved him and I would do anything for him , no matter what .
27 I knew then that I loved you , more than anything in the world , more than life itself ! ’
28 Then , slowly , she fell forward and I laid her gently on the ground .
29 I struggled with the whole thing the night before Christmas and the whole of Christmas Day , and finally I realised then that I wanted you just as you were .
30 She did so and I told her I preferred not to be disturbed again that evening .
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