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 . |