Example sentences of "i [adv] [vb past] [pron] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | To say I forcibly removed him in a headlock because he was ‘ In five short minutes , playing himself back into the job of Athletico manager ’ , is not only true but also likely to get this fanzine banned within a fifteen-mile radius of ‘ The Tip ’ . |
| 2 | After another series of battles with the employment exchange , the Royal National Institute for the Blind and various principals of local technical colleges , I eventually got myself onto a TOPS typing course at a college in south-west London . |
| 3 | I eventually converted it into a feeder rod ( this was in the era before today 's more suitable weapons ) and it could throw a heavy feeder with ease . |
| 4 | ‘ Does n't matter , I only brought them as a diversion anyway . |
| 5 | I only saw him for a moment , but my blood seemed to freeze . |
| 6 | I only saw her for a day or two . ’ |
| 7 | It looked tall but I only saw it for a moment . ’ |
| 8 | Might have been my idea — well , it was , but I only said it in a fit of temper ! — but she carried it out . |
| 9 | I only wanted it for a |
| 10 | At the age of 30 , I suddenly found myself at a turning point in my life . |
| 11 | I used to watch him sleep , wondering what bloody crimes lay in his past , and knowing that I alone protected him from a horrible death . |
| 12 | I was in the kitchen and I just heard something about a bomb near the Prime Minister 's |
| 13 | But she was still smiling at me , so I just tied it in a knot and left it . |
| 14 | I just did it for a laugh . |
| 15 | No I just did it for a laugh cos I want , I want everyone to know the most interesting language in the world which is part of my language is n't it ? |
| 16 | I just caught something for a , then put them on . |
| 17 | As I lay on O 's chest something moved me to snap the locket open , and I remember I asked , who is that ? thinking maybe this was the solution to the mystery , and he said , in the same voice that he talked with later in the night , a sleepwalker 's voice , without taking his eyes off the ceiling he said , I do n't know ; I just found it in a magazine . |
| 18 | I just needed them for a purpose , and that was enough . ’ |
| 19 | I just won it in a |
| 20 | Yet the magical city had not yet finished with me , for I somehow found myself in a dark little wood-panelled bar , with a cosy snug in the rear , and a counter near the door left over from the pub 's grocery-bar days at the turn of the century . |
| 21 | The Mexican atmosphere was contagious and I soon found myself on a crowded coach bound for Mexico . |
| 22 | I always saw myself as a creator of space for particular needs , and I found the best ideas which fitted in with that need and that slot and I then encouraged and challenged and stimulated and created the space for that production team to make that programme in the best possible way . |
| 23 | I later found him in a dressing room with a cigarette in his hand , but he was shaking so much he could n't light it . ’ |
| 24 | I really saw him as a wicked murderer . |
| 25 | It cost me money though , I originally got her from a tutoring agency . |
| 26 | A friend gave me a mini for scrap , but I immediately saw it as a hippo , so that 's what it became . |
| 27 | And if , because of that , you never want to see me again — because , after all , I am no better than Havvie ; I simply raped you in a different way — ’ And , having lapsed into complete incoherence , he fell silent , not knowing what to say , except to add humbly , ‘ I think that your father approves of my suit , but that is no matter . |
| 28 | ‘ I simply forgot myself for a moment , that 's all , ’ she said stiffly . |
| 29 | It was 15 years before I again strapped myself into a microlight — and that was only after acquiring a full Group A licence . |
| 30 | I 'm not quite sure whether that was a pat on the back or what but anyway erm and when Martin offered you for a drink I actually took it as a cup of tea actually so |