Example sentences of "[adv] and [conj] i [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then in late July I had my clubs stolen again I had left them for ten minutes at about 9.30pm and when I came back they were gone and it was at the time when I was about to play in two large junior competitions . |
| 2 | The official told me that the form was not enough and that I needed a letter from my dad saying he lived alone . |
| 3 | The day came suddenly and before I knew it my father was driving me into the town of Ipswich to drop me off near the studio . |
| 4 | The nurse come in and and I said |
| 5 | Then as he was passing a bit nearer and I came to him , he stopped again in the queue , I walked in and and I said , I knocked on his window and he put it down and I said , that was n't a very nice thing to do . |
| 6 | They had whalebone in these stays and we used to cut pieces about half an inch long and in the daytime , I used to make a bag full and put them in between the doors and I 'd go round the first time and put them in and when I went round later , if that whalebone was missing , I 'd make enquiries . |
| 7 | I do n't know ; they held me down and when I woke up I was in the back of a car on my way home . |
| 8 | I think I was mentally prepared for gay liberation in 1970 when it came along and when I did encounter it it swept me along quite easily . |
| 9 | I had some woodwork to finish off indoors and after I 'd glued up I had some light sanding to do . |
| 10 | and me want a , er , not and that I got two |
| 11 | And even when I had assured myself I was on the right road , I felt compelled to stop the car a moment to take stock , as it were , I decided to step out and stretch my legs a little and when I did so , I received a stronger impression than ever of being perched on the side of a hill . |
| 12 | I had to get half way under the bottom strand of barbed wire to see inside properly and as I did so , my hand closed on something smooth and rubbery half buried in the ground . |
| 13 | And saying that , in the last three years I since discovered , and it was quite difficult to , which I did find , that there was alternative erm therapists , which was lots of groups that were going on and once I got into it erm the , it opened up a new , you know I ne I 've never saw the light at the tunnel that is shining brightly now ! |
| 14 | Without pausing , she hurried on and although I called after her she did n't stop until she had reached the other side and scrambled up the rocky gully to the top . |
| 15 | right and as I said this is this is so |
| 16 | Mr Beamish received the medicine unsmilingly and as I opened the car door I felt a gush of relief that the uncomfortable visit was at an end . |
| 17 | Hospital appointments seemed to go on for ever and when I left for the Sahara , I forgot to cancel one of them . |
| 18 | I had a day off and when I came back there was a big trophy sitting there in the shop . |
| 19 | Yes well the , the question is that I notice in the assets that investments at cost were twenty five million , the present market value is twenty eight million , indeed since that 's been written it may even be more and when I looked down to the other side of the accounts , I noticed interest on capital of twelve hundred and four pounds and I wonder where the interest from the twenty eight million has gone to . |
| 20 | My posting came through and I was posted to Swordstone this side of Norwich , so I was still quids in , I could get home once a week , twenty four hour pass and then erm after a while erm , having served at Regiment , I was posted up to , as the Sergeant Artillery Clerk with the Brigade , an ack-ack brigade up at Coventry , just outside Coventry and then of course the A T S were coming in , were coming in in quite large numbers then and they were replacing male personnel and then I was posted abroad and I went to Egypt where I was there again , fortunate enough , I suppose , to go into the echelon , the second echelon which was the Records Office of all the forces or the armoured personnel in the Middle East and I worked there until I was actually demobbed from there but I was out in Egypt there for two , just over two years , came back to Northampton where I was finally demobbed and allowed to come home and as I said I came home one week and I was back at work the next . |
| 21 | But all the taxi money adds up and if I had to take taxis both ways I could n't afford it . ’ |
| 22 | I ran to catch Liza up and when I asked her where they were she hesitated before replying . |
| 23 | She woke me up and when I discovered the fire I got my mum and dad out of the house . |
| 24 | I therefore extended my area of search slightly and as I did this out popped one of the shop tokens illustrated . |
| 25 | I was due to start Lord Hulton 's tuberculin test at 9.30 a.m. and as I drove round the back of the Elizabethan mansion to the farm buildings nearby I felt a pang of misgiving ; there were no animals in sight . |
| 26 | Almost screaming , I staggered back and as I glared wildly I saw Shep disappearing at top speed towards the gate . |
| 27 | ‘ I kept sending the demands back and when I went in I was told not to worry , they had to send them to the last known address . |
| 28 | Brand told me that they 'd been friendly from way back and when I leaned on him a bit he admitted that they 'd had a thing going but it had been broken off two or three years ago . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ I did n't want something too fussy , ’ said Fiona , ‘ both because it 's my second time around and because I wanted to be able to wear the dress again ! ’ |
| 30 | ‘ He 'd schooled very well and although I had hoped for a lead for a bit longer , we had to go on where we did . |