Example sentences of "[adv] i [vb past] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Presumably I did hear him right saying that Labour 's spending plans were predicated on assumptions about Labour 's ability to produce economic growth . |
| 2 | The most I 'd allowed myself to see of the inside of that room during his three months at Sleet was himself half naked ruled into a margin of light . |
| 3 | Luckily I had taken them off . ’ |
| 4 | Luckily I 'd thought it out before . |
| 5 | ‘ It took me three attempts to land the fish but eventually I managed to bring it in to the bank and my mate Paul scooped the net under it . |
| 6 | She was quite happy to let me do my survey and eventually I had to make my excuses or she would have gone on chatting all day . |
| 7 | He also had difficulty remembering his lines , and eventually I had to write his lines on boards , on bottles , on door frames — anything he had to pass by or pick up . |
| 8 | Eventually I had to get my mail elsewhere . |
| 9 | Yes , eventually I did put it down to your job , worried about Steve being so long away and anxious to tie up the contract , but there was a worse fear — that you just did n't love me enough to want to stay with me . ’ |
| 10 | No , he 's gone to a play at the college and a yeah I was er like when I realised that had come on I thought does he know ? |
| 11 | I 'VE always been bashful about going into the ring , so early on I decided to cover it up . |
| 12 | ‘ You 'd rather I 'd done it behind his back ? ’ |
| 13 | erm I ca n't hear for Dorothy 's car , what did you say ? is he going I think I 'd better I said thank you for the cake |
| 14 | Now , suddenly I had to remind myself of the truth . |
| 15 | Well I was having an affair with his wife and I loved her so much I wanted to marry her , I wanted his land and his money , so I thought if he was out of the way it would be easier to get what I wanted and of course it was . |
| 16 | That 's what Foxy said , I mean he could n't , he c he might have s you know said comment other than that but basically I said look you 've got nothing to worry about . |
| 17 | You see er what I 'm worried about is that erm basically I wanted to see you first before I even answered it before I phoned them up and say yeah okay or wha what have you . |
| 18 | Especially I 'd got my comfort-dream . |
| 19 | ‘ You had deliberately led me to believe that you 'd picked up a stranger in Bruges , and naturally I had assumed him to be a Belgian . ’ |
| 20 | So naturally I had to get it with and it was heavier th I do n't know how much it weighed , I I I got it by the way , in my barn in farm in Indiana , one of the last relics of Brothers . |
| 21 | For a start , Oliver would always provide the girls and I would always provide the money , though naturally I had to slip him his half of it beforehand so the girls would n't know who was really paying . |
| 22 | I saw now what I 'd known all the time , only I 'd hidden it craftily from myself because it did n't fit in with what I wanted to do , that Terry and I had no basis for a love-affair ; we were friends who happened to be attracted to each other physically , which was far from enough , and by thinking it was enough we 'd gone against the very nature of our relationship . |
| 23 | ‘ If only I 'd met you a year ago . ’ |
| 24 | If only I 'd touched your hand , |
| 25 | ‘ Pa , if only I 'd made it up with you , ’ she cried . |
| 26 | ‘ If only I 'd 'elped you more you might still be 'ere . ’ |
| 27 | In a wedding photograph , the interesting faces are not those of the bride and groom , but of the encircling guests : the bride 's younger sister ( will it happen to me , the tremendous thing ? ) , the groom 's elder brother ( will she let him down like that bitch did me ? ) , the bride 's mother ( how it takes me back ) , the groom 's father ( if the lad knew what I know now if only I 'd known what I know now ) , the priest ( strange how even the tongue-tied are moved to eloquence by these ancient vows ) , the scowling adolescent ( what do they want to get married for ? ) , and so on . |
| 28 | ‘ I actually adored it , ’ she said to Adam , ‘ only I 'd promised myself I 'd go to Greece these holidays and I absolutely ca n't not go now . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ If only I 'd got my clothes for the wedding , ’ she mourned . |
| 30 | If only I had told you straight away the appointment was a hoax … ’ |