Example sentences of "[conj] i [vb past] [adv prt] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was at a meeting in London yesterday where I handed over my report . ’ |
| 2 | We called at Brigade H.Q where I picked up my bagpipes . |
| 3 | ‘ It was then that I made up my mind that r would never leave England , ’ declares Lotte Bray ( Lowenstein ) . |
| 4 | It was n't until The Byrds ’ ‘ Untitled ’ double album came out with the liner notes explaining all about the string-bender that I found out what a fool I 'd been … |
| 5 | Oh , well that the money that I found out my pocket and the payment granny gave me . |
| 6 | It was n't until I was much older still that I found out she 'd committed suicide . ’ |
| 7 | So I closed all those books and it was then that I opened up my eyes and looked around me and said , ‘ Now I 'm reading ’ . ’ |
| 8 | Again you just looked at me , and I knew I had to do as you had done , so I stretched out my right hand and touched the bones , which were slightly sticky . |
| 9 | I tried to chase it , but it was no good in the dark , and I went clear into a bog , and in the end I saw your light , so I picked up what was left and came along . |
| 10 | On and on he droned about how we should n't fear death but welcome the joys of heaven , so I picked up my two horse pistols and gave the sod both barrels . |
| 11 | One came right up to my face , so I pulled out my sword and cut open his stomach . |
| 12 | I was still terrified , but even more frightened of my aunt , so I worked out something to say in advance and blurted it out . |
| 13 | They all seemed to be down the after ballast compartment so I called down something like , " Come on lads , " I 've got my seizure , what about yours ? " |
| 14 | The gathering of men pressed closer to see my watch , so I held out my wrist . |
| 15 | When the bus pulled to a halt and I got off I was relieved because I had finished school and I had the weekend ahead of me so I could enjoy myself . |
| 16 | I was gardening and he said er er I bent over to do something and he said I just went dizzy , he said , and I fell over he said and then I realized my right side was paralysed . |
| 17 | ‘ There was no sign to say the drain was uncovered and I fell down it , cutting my leg and ankle and ruining my shoes , socks and slacks , ’ he writes . |
| 18 | ‘ I persuaded him to sell me the rights to manufacture the Seven and I took over everything except the Lotus name . ’ |
| 19 | HAVING found a school for our three children and a house to rent , my wife and I took up our new life on . |
| 20 | I took off the yellow waistcoat with its white lining and hung it on a hanger , and I took off my shoes , but rather like George I still felt myself to be on duty , so I switched off the light and lay on top of the bedclothes watching the black Canadian land slide by , while the free northern show went on above for hours in the sky . |
| 21 | By that time the sun was well up , and I took off my jacket to lay it with my bags and binoculars . |
| 22 | Their erm conditions were very basic , and I took two fluffy hot water bottles which were going to be used as incubators for the premature babies , that 's all they had , and I took out lots of needles and the surgical gloves and a special instrument for operations . |
| 23 | I went for an audition to his flat , and I took along my little piece of paper and music score and everything . |
| 24 | And I made up my mind — " Now Mary Edgar you 'll be terribly sea-sick , " so I was prepared for the worst . |
| 25 | And I felt very glad I 'd come out and I lifted up my head a bit and let the rain come on to my face and I thought ‘ rainwater 's good for the skin anyway ’ . |
| 26 | I was dialling it when I heard the door of Flat 2 open and I glanced over my shoulder to see Fenella , who had added pyjama trousers to her stripey shirt , and Lisabeth , in an ankle-length woollen dressing-gown , creeping down the stairs like they were doing a commercial for a new edition of A. A. Milne books . |
| 27 | Ah we , we , her and I cheered on who , who , who could n't score , he never , they never got a score . |
| 28 | she says like er she says you know Jean she says well I just sat there and she says I 'm away and I went over she says because it was her |
| 29 | I 'd bought two bottles of cider and I went down my friend 's house and I had two neat vodkas and two vodka-and-limes and I got drunk . |
| 30 | Kent or something I 'll take a chance and I 'll go this way and I went , and I came out there 's a garage on the way to Beckenham . |