Example sentences of "[conj] i [vb past] [adv] [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 | ‘ Do you know , Father , it was n't until Whitton was dead that I realised how he had held us in his evil thrall . ’ |
| 4 | Instead , now that I knew where she was living , I contacted my solicitors and instructed them to start divorce proceedings . |
| 5 | Yet it was then that I knew why I had come , for just distinguishable to me against the background of reciting voices , I heard my own voice . |
| 6 | The wind was high when I knocked at her door , and I heard a voice from within that I knew not what to make of , though it sounded like the lullaby of a Mother to her Baby . |
| 7 | It became clear from talking to parents that I had to see how what they said actually hooked up with their experience , the fine detail of it , and not to assume that I knew exactly what kind of lived experience lay behind a familiar form of words . |
| 8 | Edward knew he was being pampered and , in his letters to Helen about his friendship with Gwili 's sister , he confessed that ‘ in fact it was partly you that I saw when I held her : I hope I shall never forget her ; then I shall feel that it is possible to love another even though I am all and ever yours , little one . |
| 9 | ‘ It was then that I made up my mind that r would never leave England , ’ declares Lotte Bray ( Lowenstein ) . |
| 10 | The first thing that I noticed when I arrived in the dusty Managua airport , besides the tanks parked in the landing field , was an enormous poster of an unmistakable Daniel Ortega , clad in blue jeans and a cowboy shirt , holding an infant with an earring . |
| 11 | In fact , I 'd become so accustomed to relying on her that I wondered how I would . |
| 12 | that I did n't I brought the rest for Laddy . |
| 13 | 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 … |
| 14 | Oh , well that the money that I found out my pocket and the payment granny gave me . |
| 15 | It was n't until I was much older still that I found out she 'd committed suicide . ’ |
| 16 | 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 ’ . ’ |
| 17 | Ridging and patching were the first jobs that I tackled once it became apparent that I was neither going to find another job nor be content to remain a labourer . |
| 18 | I have gone much further than I intended when I set out on this report and am already beginning to regret the substantial breach in normal departmental procedures which this has involved . |
| 19 | I says probably Monday so I thought well I give it time any way in case you get in |
| 20 | bit here and I thought god that so I thought right I 'm gon na change places in that seat but your father 's sitting on , alright , I said go in that back seat , just behind us there were there or I said or I 'm just coming to sit where you are , I said I ca n't do four hours sitting like this , I mean I 'd have been boss eyed before I got , well I was I , I , all say look at that cloud |
| 21 | Sooner or later you will want to knit a pattern not in the book so I thought today we might explore some of the possibilities of the cards and reader . |
| 22 | ‘ Thomas seems to know him well , so I thought maybe he was a cousin of yours or something . ’ |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | And I said , well I 'm gon na give him a ring after tea and then I , we said oh well pras , and Sue will be home tonight so I said well we had n't better ring them ! |
| 25 | It was always the same story so I said ter meself , ‘ Billy , ’ I said , ‘ yer wastin' yer time even bovverin' ter fink about it . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | One came right up to my face , so I pulled out my sword and cut open his stomach . |
| 29 | I was still terrified , but even more frightened of my aunt , so I worked out something to say in advance and blurted it out . |
| 30 | 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 ? " |