Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb past] [verb] i [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As The Maniacs Came Killing I rolled three more into the trusty Smith and West Point and took up a manly pose . |
| 2 | When Giorgio had skipped I went back and thought no more about it . |
| 3 | When Lili stopped speaking I wished I could ask her to repeat what she had said , but already she was lighting a cigarette and talking about linen . |
| 4 | After having witnessed what Soho had to offer I fancied some of the action for myself . |
| 5 | From the bottom of my pocket I produced a silver ta'wiz , the Sufi charm Zakir had suggested I purchase as a gift for Chaman . |
| 6 | It was when he was commissioned to write seventeen and a half minutes of light music for the radio that I discovered why Jean-Claude had insisted I bring from London some of my most beautifully tailored suits and expensive dresses . |
| 7 | When Hunter-Blair had gone I finished the fourth one and went home . ’ |
| 8 | I had really been rather lumpish and dull during the drive from Fez : perhaps Flora had thought I had n't wanted her with us ? |
| 9 | and if Leicester had beaten I forgot who it was , whoever they drew against , they would have been third . |