Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] i [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | When I got halfway I heard the angry voice of the French maid saying very aggressively : ‘ You got nobody like Napoleon ! ’ |
| 2 | When I got in I found the house was empty and the fire nearly out . |
| 3 | Your content was good but you were lacking pace I think forty eight you got so I want the weather forecast from you next all right ? |
| 4 | The last time I phoned up I said the bicycle that was hidden in the bushes . |
| 5 | Crawford described How I Won the War as ‘ a brilliant movie ’ , but reviews were mixed , partly depending on each critic 's political opinions . |
| 6 | ‘ Screaming ’ ‘ I was downstairs in the living-room and when I came out I found the whole stairway on fire , ’ she said . |
| 7 | I was just saying to Simon remember when I did , I did this , before these came out I did the Fab Four Rock and Roll Beatles |
| 8 | Once I got home I translated the idea into a pressed flower design . |
| 9 | ‘ When I got home I called the NRA freephone pollution number and I was told it was too dark and cold for anyone to go down and somebody would be there first thing in the morning . |
| 10 | I walked from Holborn but as I got close I discovered the attraction of setting foot in there again had faded rather badly . ’ |
| 11 | After he hung up I fished the morning paper out of the wastebasket and re-read the story on the Mahoney shooting very carefully . |
| 12 | But today the prostate operation is routine , as I discovered when I visited the operating theatre a few days after I had had mine . |
| 13 | When I got back I found the office was n't open until the next day , so I had to get a driver to break in for me . |
| 14 | As I got out I caught the enigmatic Mr Goodson sneaking in through the front door , but if he 'd seen me pull up , he did n't wait to say Hello . |
| 15 | Although during the years I worked there I had the opportunity to meet many people , mainly the farmers who were our principal customers , I can honestly say that my job was the most boring and monotonous I could possibly have had . |
| 16 | And he checked and then he went So I took the bags off the pillows in case they were sweating in the bags and I put them out on the seats . |
| 17 | so she said I thought to myself when I went in I hope the two hundred pound one 's mine , Joe 'll go mad if it 's over four hundred ! |
| 18 | And when I went out I put the calf inside with its basket and rug . |
| 19 | and then I never ate all mine , and the kids never ate all theirs , so I thought well I get the frozen ones and just get one out each time for Tony stick it in the oven half hour before . |
| 20 | As I did so I grabbed the banister to save myself . |
| 21 | As I say I did n't I thought the girls was plus that fact it was a lot of concentration for the spooling . |
| 22 | that I did n't I brought the rest for Laddy . |
| 23 | ‘ Tom , dear , by the time I 've asked you to pass something , and you 've said what and where is it and did n't I mean the other one , I can get this oven done and the baby born I should think . ’ |
| 24 | Did n't I mean the same , same sort of thing happened when Wentworth put on the twenty fifth of May , that a week before Sheila said er oh you 're not having this . |
| 25 | The girl on duty said no , she was sure not , why did n't I try the music shop . |
| 26 | ‘ Oh , dear God , why did n't I call the villagers into the castle ? ’ |
| 27 | Why did n't I have the courage to release him ? |
| 28 | However I forgot to mention it and when I remembered again I thought the tickets had probably all been sold . |
| 29 | Then he asked why I wanted the money ! |
| 30 | As I sat there I recalled the words the Doctor had just spoken to me and the tears came back . |