Example sentences of "[vb past] [conj] i [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I once visited a pensioner in my village and mentioned that I occasionally like jam but never make it myself because I do not eat it often enough . |
| 2 | The tone controls really are sensitive and , being used to the somewhat reluctant EQ on my own amplifier , I found that I only had to move the X-Amp 's a few degrees before the sound began to change radically . |
| 3 | And I had spent a total of three winters playing Grade cricket in the city and found that I really liked the place and the people . |
| 4 | Besides , the sorts of holidays Rose and I usually go on would n't have been up-market enough for George . ’ |
| 5 | But I was gon na tell you about there was one day I was at for money and I 'm coming up the road , and here this chap was standing in the road and er kind of thumbing a lift , so I says to him , I stopped and I often lift people in the road but er after he got into the , I had an old Bradford van at the time , and he said er , I said to him , I says , are you on a hiking holiday ? |
| 6 | I think I stopped when I once asked someone what the matter was and he said : ‘ If you do n't know , then you ca n't love me . ’ |
| 7 | I suddenly realised that I actually knew how to use a library . |
| 8 | The great day came when I finally untied him . |
| 9 | Yes , and she phoned me and she said I feel as though I dropped out of the bottom of the world she said , you know , I just do n't see anybody , I said well of course you were working on Mondays , you see she used to have Mondays to herself and I would often go round on a Monday afternoon and , we , we could talk , but that 's gone and I said I ca n't run in at half past five when you get home from school and chat to you because Ned will be coming home at six and I do n't want to be there all that often when he 's there erm its you know , its just happened and I also thought to myself and I 'm probably going to move a lot further away then Fen Lane . |
| 10 | The children were terrified when the flood happened and I just do not think they would want to come back . ’ |
| 11 | Mr Gibson said : ‘ My wife Pat phoned to tell me what happened and I just packed my bag and got the first flight . ’ |
| 12 | I liked her , we were starting to go out , then all this happened and I never saw her again . |
| 13 | ‘ But nothing happened and I never heard from them . ’ |
| 14 | The next morning the same thing happened and I still had n't the courage to tell her . |
| 15 | He did n't change his clothes too often , and when he did he just picked up whatever was around him — Eva 's jumpers , Dad 's waistcoats , and always my shirts , which he borrowed and I never saw again . |
| 16 | Actually , she influenced every decision I ever made but I always felt she put a barrier between us . |
| 17 | She wiggled and I almost lost my train of thought . |
| 18 | But I thought of the snow , the speed of the train , and the rifle , and decided that I still had no intention of trying to escape . |
| 19 | It would have been sensible to consult my book of British butterflies before I started for I soon realised using authentic colours greatly improves the overall impression ; if you can , I would suggest you refer to a book also . |
| 20 | My activities had no goal and no aspiration , and I had no competitors , which meant that I rapidly acquired the confidence of the leadership of the Labour Party . |
| 21 | I felt that I still had so much to learn and there were recognised props in the squad . |
| 22 | But you have the power to hurt me , Ellie , and because I knew that I masochistically invited more . |
| 23 | From the moment I saw her , I knew that I still loved her , and that her absence had only deepened my passion . ’ |
| 24 | I knew that I always overestimated the time these outings took , but I was certain that we 'd been going for over two hours , and still we were crashing on . |
| 25 | I had the feeling that Signe had n't dismissed Harvey 's words of caution about me as completely as she professed and I carefully refrained from asking about the parcel . |
| 26 | And er one day I was bathing Judy in the hut and the bell went and I just had to wrap a towel round her , you know , and run down to the sandy wadders And things got so bad , we went back to Khartoum |
| 27 | ‘ I did , but at the same time I felt like I understood Manson because , maybe in a superficial way , I felt like I naturally spoke like him . |
| 28 | I fell a d do you remember we went before and I fell and I just sat there and I could n't , they , this erm woman and this man come to help me up and I could n't stop laughing , they could n't get me up . |
| 29 | I thought if I just had a man who had a yacht and he had a rolls royce and a yacht . |
| 30 | ‘ I knew you 'd tracked me down , so I thought if I only took some of it you would n't put the cops on me . |