Example sentences of "[subord] i [vb past] [conj] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I used to go along to Greenbank Hospital 's geriatric wards , where I sang and played to the old folk . |
| 2 | Following the path with my thoughts wallowing in nostalgia , I soon found myself back where I started and crashing into the people I had heard through the mist . |
| 3 | I made my way to an hotel lounge in the Diamond , where I sat and read a leaflet I had picked up in the church . |
| 4 | We parked near the boathouse on the west shore , a ruined , mud-filled RAF building , where I pushed and heaved my three companions afloat , waving a cheerful farewell . |
| 5 | I agreed to marriage counselling but only if I could go alone , although I knew that going alone was a bit like filing fiddled expenses . |
| 6 | He was rather braver than I expected and jumped the fences very well . |
| 7 | I sounded more confident than I felt and changed the subject . |
| 8 | Well , they thought they were superior because their trade was classified Grade I and Met was only Grade 2 , so they got paid more than I did and considered they were a cut above me in every way . |
| 9 | I certainly felt much more at ease moving around this institution by myself than I did when visiting some English prisons and institutions . |
| 10 | I happened to see the post advertised with OBEX so I applied and got the job . ’ |
| 11 | At this point we noticed some fry scattering towards the far bank , so I retrieved and cast to the spot . |
| 12 | Things did n't go right in the house so I left and ran away . |
| 13 | I decided , ‘ Right this is n't it ’ , so I left and set up on my own . |
| 14 | Weather gets nastier here — my week in 21–28 October was warm and wet , so I lazed and read and ate — read a lot and ate a lot which , given the state of the bathroom scales , enriched both mind and body ( HA HA ) so I have been trying to eat and drink less . |
| 15 | The woman looked Italian , so I went and asked John Florio about her . |
| 16 | The first time I just heard a sort of brassy actor 's voice with a bit of Northern in it , so I apologized and said it was a wrong number . |
| 17 | I felt I was going mad last night , so I wrote and wrote and wrote myself into the other world . |
| 18 | But he would n't listen to me , so I turned and yelled ‘ Taxi ! ’ |
| 19 | I was going to try the door , but I could hear him snoring before I touched the handle , so I turned and went to the bathroom . |
| 20 | Well , there I was in London , penniless ; like the man in the gospel , I was too proud to go home so I begged and fought with the rest of the dispossessed in the dirty alleyways and streets of Whitechapel , Alsatia , and even across London Bridge amongst the stews of Southwark . |
| 21 | I could n't go out and leave everything unattended , so I remained and waited for what I thought must be the end . |
| 22 | I think that may have been construed as impolite , so I smiled and replied that , yes indeed it was still a bit to go before the top , and wow , certainly it was proving mighty tough . |
| 23 | Someone had left the scullery window open , so I closed and fastened it . ’ |
| 24 | That made me wonder what he wanted , so I stood and watched . |
| 25 | My eyes are not very good , ’ she apologised , so I stood and watched closely . |
| 26 | The street ahead was clear so I slowed and risked a look in the mirror . |
| 27 | Never ! 'Cos I would die of shame if I retaliated and hit back ; and I would , because I 've levelled men almost as big as you before today , and you know it . ’ |
| 28 | I 've got a job that I love doing , and er , I also take the view that if I came and did this programme and moaned away at everybody , and er , moaned away about everything , nobody would ring me up , and nobody would listen . |
| 29 | And , if I failed and returned to England I would hang . |
| 30 | Frankly , if I died and had to come back as anything I 'd be pretty naffed off . |