Example sentences of "[that] i [verb] [adv] a " in BNC.

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1 The parents were removed and I estimated that I had over a hundred eggs .
2 She only liked me for my wealth , and when I , disguised as the gipsy woman , told her that I had only a little money , she and her mother lost interest in me .
3 You may recall that I proposed earlier a scheme to do just that — namely , the registration of a new entry , but accompanied by a code known to the Registrar which would alert him in any case of attempted fraud .
4 Well I 've got the little blue packet yeah and I 'm screaming yeah I thought that I won about a hundred pounds or something yeah .
5 I once calculated that I did about a thousand hours ' work in the three years I was there , an average of an hour a day .
6 It 's such a wonderful thing and gives out such heat that I spend quite a lot of my time sitting alongside it in the kitchen .
7 I know that I have only a few hours left to live , but I can feel my loved ones near me , and I welcome death .
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