Example sentences of "i [vb past] [verb] [conj] [verb] " in BNC.

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1 Now I got to move and start all over .
2 Then , I got sentenced and went upstate to do my time .
3 Sometimes I got to stop and breathe deep cos I feel sick , but I do n't puke up again .
4 I got to go and do all his cleaning .
5 I got to go and get some potatoes .
6 And the drink I got to go and get as well .
7 I got to go and see if Caspar 's 0 .
8 I got come and have a look at it .
9 He says , ‘ All right , 125 ’ ; and then after ten minutes he says , ‘ On your way , ’ so I got dressed and went out and thought , ‘ Now I 'm for it , ’ but I heard nothing more .
10 So I got dressed and went to the corner shop to nick three Wormy bars , but Brett and Damon snuck up behind and they said they 'd tell if I did n't give them a bar each .
11 I knew that if I got married and concentrated on that , I could kiss my career goodbye .
12 We played practice rounds with Greg and for some reason I got talking and joking with him a lot .
13 I tried to reason but succeeded only in further ruffling her feathers .
14 I tried to plead and argue but was only beaten for my pains and thrown down the steps back into my cell ; the dungeon door , grating shut , was locked securely behind us .
15 I tried to answer and explain our ways , but it was difficult .
16 I promised to go and see her again on Friday morning .
17 The next was a black cocker spaniel , and the third a springer spaniel which I trained to retrieve and took with me whenever I went away to shoot .
18 The friendliness was overwhelming and a small crowd would gather around me every time I stopped to talk or watch a game of sipa — a bit like tennis only played with your feet and a ball covered in rubbery tendrils .
19 Sometimes I stopped reading and looked out of the window .
20 If I stopped exercising and ate everything I wanted , I know it would be a very different shape .
21 At last I stopped retching and washed my hands and face with a cloth .
22 I stopped walking and stared wide-eyed as the rest of the senescent strollers proceeded out of this dimension .
23 I stopped laughing and sat on the floor , back to the wall , legs out straight .
24 I stopped to try and look after him .
25 I stopped playing and tossed my trumpet to Kim who had been showering our remaining advertising leaflets on to the melee .
26 Every month I learnt to do or to make something new .
27 In fact during my time in the army I learnt to enjoy and respect it .
28 I must have had some lessons at the Legation , though I have no recollection of them , for I learnt to read and write .
29 I learnt to walk and talk in theatres , ’ said Zach .
30 I decided it was something I 'd eaten and went back to sleep . ’
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