Example sentences of "a [noun sg] i [vb past] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'll put a bit I thought it had always been like that . |
| 2 | started school I thought it was gon na be a bit I thought I would n't like it there but when I got there , I did like it mum . |
| 3 | I tried hers on anyway and after rummaging about for a bit I found one I liked . |
| 4 | ‘ I should have told Perdita years ago , but I 'm such a drip I funked it . ’ |
| 5 | She says , yeah , she says , she , I had a look I found it our . |
| 6 | ‘ As a midwife I thought I knew how to communicate with mothers , but my skills with deaf women were abysmal , ’ she says |
| 7 | She said : ‘ Because I was a midwife I knew what was happening in my body so I was able to rationalise it , but it was still a shock . ’ |
| 8 | She said : ‘ Because I was a midwife I knew what was happening in my body so I was able to rationalise it , but it was still a shock . |
| 9 | So for a change I thought someone should write in for the fans . |
| 10 | The first time i spotted a puffin I thought I was seeing things . |
| 11 | As a P.C. I felt I was not a success . |
| 12 | aggro I said no money no cars ! you 'll get a car I said I know you will he said ! |
| 13 | For a second I thought he was going to hit me , but then he reached into his jacket pocket and brought out a wallet that he unfolded and thrust towards me , giving me just enough time to see that he held the rank of chief inspector , one of the highest ranks in the Bahamian police force , then the wallet was snapped shut and Deacon Billingsley moved to stand very close to me , so close that I could smell the cigar smoke on his breath . |
| 14 | We went into my room at last , with our arms round each other , and in the doorway I stopped dead because I 'd forgotten what Toby had said about John and for a second I thought I was in the wrong room . |
| 15 | for a second I thought it might be a struggle . |
| 16 | Volunteer Eileen said : ‘ For half a second I thought it was a hoax but as he began to name the four streets I took him seriously . ’ |
| 17 | For a second I glimpsed her wet , frightened face : then she was hurtling away from me , bouncing over the water like a rag doll , her arms and legs flailing . |
| 18 | When I was a child I believed my father when he said he would live to be a hundred . |
| 19 | In a dream I loosed my voice |
| 20 | But , says Frank , ‘ a few weeks before I got to see a specialist I passed what looked like a bucket-full of blood into the toilet . |
| 21 | What a pity I lost my hat on the way here ! ’ |
| 22 | Once having framed the thought in my mind that I was a lesbian I found myself unable to keep silent about it . |
| 23 | Like a fool I told her about the man I 'd been living with . |
| 24 | With the enthusiasm of a boy I thought I had stumbled across one of the great masterpieces of English writing . |
| 25 | ‘ When I was a boy I knew your part of the country very well , ’ he said . |
| 26 | He had been a very successful amateur boxer , and sometimes would try to relieve our tension by sparring with me , teaching me basic moves of a sport I knew nothing about and instinctively detested . |
| 27 | I had cleverness thrust upon me , and up to a point I learned my lesson well : the most important thing in life was to achieve . |
| 28 | All of a sudden I noticed something I must have walked past dozens of times . |
| 29 | and all of a sudden I developed she 'd be on the phone going , I 've just eaten mussels with vinegar in them . |
| 30 | There was a gaudy shrine , and for a moment I felt we had entered the den of a fortune-teller . |