Example sentences of "i start [v-ing] [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1 I started drawing them as well as I could remember .
2 a coincidence cos at the time I started taking them actually trying to spare my branch work in a bank .
3 I felt disillusioned , stale and cynical and I wanted to take a break before I started taking it out on the callers .
4 Come on , sweetie , what if I started getting it on with one of my baby dykes , what would you feel ?
5 ‘ About three years ago , I started thinking I would like to try and start a business ’ , she says .
6 Well I was er seventy six when I started learning it
7 This one is a puzzle because I used a PC2386 for ages without any mouse trouble but there was an update to the driver issued soon after I started using it .
8 many and I 've stopped eating them at Christmas when I brought them and I started eating them again .
9 ‘ And I started telling them , ‘ I 'm not an Indian , I 'm Aymara .
10 ‘ I 've felt a lot more comfortable on the course since I started seeing him .
11 ‘ He never used to notice when people took advantage of him , so I started pointing it out .
12 When I started feeding them I built them up to a wedge of ‘ Horsehage ’ each — which they love .
13 I told her Barry should have kept him in , and she said if I started criticizing him , she 'd get Don to the phone . ’
14 I started nagging him about money , about not having a proper job and no guts to get one …
15 It flashed up in my head — no , it seized hold of my guts — the memory of that moment in the third year when I started hating them .
16 When I started writing it , I found I had more sympathy with Frank , and he started saying more and more , and Betty merged into the background . ’
17 And like I started doing it , I 'll read it out in English I started writing it in French came to a word I did n't know and thought ah leave it !
18 You know I pl I I started this album really I started writing it while I was doing Love Hurts in Israel and Zoe would s sort of catch in the caravan , what the hell are you doing now , you know I was writing lyrics and thi , and I started to get keyed into this album just before I finished Love Hurts .
19 People will stand there and they will clutch something , you see their knuckles are white you know and these sort of things erm or they 'll have their notes you know here , and let's be honest about it yeah I can remember when I started training I think you know you used to cling to your notes a three feet flipchart , you know what ca n't you see ?
20 I started rubbing it underneath
21 Because I started doing it a long time ago
22 I started doing it with pot , breaking a little bit , squashing it on the foil and smoking it as though I was having a chase .
23 And when I started doing it I knew the hang of it and I turned round to her afterwards and said , " That was easy . "
24 And like I started doing it , I 'll read it out in English I started writing it in French came to a word I did n't know and thought ah leave it !
25 I have been a keen metal detectorist for some years now and shortly after I started detecting I became aware of how difficult it was to find a good pair of gloves which would keep the hands warm and dry , but still allow a reasonable amount of dexterity for detector operation .
26 I , I made them I started making them quite a while ago .
27 You know the white stuff they have on them , I thought -Oh , you 're a bit dirty are n't you , so I started washing her .
28 It was n't long before I started finding them both repetitive and bland .
29 I started hitting them .
30 I started bullying her .
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