Example sentences of "[noun] i [vb past] [adv] [verb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The buck thrashed and spat and made a high keening noise I did n't think rabbits were capable of and beat its legs on the ground . |
| 2 | ‘ When I said harness I did n't mean harness , ’ snapped Rincewind . |
| 3 | Astonishing to me at least , since it 's a mountain I 'm intimate with from its friendly north face , and had little notion of its dramatic cliffs lurking sneakily behind me all those times I sat innocently chewing chocolate at the top . |
| 4 | Sheringham , who hit 24 goals last season and scored Forest 's winner in their televised 1-0 clash against Liverpool at the City Ground on Sunday , says : ‘ I had virtually concluded negotiations over personal terms with Tottenham 's Terry Venables and in my own mind I had already joined Spurs . ’ |
| 5 | Still on my knees I edged round to face north . |
| 6 | Although I was upset by the old lady 's words , I followed her advice , and in the weeks before the wedding I went on teaching Adèle as usual . |
| 7 | ‘ After the bust-up I did n't see Rick for several weeks , ’ Lou began . |
| 8 | It 's a wonder I did n't kill Benjamin but , when I opened my eyes , two of the rogues were dead of huge gashes between shoulder and neck whilst Benjamin was on the point of driving his sword straight through the breast of a third . |
| 9 | I only stopped working frenziedly hour after hour after I met the English boy I 'd just thrown water over moments before . |
| 10 | This was n't the India I knew : during five previous visits I had never seen women kiss each other . |
| 11 | THE first week of the general election campaign I spent carefully observing election coverage on television . |
| 12 | Since Karen Parsons was denied me , I resorted to polishing up my French with Thérèse Racquin , but the moment I settled down to read Lynn would flop down near me and solicit my views on waste recycling or food additives . |
| 13 | The only job I did n't thank god I 'm not three of them . |
| 14 | At that point I 'd just left St Martin 's . |
| 15 | Er the first day I did n't stay dinner . |
| 16 | Last Sunday I popped in to see Peter Sam on the Talyllyn Railway , writes JAKE RAYMOND . |
| 17 | But friends assured me there was more to this grand range of mountains than my experience had suggested , and so to give it a chance I went back to climb Cairn Gorm properly , giving the bridies as wide a body swerve as possible . |
| 18 | Cos last week I did n't see Rosie and Jim until nearly the end of the week . |
| 19 | People I met never became friends , people never spoke in those days at all , in fact , I found that if you did try to speak they always ran away . |
| 20 | I got the feeling I had n't handled Eric very well over the phone . |
| 21 | For some reason I did n't mind Lili talking about my wedding . |
| 22 | Maybe it was a good thing I did n't see Darrowby ; Helen 's home was near the bus route and I dropped off well short of the town . |
| 23 | The only thing I did n't have control of w were the rates we 're charging . |
| 24 | ‘ The letter I got back brought tears to my eyes , ’ he says . |
| 25 | White as marble , with the juiciest and roundest pair of tits I had ever clapped eyes on . |
| 26 | Dad I did n't have cream on mine . |
| 27 | ‘ The way I behaved certainly gave rise to a bit of drama , from time to time . |
| 28 | ‘ I suppose being at an emotional low I did actually take heroin there for the first time , ’ he said . |
| 29 | First time I had n't spent Christmas with Vicki I think since they were married . |
| 30 | Up to that time I had very limited opportunities to conduct and I very much wanted to direct a real concert . |