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

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1	In the years that followed I made many flights with those ‘ intrepid bush pilots ’ and watched the development of aviation in Canada .
2	More important to me was the need to obey this instinct that warned me to put some distance between us . ’
3	It was this that prompted me to scrutinize Greek tragedy and thereby gain the new view of the Hellenic spirit that I have been putting forward .
4	Here I must admit to a certain prejudice , in that much as I admired Chapman 's engineering brilliance — it was intuitive , radical , lateral-thinking and extremely sharp — I did not share , then or now , the belief that Colin was a constructor in the class of Enzo Ferrari , nor did I feel any faith in him as a man or a leader of men .
5	Nor did I bear any ill-will against my poor mother , though she had brought me up in error , innocently ignorant of what she was doing to my psyche .
6	Nor did I deplore English accents ; indeed that would be rather silly on the part of a professional linguist .
7	Nor did I notice this fact until we were well on our way home . ’
8	On this occasion I had neither heard nor seen the tigress , nor had I received any indication from bird or beast of her presence , and yet I knew , without any shadow of doubt , that she was lying up for me among the rocks .
9	‘ They 'd never heard of me , surprisingly enough , but they went mad over my work and asked me to do some portraits for them .
10	Dad kissed me on the forehead and asked me to make another pot of tea and he sat down in his chair and smoked a quiet pipe of tobacco looking happier than he had for days .
11	She has woven her spell and allowed me to see another world , another life , a life of the spirit .
12	So she took the handbag back into Tesco and said I found this handbag erm and they said well give me your name and address and all that so in any rate what happened Bet ?

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