Example sentences of "[conj] i [vb past] [adv] [vb pp] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Up until the age of 33 , I managed to push this turmoil to the back of my mind , although I 'd always had trouble with relationships because I was so full of self-doubt , and succeeded in destroying any relationship that seemed to be leading anywhere . |
| 2 | But I was glad that I 'd finally had sex — it was a way of proving that my parents and Uncle Joe had n't destroyed my life . |
| 3 | But it struck me that I had n't had time to do this for ages . |
| 4 | I 'd sent tapes to Radio One and I 'd also spent time devising quizzes that I thought would be better than the ones they were doing . |
| 5 | Amid the furore over the French deal for Normandin and Auque , Joelle Kauffman and I had both taken part via satellite in The Time , The Place , which discussed whether the British Government was right to say ‘ No deals ’ . |
| 6 | If I had n't snatched zee pencil |
| 7 | If I had n't seized zee pastel |
| 8 | I 'd be counting the days now , if I had n't got parole . |
| 9 | She added : ‘ If I had n't had Steffine with me I would have had a go . |
| 10 | The fact is that if I had n't taken part in the BBC television previews of the big event I would probably be riding my old friend Bonanza Boy . |
| 11 | I felt as if I had just given birth . |
| 12 | Earlier I had felt as if I was being torn in two , but now the decision was made , I was floating on a warm tide of physical ease , as if I had just given birth . |
| 13 | ‘ Fuck off and leave you alone ! ’ echoed Quigley , as if I had just taken pi to sixteen decimal places off the top of my head . |
| 14 | The artist had fussed around while the thing was being loaded on my ship , babbling about how important it was and how delicate it was and so on , until I 'd just stopped listening . |
| 15 | But I had meanwhile had time to think . |
| 16 | I stayed with my mother 's parents in Eltham and I wrote to every theatre company and virtually every person in the world , but nobody would even look at me because I had n't done drama school . |
| 17 | it 's always a bit a it came home to me with great a vigour and enthusiasm when I was walking round the kitting station at R A F Innsworth with a supermarket trolley getting it filled with kit and when I got to the end they handed me my dog tags and my gun , I thought what have I let myself in for because I 'd never worn dog tags before and I 'd never had a gun with live ammunition in it that got strapped to my hip and you suddenly realise , I 'm going into a real war it was quite a nerve racking experience for a few days |
| 18 | Not that there was any firework display , but simply that , whereas I had usually initiated lovemaking , it was now Grant who turned to me . |
| 19 | I ( again inevitably ) decided to leave job-hunting until after I had actually left SIS . |
| 20 | ‘ Going out there on a new board and catching my first wave when I had n't surfed Pipeline for a year only reaffirms my confidence . ’ |
| 21 | Though I had always disliked Christmas , because I knew it made my mother unhappy for some reason , that was one Christmas when I was happy , and I have never forgotten it . |