Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] i [vb past] [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The long grass was so wet that I decided to admire the castle from afar . |
| 2 | It was interesting and exciting and I began to forget the bad times in Hong Kong . |
| 3 | Its funny cos I decided to watch the fa youth cup final from last year on friday … coincidence or what . |
| 4 | Although this radio programme was broadcast nationally , I found it very interesting as I happened to know the area in question . |
| 5 | He even seemed slightly grateful that I had raised the matter . |
| 6 | ‘ I then waited to become pregnant until I 'd had the first two transfusions , ’ she says . |
| 7 | I stood there and promised them that I would stay alive until I had killed the monster . |
| 8 | I am sorry if I appeared to spring the letter on you and I fully understand your desire to get it right . |
| 9 | Once , when she was ill and I had to show the doctor in to see her , he was rather disconcerted to see the bedclothes on either side of Mrs Field appear to rise of their own accord — and four dogs emerged ! |
| 10 | To me , the content was so uninteresting that I stopped opening the cover , so that the numerous approaches offering me overpriced advertising space were always rejected . |
| 11 | ‘ Oh , Mama always made sure that I learned to do the practical stuff , as well as fine embroidery and canvas work , ’ Sally-Anne had said . |
| 12 | It sounded fascinating so I decided to find the book to write this essay . |
| 13 | Whilst waiting to go to Spring Harvest my visits to church became more regular and I began to realise the truth of God 's Word . |
| 14 | It was inconceivable that I 'd lost the bag forever . |
| 15 | Thankful that I had taken the trouble to gather dry wood while it was fine , I lighted the fire , and soon had a cheerful blaze going . |
| 16 | I was doing some swift mental arithmetic , and the result was so crazy that I paused to rework the sums in my head . |
| 17 | I was ruled out of order , I erm I there were point out then that twenty five new councillors and I understand it was n't legitimate if I wanted to restrict the vote only to those twenty five so that the rest of you would actually realise that this has gone on far too long , I only put that as a I think it is very , very important erm that we break new ground . |
| 18 | My Arabic was rusty but I had studied the language in the 1970s and knew the Gulf reasonably well . |
| 19 | Nigel saw my anger and was obviously surprised that I had taken the review off the Cabinet agenda . |