Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] [subord] i [verb] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I asked as I stirred up the tea-bags . |
| 2 | I asked as I stood up to go to the bar . |
| 3 | ‘ So I noticed as I came through . ’ |
| 4 | If he was claiming a grant in yours , I did I claimed when I went back to college , my twenties I actually claimed a grant but my father claimed income tax relief claimed under him . |
| 5 | ‘ Pounds , ’ I replied as I wrote out my name and address on the back of the particulars and left it on the counter . |
| 6 | ‘ Nothing , ’ I replied as I scrambled out of the trench , replacing the diary quickly in my hip pocket . |
| 7 | ‘ Only a rose — ’ I began as I held out my offering to my husband and I was just about to start on the second line when a Yorkshire pudding with onion gravy flew past my head and stuck with a plop on the ceiling . |
| 8 | ‘ Must be getting back to Brigade H.Q , Sarge , ’ I remarked as I picked up my rifle and prepared to leave . |
| 9 | ‘ I 'll never moan about hard work again , Jacko , ’ I lied as I set off to make a packed audience laugh like drains , with a face the colour of one and stomach that sounded like one . |
| 10 | More than that , I persisted until I got through ! |
| 11 | I knew before I started out that , weatherwise , the end of March is not the time to plan a journey to the Islands and my misgiving proved to be well founded as on Tuesday 23 March I found myself in the lounge at Dalcross Airport , Inverness watching gale force winds sweep snow across the runways . |
| 12 | As I held it , I knew if I looked over to the bed he 'd be there , hands behind his head , stealing , this time , an image of his widow . |
| 13 | A few TV companies came and went ; it seemed very dark when their harsh lights had gone , but gradually my eyes got used to the gloom and I knew if I looked round I would see comforting , familiar faces , as people took their seats in the rows of chairs in front of the altar . |
| 14 | It 's a difficult decision but I knew if I married out there , well , there is a certain loneliness , yet going back to English life is unsatisfactory . |
| 15 | ‘ Those were all done on one roll of film ’ he explained , ‘ Because they had to be instantaneous and I knew if I went back again , it would not be the same . |
| 16 | ‘ Good bye , Granny , I 'll try to be a good girl , ’ I sobbed before I stood back for the undertaker to screw down the lid . |
| 17 | I would never try on something revealing like a swimming costume in a communal changing room , because when I was bigger I 'd be thinking everyone would be looking at the bulgy bits thinking how fat I was ( well , this is what I thought after I found out what my friends had been saying ) , and now I would feel too self-conscious because other girls would be thinking how skinny I look . |
| 18 | I thought as I turned over . |
| 19 | Well , that 's what I thought when I came round . |
| 20 | I said well I 'm not very good on computers and I 've got loads of coursework so I thought if I go down there and type out different pieces of work it would get me familiarized with them |
| 21 | And I thought if I come along with . |
| 22 | Yeah I thought if I come down here |
| 23 | Well I thought if I washed up then I 'd have my drink after . |
| 24 | If I went if I went up there |
| 25 | I smiled as I passed by but he did n't see me . |
| 26 | It was not at all sweet for Alfred Noyes I learned when I came back to the boat , for he had a bucket of slops emptied on his head . |
| 27 | As someone working in television , I learned as I went along . |
| 28 | ‘ The first thing I did when I came out was try to explain to the kids that we were n't bad people . |
| 29 | Well I did when I came out , I played with erm Jackie and Kelly . |
| 30 | As I did when I found out what he 'd done . ’ |