Example sentences of "[coord] i [adv] [vb past] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | and I surprisingly made the final four . |
| 2 | to take cough and things like , and I nearly died the other night , I 'd taken one and I 'd taken some of this cough , |
| 3 | I wanted to make sure they were long enough , and I went and started at Christmas , and I , er , this is so gross , and I just felt the scummiest thing , it was sort of , it 's not exactly how you wan na feel just before you get married , and then I went and had my legs shaved er waxed . |
| 4 | And I turned over and I just caught the last bit there . |
| 5 | At the height of his troubles we had a similar conversation … only the boot was on the other foot and I just used the same words back to him . |
| 6 | Earlier in this article I referred to the ‘ English discovery ’ theory which underlies the a cappella renaissance , and I briefly defined the musical and stylistic qualities which , in the judgement of some , give English singers their eminence in this field . |
| 7 | I had a Morris 10 which went like a bird , and I thereupon conceived the wild idea of rescuing Eliot from London if the danger should seem acute — and assuming that I were still available — and settling him , however temporarily , in the village . |
| 8 | As the day of ‘ our final hour ’ approached our publicity releases continued to whip up public opinion , and I carefully planned the last programme for broadcast from 9pm on the last evening until the station 's license expired with the stroke of midnight . |
| 9 | I have visited sixth-form colleges in Thurrock and Boston this year , and I recently addressed the annual meeting of the Association of Colleges for Further and Higher Education . |
| 10 | Kathleen and I then took the next train back to Harwich and when we arrived , it seemed like half the port wanted to know what had happened . |
| 11 | Also here Nick Sellars and I respectively made the second and third ascents of Peter Gomersall 's outrageously steep Showtime , thinking the grade to be hard F8a+ . |
| 12 | He had a great many Jewish friends and I never heard the faintest suggestion of hostility to the Jews coming from him . |
| 13 | And I really feared the worst . |
| 14 | ‘ It was great fun and I really enjoyed the three-week run , ’ Lorne , above , tells me . |
| 15 | And I certainly appreciated the faceful that Caduta laid on me . |
| 16 | A good bit of it was selfish , but I also had the strange wish to see if I could ‘ take it ’ , and to take my military service worthwhile . |
| 17 | ‘ I did notice the changes , of course , but I just thought the old lady had had the house done over for them — the parents . |
| 18 | I do not know what the right hon. Member for Manchester , Gorton ( Mr. Kaufman ) heard , but I distinctly heard the Foreign Secretary answer yes on several occasions . |
| 19 | Since then , this deserted corner of King 's Reach Tower has been my spiritual home , but I gradually overcame the contemptuous disdain which is heaped on all outsiders and now , finally , I feel the natives are accepting me as one of their own . |
| 20 | but I only saw the white one in front of this grey one |
| 21 | Well I buy Writers Monthly , but I never read the damn thing , you know , so I |
| 22 | ‘ I enjoyed it , but I never had the lucky break . |