Example sentences of "[vb past] i [vb past] [verb] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | They believed I had to report to a camp near Dover . |
| 2 | It was Daphne who gave me my first art book , The Treasures of Italy , in exchange for several cream wafers , and from that day on I knew I had stumbled across a subject I wanted to study for the rest of my life . |
| 3 | Marlies thought I had fallen off a ladder fixing a letter G from the conference slogan of that year , ‘ Britain Winning Through ’ . |
| 4 | Well that 's what he said oh no when he went to sleep I did I 'd done about a page this is what I read out , I went Professor Plop and the Time Machine . |
| 5 | ‘ A while ago I said I 'd listened to a thousand , but the figure 's probably closer now to 2000 , ’ says Jim . |
| 6 | I du n no I just said I wanted to go to a pub I did n't say I was going to the pub . |
| 7 | On one occasion it jammed and made a loud buzzing noise which I hoped I managed to conceal with a loud burst of coughing . |