Example sentences of "[subord] i [vb past] [pron] [prep] [art] " in BNC.

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1 I finished my list of demands and took it to the Branch Office , where I received something of a hero 's welcome .
2 and that was my Barclaycard number in case you want it although I ordered it through the thr phone I made out that so that I could read it off on the telephone I did n't even erm I did n't even assemble it I just looked and I saw it does n't chop I thought it would chop things but does n't , it only grates Looks as though it had been out before , you know , you look at this !
3 Although I left him in no doubts about my opinion of his behaviour over the past few weeks , I was n't quite as brutal with him as I might have been .
4 I would never have dared speak so , but she was quite unselfconscious , although I suspected her of an intention to shock — to shock me as much as anyone .
5 Although I remained something of an outsider to the M.I.T. philosophy as it was at that time , I carried something of this arrogance back to England with me .
6 Obvious efforts are being made here to reduce the damage , which was much worse than I remembered it from a previous visit .
7 ‘ I was n't going to unroll the damn things , ’ continued Lydia , ‘ so I banged them in the oven , humming insouciantly the while and served them up all bubbling hot .
8 ‘ I did n't want him — I did n't want him to come near me — so I locked myself in the bathroom , with Gary-I did n't know what else to do .
9 I was called away to the hospital so I left her at the house waiting for Nigel to turn up to collect her . ’
10 Although it was late and Mr Edgar was tired after his journey , Joseph insisted , so I took him to the master 's room .
11 Soon after I got him I noticed a lump under his tummy , so I took him for a thorough check-up .
12 Vera 's not back from lunch , so I kept it at the desk . ’
13 So I waltzed him across the road and put him in a doorway and left him for somebody else to find .
14 At this point I thought she might be distracted by the kid whose chair was sticking out , so I asked him for a second time to move back even further .
15 Kevin : Well , I 'd jist got my Giro , So I asked her for a Biro — If she
16 It rang while Elizabeth was in the field and I picked it up and someone spoke to me , but I can not speak , so I tore it from the wall and then no one could speak to me . )
17 I was told they sent for a nurse who came at me with a needle so I grabbed her by the breast and threw her down on the hors d'oeuvres .
18 ‘ Your tea is ruined so I threw it in the bin .
19 I had n't been out for a long time , so I did it for the relaxation , really ! ’
20 I was convinced that the law would back us , so I found someone at a local law centre and she confirmed it , so we went back .
21 So I watched you for a while , and when you saw me watching , and you looked nervous , as though you thought me a criminal , about to steal all the stock , it amused me to tease you , try and discover why Donal thought you special .
22 Sally Curtiss , the Circle 's membership secretary , is here , so I entrusted her with the annexe key . ’
23 There 's at least one track from all eight albums , and two tracks are from a live album , so I gave it to a wonderful guy called Jonathan Downs from the Fan Club , who knows an awful lot that I 'd forgotten myself , or never even knew !
24 Once I met him in the West End and we went to the pictures . ’
25 Once I met him in the local pub , ’ Patrick Newell recalled .
26 Once I showed it to a psychical research woman who , after careful study of the plan of Versailles , said to me in a tense voice : ‘ You realize that the two ladies went bodily through a brick wall ? ’
27 Erm , thought it would be nice at handicrafts afternoon and then we could throw the handicraft meeting open to anybody if I told them at the meeting before were going to have it .
28 If I contacted him on the same number that I contacted you
29 I would n't have known him if I met him in the street .
30 But if I met , but then that 's slightly different because if I met someone in a nightclub or something like that then I would be quite wary .
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