Example sentences of "i [vb past] [adj] [conj] [verb] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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1 | I became bored and wandered back to the library . |
2 | I swam hard and caught up with him round the corner of the old castle . |
3 | I tried running but gave up after two paces , and then went from meditation to mental arithmetic , calculating the length of each step by counting them for each revolution of the wheel . |
4 | After a while I became so deep in my cups I grew surly , said I felt unwell and trotted off to bed where I could nurse my hurt as well as conceal my bad manners . |
5 | One evening I felt restless and walked down to the harbour . |
6 | At length I grew tired and went back to the joys of the tavern , both the board and the bed . |
7 | ‘ Possibly because the new ventilation system I 've recently supervised being installed in a factory in one of the Arab Emirates has proved so successful that I have orders for two more , or possibly because I 've just spent four weeks at full stretch in a very hot country with very little relaxation and deserve a holiday — but more probably because I own a majority stockholding in the company I bought cheap and built up to its present eminence , which gives me the position of chairman and managing director and full autonomy in deciding what I do , where I do it and with whom . ’ |
8 | I replaced Debonair and picked up Lovedolls . |
9 | She never moved as I nipped hard and winkled out the offending obstruction . |