Example sentences of "i [adv] [vb past] [pers pn] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | O' course , I only knew him a few years after he got married . |
| 2 | I only asked him the other day |
| 3 | I only saw him a few times and he seemed to wander around in no-man 's land half the time doing bugger all . |
| 4 | ‘ I only met you a half hour ago and I love you like one of my own . ’ |
| 5 | Erm before I sent , I only did it the other day , I regret to say any rate . |
| 6 | I only gave him that much , I only gave him a tiny drop to take , I said it 's medicinal really like my Brandy Port . |
| 7 | How does he know the plate price is high , he did n't make that quite , when I only gave him a total price |
| 8 | . I just gave him a quick brush tonight . |
| 9 | So I just gave them the statutory amount per tape |
| 10 | , but she told Helen , I just called her an old cow and she put the phoned down , well if she thought I said cow , well I do n't know but she went and used that . |
| 11 | I do n't think I ever gave him a wrong 'un , though . |
| 12 | ‘ Indeed I always considered him a loyal servant of the crown . ’ |
| 13 | I always considered him a magnificent writer of prose . |
| 14 | But I still enjoyed it the second time . |
| 15 | Well , well , well , Captain , I nearly did you a great injustice a minute or two ago , I thought you had not perhaps addressed yourself to the problem on hand . |
| 16 | I went along with this , I even called him a wild buffalo of the American prairie ; but perhaps he was really just a parrot . |
| 17 | This time I simply wrote him a decent-sized cheque and told him not to worry about repaying it . |
| 18 | I simply gave him a cool look . |
| 19 | I abruptly asked them the same question I had of Benjamin . |
| 20 | so I actually took it the other way that , you know , do you just want a cup of tea . |
| 21 | True I never saw him the worse for drink , but often the better . |
| 22 | And I like Lovejoy , except I 've missed but they 're repeats , but I never saw it the first time . |
| 23 | In his absence , I afterwards asked them the same questions , and they were able to explain quite adequately . |