Example sentences of "i [adv] [vb past] [pron] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Perhaps because I always went there in the heat of the afternoon , I rarely saw anyone in the gardens . |
| 2 | To say I forcibly removed him in a headlock because he was ‘ In five short minutes , playing himself back into the job of Athletico manager ’ , is not only true but also likely to get this fanzine banned within a fifteen-mile radius of ‘ The Tip ’ . |
| 3 | I eventually made it into the Yorkshire second XI and ultimately the first team . |
| 4 | After another series of battles with the employment exchange , the Royal National Institute for the Blind and various principals of local technical colleges , I eventually got myself onto a TOPS typing course at a college in south-west London . |
| 5 | ‘ When I struck the bream tore off downstream and dragged me into some weeds but I eventually got it to the bankside , ’ said Matthew . |
| 6 | I eventually converted it into a feeder rod ( this was in the era before today 's more suitable weapons ) and it could throw a heavy feeder with ease . |
| 7 | She did n't go so far as to give me her telephone number , but I prudently copied it from the instrument at a point during the interview when she was distracted : when one of Brenda 's children had somehow slipped into the room to find a drum stacked halfway down a pile of similar toys . |
| 8 | He was magnificent again at Anfield and I personally thanked him after the game for what he had done . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ Does n't matter , I only brought them as a diversion anyway . |
| 10 | I only saw him for a moment , but my blood seemed to freeze . |
| 11 | I only saw her for a day or two . ’ |
| 12 | It looked tall but I only saw it for a moment . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ I only met her for the first time earlier this evening . ’ |
| 14 | I only meant it for the best . |
| 15 | Might have been my idea — well , it was , but I only said it in a fit of temper ! — but she carried it out . |
| 16 | ‘ I only took her to the doctor because she had a bad nose bleed at playgroup , and I thought she looked a little pale . |
| 17 | I only wanted it for a |
| 18 | ‘ I only wrapped it with the sheet , ’ she said . |
| 19 | ‘ I only stole it for the wire , ’ she said , ‘ but now we 've got it I suppose we might as well drink it . ’ |
| 20 | I suddenly saw her as the shuttlecock in the game her husband is playing with his inamorata . |
| 21 | Sean recalled : ‘ I suddenly found myself on the same side as the shark and got out of the water as fast as I could . |
| 22 | At the age of 30 , I suddenly found myself at a turning point in my life . |
| 23 | I used to watch him sleep , wondering what bloody crimes lay in his past , and knowing that I alone protected him from a horrible death . |
| 24 | I was in the kitchen and I just heard something about a bomb near the Prime Minister 's |
| 25 | I just heard it on the radio . ’ |
| 26 | He stood there , no I do n't mean that , I mean me rubbish , oh dear , and he said erm er , sorry , he started sipping his coffee , he never said anything and then he says I 've got some bad news for you and I said oh my God no , car accident , I just heard it on the radio he said no , then he told me , oh God I nearly |
| 27 | Well I just heard it on the radio , we 're all I do n't really know . |
| 28 | I just thrown something at the erm |
| 29 | In fact , I just saw him in the flesh , bruised as that might be . ’ |
| 30 | Yes , I just saw you at the crossroads you see |