Example sentences of "i [adv] [vb past] [pers pn] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Perhaps I was sent to the chippie , or café up the street to fetch cigarettes , or lemonade , or to go at full haste and deliver a note to one of his girl-friends ; or maybe he simply wanted to chastise me for something I had done , as for instance when I inadvertently got him into hot water by mentioning to Mum that I had seen him with a girl ( an infamous young woman ) after he had faithfully promised not to see her again , ever . |
| 2 | I only saw him for half an hour . |
| 3 | I only took it in social situations . |
| 4 | After I introduced the hemp earlier the fish seemed to go off the feed so I only introduced it for four or five casts . |
| 5 | But I swear , I only mentioned it to one person , and he 's the most trustworthy person I 've ever met . |
| 6 | Cos I had him , I just , I just had him like that first sixteen points and we could n't play properly cos no one won . |
| 7 | No erm as I say , I never saw her in there erm I looked under the bed saw nothing was there , I just dropped it with one hand . |
| 8 | I just willed him with all my mind to believe me . |
| 9 | I just found it on three |
| 10 | Er I du n no , I just found it in one of my |
| 11 | ‘ I hardly recognised you in that sharp gear ! ’ she teased him . |
| 12 | ‘ I hardly knew her at all , ’ said Guy , unconcernedly , ‘ only she happened to mention it once . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ I do n't think I really believed it for one second . |
| 14 | After all , I almost dragged you into this , and if it 's not what you hoped for then I 've no right to pin you down . ’ |
| 15 | I never meant it like that , no , you do n't go to the same you wanker |
| 16 | I never saw her after that summer . ’ |
| 17 | I never saw him after that . ’ |
| 18 | I never asked her for total commitment ( after all , if I were into monogamy would I have done such a good job of dangling that little Limnititzker tsatskeleh in front of her nose ? ) , but I would have hoped the woman would stand by me in a crisis . |
| 19 | I never loved him at all , Angel . |
| 20 | In view of the remarks about the hypersensitivity of a man ‘ who could be extremely shy and nervous in the company of other people ’ ( to quote Ackroyd 's paraphrase of his own words to Djuna Barnes in 1951 ) , I should like to record that , save in respect of sensitivity , I never found him like that . |
| 21 | I certainly heard it in later years . |