Example sentences of "i [vb past] [prep] [verb] [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The more I thought about her , the nearer I got to beating off about her now . |
| 2 | There is a conference centre somewhere out in the wilds of nowhere in Derbyshire which I drove past coming back from Buxton . |
| 3 | I was surprised how weak and light-headed I felt on nipping out of my hospital bed to recover a dropped book . |
| 4 | I felt like sitting about with my feet up , knitting . |
| 5 | In the morning , though our route lay the other way , I insisted on going back to the old station for one more look . |
| 6 | I thought about popping out to ! |
| 7 | I thought about running along beside him as we came up to the main road opposite the church , about his taking my hand and singing , ‘ Hold my hand — I 'm a stranger in paradise ! ’ |
| 8 | For a moment I thought of driving out to the Jackson house , and beating out of the lawyer whatever information he had . |
| 9 | ‘ I thought of going out for some choc bars , ’ he would say , adding sotto voce as his daughter ran for her anorak , ‘ and I thought we might drop off at the gym/piano teacher's/library on the way … ’ |
| 10 | ‘ I thought of walking down to the beach and having a hamburger at Pepe 's . ’ |
| 11 | However , when I took to hanging about in the new house , when I watched her while she chatted to her staff and guests , or entertained the local burghers , or genteelly remonstrated with her suppliers and various tradesmen over the phone , I began to see this seeming tact as an extension of that complicity I had long been aware of . |
| 12 | I 've probably finished what little chance I had of getting out of here in one piece . |
| 13 | There were moments when I wondered about getting out from its clutches alive . |