Example sentences of "[pron] [adv] [vb past] i " in BNC.

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1 In the end , it worked out very much better than expected , essentially because the two companies had outstanding chief executives , both of whom eventually succeeded me as chairman .
2 He got me so riled I lost a race this afternoon I should have won .
3 Incidents such as this , and there were many more than I have recorded , could have worn me down had I not taken an almost fatalistic view .
4 I instinctively knew I was going to like him .
5 So anyway I eventually decided I still did n't know what I wanted to do , but I was aware that the beginnings and ends of lessons were a bit of a mess , so the idea was to film that .
6 I did n't try the grilled Greek halloumi cheese with pitta bread , but as it passed by on the way to another table I rather wished I had .
7 I rather hoped I would n't have to face you with this but thanks to your belief that I 'm somehow responsible for Eddie 's death you force my hand .
8 I got a reproof from Dr Kelleher when I facetiously said I 'd grow geraniums in my gas mask .
9 I only discovered I was in it by sheer chance .
10 I only knew I was playing when we had our warm-up just before the kick-off , and I simply was n't prepared for starting the match .
11 I only got I only got
12 I only got , I only ruined me other one cos when , when it ,
13 I only hoped I was part of that plan .
14 I had a lovely spacious bedroom and bathroom with every comfort and I only wished I was spending more than one night here .
15 I only said I 'd think about it , Meredith , ’ he said , sounding bemused .
16 I only thought I might be able to help . ’
17 I only realised I was still suffering from ME after my doctor referred me to a psychiatrist .
18 I only explained I was listening in at the time .
19 I was out there in er , and I suddenly thought I 'd er go
20 and I suddenly , I suddenly thought I said your father is n't Terry by any chance ?
21 So I 'm out and about and quite often I go and visit people in their own homes out of the back and beyond of nowhere cos I just called out as a result of that and I suddenly thought I I 'm highly vulnerable to them I could be subject to attack like anybody else , how will I protect myself ?
22 as if I suddenly knew I could n't be sure of anything any more . ’
23 I felt — it was as if I suddenly knew I was going to die and I was nothing , just sand and dust blowing away . ’
24 I suddenly knew I had either to behave like a shocked girl who had still been at school that time the year before ; or like an adult .
25 " I suddenly felt I had to get out and I wanted your company .
26 I suddenly felt I did n't want to paint , painting was just showing off , the thing was to experience and experience for ever more .
27 He fell sideways , but I knew he was n't knocked out , he still kept hold of me , I suddenly felt I had to kill him or he would kill me .
28 I suddenly realized I had made a serious mistake .
29 I 'd been teaching in Preston it must have been three years then , and when I read that book I suddenly realized I knew nothing about Lancashire at all — not the real Lancashire .
30 I do n't know what it was , the mist , the way it hung , hot and heavy like a blanket , the weirdness and the exhaustion of the long night drive up the coast , but I suddenly realised I was scared .
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