Example sentences of "[adv] i [vb past] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A second hour went by , while little by little I abandoned hope first of one bus connection , and then of another , until there were footsteps and a small thin man hurried in , pushing back the strands of hair which had plastered themselves across his forehead . |
| 2 | Some of the sound tests were done by a computer and luckily I had access to a computer from my dealer in Bath that enabled me to set the sound up perfectly . |
| 3 | Eventually I got hold of a Telecaster , but nowadays , apart from the 345 , I use Strats and Duo Sonics with a metal slide rather than glass . |
| 4 | When eventually I got hold of him , I told him to stop making payments into my French bank account . |
| 5 | And eventually I got job on a scaffold . |
| 6 | ‘ You 'd rather I wrote sea shanties , ’ he said in her ear . |
| 7 | Rather I found relief in desperately scribbling poetry , the style and substance a strange mixture of John Pudney , one of the war 's best-known poets , and the residual Platonism of one of my university courses . |
| 8 | Then suddenly I saw daylight over my shoulder as he appeared to falter . |
| 9 | Suddenly I wanted freedom … or at least a new master to serve . |
| 10 | And suddenly I caught sight of this … prat sailing down the Cam back towards Cambridge in a punt , with a girl doing all the work , while he reclined at the exact angle , trying to play a chord and strum a tune … |
| 11 | Gently I took hold of the door handle and moved it . |
| 12 | If that 's alright I 'll do it got ta pay your own train fair I said Boxing Day they only do Sunday service anyway . |
| 13 | ‘ Only I ate supper , ’ Flavia said . |
| 14 | If only I had understanding , to send them back to their waters ! ’ |
| 15 | So I had stuff which I knew was good , but that did n't quite fit the group because the tunes needed to be more orchestrated . |
| 16 | and I said right so I had gammon pineapple peas and chips right ? |
| 17 | They moved it out for something reason so I had occasion to look at it more closely . |
| 18 | So I said wonder if they 've got that headboard for Ken , you know I did n't know he had one I said we 'll have a look and see how much they are . |
| 19 | So I took leave . |
| 20 | The animals did n't want to go near him so I took care of him . |
| 21 | It is necessary I had come to that view for me , at that time it was necessary for me to contact one of the duty Chief Officers and on this occasion it was the Assistant Chief Constable Mr , so I made contact with him . |
| 22 | So I made stock out of those . |
| 23 | So I asked Dad , it took me ages , and he said , " What do you want to go on the Pill for ? " |
| 24 | Not much it seems so I asked manageress Janet to explain . |
| 25 | So I continued south , making my way along the great chalk road which snaked across the Downs to Dover . |
| 26 | birthday was on the eighth of September or before , if it was in the summer holidays or up until the eighth of September , you could leave school and my birthday was the eighth of September so I left school at fourteen . |
| 27 | So I got hold of Dave and I said ring Stuart and ring |
| 28 | So I got hold of the right side . |
| 29 | So I rode south , to England . |
| 30 | So I kneeled wrestling |