Example sentences of "[adj] i [vb past] [verb] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yes you 're right I 'd forgotten that boat trip . |
| 2 | Prior to this I had used many strange concoctions for the hopeful parents to swim in , even a brew made with oak leaves . |
| 3 | Um so erm I did have some I did have some references on this which erm unfortunately I I put to one side and I 've succeeded in losing so erm I did n't get the chance to put them on the handout but erm I 'm just alerting you to that area of debate and that area of enquiry . |
| 4 | And he 'd always ask how much I 'd eaten that day . ’ |
| 5 | Whoever was about to emerge from beneath the dripping straw roof of this tiny hut on this minute hamlet on the eastern edge of this unknown volcanic islet was the first person in the world to rise on this February Saturday morning : Homo Pacificus , the symbol of all I had travelled half a world to see . |
| 6 | I was pretty sure I 'd seen that coin before , in that very hotel . |
| 7 | I was n't sure I wanted to hear any more , but Oliver had got hold of my sleeve again . |
| 8 | The hill that was waiting for me across the next two miles of nothingness was typical of those I had climbed that day — no more than a hundred feet high , with a gradual slope . |
| 9 | Of course , at first I did do all the humdrum work , though to be honest , I never found it dull . |
| 10 | And when I was fifteen I had to take all this craziness on my shoulders , there was so much imbalance out there , so much excess . |
| 11 | Somehow or other I managed to learn these lessons , becoming anxious to please and to be praised for having pleased . |