Example sentences of "[coord] [vb past] i [verb] the " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
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| 1 | Or did I get the answer wrong ? |
| 2 | Was I hearing him right or had I missed the point as so often happened ? |
| 3 | ‘ It was n't a drunken stupor , nor did I make the tart . ’ |
| 4 | As it happened I did not own a bike , nor did I possess the corduroy shorts , commando rucksack , chunky woollen socks and thick , dubbined boots which were the uniform of the dedicated rambler . |
| 5 | I had no trouble in interpreting this , nor did I find the sequence strange , despite the fact that there are no overt formal links of the kind discussed in 2 . |
| 6 | I had no trouble in interpreting this , nor did I find the sequence strange , despite the fact that there are no overt formal links of the kind discussed in 2 . |
| 7 | Nor did I have the urge to linger on the Neva embankment with Charsky . |
| 8 | ‘ It could have been major much earlier — I had the know-how and had already done the groundwork — but when I was racing there was n't the time , nor did I have the surplus energy to allow the business its head . |
| 9 | Nor did I have the inclination , she added silently . |
| 10 | Nor had I forgotten the swivel-gun mounted on the roof . |
| 11 | ‘ Michael was anxious to get it sorted out and asked me to arrange the wedding . ’ |
| 12 | Their president , Gordon Stulberg , became president of Twentieth Century-Fox and asked me to direct The Poseidon Adventure , which became the company 's most profitable film . |
| 13 | ‘ When Julius phoned me yesterday and asked me to bring the files he wanted to work on , he did n't tell me you were staying here . ’ |
| 14 | They 've cut it down and agreed I pay the arrears back at a pound a week . |
| 15 | I now thank that friend who first put the direct question to me and made me make the decision . |
| 16 | He was terrific and made me realise the only reason I had these thoughts was because of the enormous love I have for you . |
| 17 | He took his job very seriously and made me rewrite the book to make it understandable to nonscientists like himself . |
| 18 | One of them sat in the back — again — and made me follow the Escort , but at least this time they were plainclothes men not uniformed , so my street cred did n't suffer . |
| 19 | One officer , a really nice screw , a senior officer called Mrs [ R ] , understood why I wanted to be moved off the pregnant house and got me moved the next day . |
| 20 | Not in a very big way , but I 've got an eye for that sort of thing and I told him I would n't split on him if he resigned and helped me choose the successor I wanted . |
| 21 | He gave me every encouragement , lent me camp equipment , provided me with a Somali called Ali as my headman and helped me collect the necessary servants . |
| 22 | She was using condoms and advised me to do the same . |
| 23 | For more than 20 years the IRA has been executing a horrendous campaign of genocide against the Protestant community , and in the names of the thousands of dead and injured I urge the Government to take the war to the terrorists . |
| 24 | Once I got arrested one morning for soliciting , but they let me out of the police station ; I got arrested the same afternoon , they let me out again ; I got arrested in the evening and they kept me in and took me to court the next day . |
| 25 | Then he produced his gun and forced me to provide the car . |
| 26 | Then a stitch stabbed my ribs and forced me to walk the next few yards . |
| 27 | I scratched my ear and wished I knew the answer to that one . |
| 28 | Pat rung up and wanted me to fetch the dressing table on Tuesday night I said yeah alright I 'll do Wednes but I forgot I was going out with the girls Wednesday so I went out Tuesday and she would n't let me have it , cos Tuesdays they 're not working in the kitchen |
| 29 | One afternoon the Governor summoned me to Government House and informed me that he had instructions to institute proceedings against Aung San for an alleged murder in the early days of the Japanese invasion of Burma , and instructed me to prepare the case to justify this to the country . |
| 30 | Yeah , but did I turn the bars off ? |