Example sentences of "[vb past] [coord] i [verb] [adv prt] " in BNC.

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1 We both winced and I went back to some more work on the sulphonamides , and he to dressing his patients .
2 Above the chasms we stopped and I kicked out a shelf for the camera bags .
3 Lisabeth fumed but I went on .
4 fucking , fucking crap and as I was saying that my voice broke and I walked off and I started crying
5 Yes , he said , I should go , and he would n't come , cos he ai n't got no answer to it you see , anyway I went and I started back the next morning , he called me back .
6 Then I tried swimming , but what with the current and the fucking cassock — and then bang I got hit in the ribs like someone had kicked me and I thought I was a goner , it must be a rock I thought and I gave up and sort of passed out .
7 He was stronger than he looked and I stumbled back into his partner .
8 High on a mountain we paused and I looked down on Lough Nafooey , a lake lying far below us .
9 he said and I got on very well with them , have a chat and I used to help them when they came in they were West Indians which gave everybody a bit of a shock when running a local Spa
10 So erm er she said she was quite rude she said and I rang back she said , I was gon na tell her and she stamped the phone down .
11 She said and I turned round and she said it was Mr she said !
12 I do n't know what the hell I said but I went back and did it .
13 I — I went further than I intended and I fell over .
14 But she opened the door just like I wanted and I shot through to the living room only to encounter more men in dark clothes , too many for me to tolerate .
15 In due course Vernon Hunt retired and I took over as Chief Inspector of Accidents on 1 January 1974 .
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