Example sentences of "[subord] i [adv] [vb past] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One leads up an unfrequented glen occupied by wild goats and skirts the northern flank of Beinn Fhada to arrive at a rough bealach or col , where I once shivered for two hours waiting for the mist to lift off Sgurr nan Ceathreamhnan ahead , which it did not . |
| 2 | I 'll never forget the cellar of a little pub where I once stood for 10 agonizing minutes — ( it seemed like a century ) — with three of my friends , facing four of the meanest-looking characters I had ever met . |
| 3 | Although I duly applied for the Fellowship , I was unsuccessful , no doubt to my lasting benefit , as similar failures have served to prove . |
| 4 | I knew that I wanted a free and independent life although I secretly subscribed to the idea of marrying a professional , sighted man . |
| 5 | Fiercely private , he will only talk about 39-year-old Frances in professional terms but affection for her sneaks through : ‘ I actually met her through work , although I never worked with her directly until now , ’ he says . |
| 6 | Sometime later I had replaced the clubs and got a better set than I originally had after that I thought I was quite lucky that they had been stolen . |
| 7 | ‘ At least I 've seen more of the town where I live than I ever saw from a carriage or on horseback . ’ |
| 8 | I have learned more than I ever knew about humility . |
| 9 | I experienced far more racism at primary school than I ever did at secondary , which was perhaps unusual . |
| 10 | I do n't know why but I see that more clearly now than I ever did at the time . |
| 11 | Willi has done a better job with Georg than I ever did with Peter . |
| 12 | ‘ I 've learned more about love from people I have met in this great adventure in the world of AIDS than I ever did in the cut-throat world in which I spent my life . ’ |
| 13 | She said to me , ‘ there are n't many jobs for geographers , you should go into something more science-y ’ , so I just drifted into it basically . |
| 14 | ‘ I pushed the pram to the top of the street I was afraid they were following me but when I looked round there was nobody there so I just ran to my mum 's . ’ |
| 15 | Along the top of the bank was the Ben Tee path , leading to a stile and wending up by the burn — rather than towards the peak — so I just headed over the dried-out moor for the steady ascent to the summit . |
| 16 | I did n't understand Ward 's behaviour , so I just concentrated on getting out of the city as fast as I could . |
| 17 | Some of the greatest guitar songs have been the riff songs , so I immediately thought of Paul Rogers . |
| 18 | I get into habits very easily , you see , so I soon got into the habit of coming here every night for dinner . ’ |
| 19 | The butler went off , there was no butler then so I really helped with the with the with the with the food and all that you know . |
| 20 | The tent seemed eerily dark , so I gingerly drawled towards the door and unzipped it slightly . |
| 21 | I realized that I had been tricked , so I then turned to some American and French correspondents . |
| 22 | But I should not have been sent straight from school to Somerville on Classics ; I wanted to swap to History but did not know enough , so I was encouraged to do P.P.E. I was bored by both Philosophy and Economics so I only worked at Politics ’ . |
| 23 | Once I actually got inside the privacy of the polling booth , a wave of doubt came over me . |
| 24 | Therefore , if I just looked at some of those policy teams that I referred to in my presentation , I would expect , and it 's happening , that we would be taking on board , in each of those policy teams , the policy development work that 's applicable to Europe . |
| 25 | I knew she was n't far offshore , but I did n't know anything about the set of currents off Winter Marsh , and if I just rowed into darkness I might miss her altogether , and be carried anywhere . |
| 26 | If I simply concentrated on reducing the network , I would involve myself in a long and profitless public , political and industrial row . |
| 27 | If I ever felt like that I just would n't do it . |
| 28 | Now I did not have the slightest intention of going down for a drink : all the drinking I was going to do was at the reception — if I ever got to the wedding . |
| 29 | There was quite a social calendar to keep me occupied if I ever tired of my own company . |
| 30 | But I think it may be more appropriate if I actually met with say the management committee as opposed to myself yes I 'm quite happy to do that to meet any individual or group who feel they have some concerns they wish to discuss and I give that I give that assurance this evening . |