Example sentences of "[subord] i had just [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The water-trough was about twelve yards from the barn door where I had just appeared ; and between the door and the water-trough was a single post . |
| 2 | The letter announcing my visit lay unopened on the mat when she opened the door , and an hour later I came away believing that I admired a woman who could , under these circumstances and in some pain , treat me as if I had just stepped round the corner for a packet of tea ten minutes before , and talk to me about this and that , and nothing at all . |
| 3 | I felt as if I had just given birth . |
| 4 | Earlier I had felt as if I was being torn in two , but now the decision was made , I was floating on a warm tide of physical ease , as if I had just given birth . |
| 5 | Feeling as if I had just won a gold medal , I ran home , carefully examined my treasure to find that the ‘ bone ’ handle was only painted tin . |
| 6 | ‘ Fuck off and leave you alone ! ’ echoed Quigley , as if I had just taken pi to sixteen decimal places off the top of my head . |
| 7 | ‘ Sprechen kommandant , bitte , privaten , ’ I said very slowly , as if I had just learned these words and found difficulty in repeating them . |
| 8 | Though the landscape was flat , it seemed , both visually and from the effort it was taking to move the wheelbarrow , that I was continually walking up a hill , but when I looked back , it was as if I had just walked down one . |
| 9 | I was feel very proud of myself because I had just progressed from a tiny red tricycle to riding a huge yellow proper bicycle , with stabilizers . |
| 10 | I was emotionally prepared because I had just had what seemed to me then an incredibly traumatic experience . |
| 11 | Madam Deputy Speaker , erm there 'll be no need for any pruning from the chair because I had just mentioned the word banks at the very point that you madam speaker , got up and I can assure that er pruning would not be in order . |
| 12 | When I had just erected the tent , Paddy laid aside his empty plate , strolled over , opened a locker and , with an expression of humorous disgust , peered inside and said , ‘ What d' you keep in there ? |
| 13 | ( I must tell here the story of a charming American lady who approached me when I had just given a talk on regression therapy . |
| 14 | Again I was astonished , for Syl was hard and red and , as I had just realised , old . |
| 15 | ‘ Aye , ’ I nodded slowly , hoping to content her with this , then looked away and up to one side as though I had just found something very interesting and important to look at on the ceiling . |