Example sentences of "i [adv] [verb] [pron] [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It did n't take me long to realise I 'd fallen in love with love rather than with Dave . ’ |
| 2 | He got me so riled I lost a race this afternoon I should have won . |
| 3 | Only then did I properly examine what lay before me . |
| 4 | To pass the heaving multitudes on the track , I raced up like a fell runner , unhappily only to find each time I successfully overtook what looked like a queue for an Andrew Lloyd Webber musical that there were further extensive crocodiles of people ahead . |
| 5 | I rather felt it testified to the contrary . |
| 6 | In fact I rather gather he saw Paul the night he died . ’ |
| 7 | I did n't try the grilled Greek halloumi cheese with pitta bread , but as it passed by on the way to another table I rather wished I had . |
| 8 | Your uncle must be years and years older than she is , and anyway , I rather gathered she 'd got her sights set on some fellow whose name she would n't tell me . |
| 9 | I rather wish I 'd taken the step earlier . |
| 10 | ‘ Actually I rather wish I had n't agreed . |
| 11 | Even the Bishop of Durham , I 've just recently bought one of his books and I rather wish I had n't , I 'm not liking it much erm he 's still much too orthodox really . |
| 12 | I rather wish he had gone to work on some of the astonishing things Escoffier and his contemporaries did to fruit . |
| 13 | I rather wish she had troubled his thoughts . |
| 14 | ‘ Yes , I rather think they did . |
| 15 | ‘ You know , I rather think they did . |
| 16 | I rather think he meant ‘ diluted ’ but on second thoughts perhaps he was right . |
| 17 | And I rather think you understood . |
| 18 | I do n't remember what happened to the cross-over , I rather think I foisted it on a mother before I moved house . |
| 19 | I merely said it avoided the real issue . ’ |
| 20 | As we droned back in time from one lost place to another , I fondly remembered what had previously seemed by bad travel stories . |
| 21 | I only hope she did not see my carriage ! ’ |
| 22 | I only hope it did not rain , as , for most of the daylight , it did here . |
| 23 | ‘ I only hope I did everything Sally would have wanted me to do . |
| 24 | Internal finishing is laudably neat and clean , all sanded smooth and completely glue-free , and I only wish they 'd finished it off by putting the label on straight ! |
| 25 | I only wish we had one in County Durham providing high standards of education . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ Thank you for all the help you gave to us and to Bob during the last few days of his illness — I only wish we 'd been put in touch with ACET sooner . |
| 27 | I enjoyed the whole of the Chuck Berry interview — I only wish we 'd had longer . |
| 28 | I only wish you 'd told me this earlier . |
| 29 | I only wish I had the power of putting down my thoughts in clear and sensible language . |
| 30 | They were all very heartened that someone was at last taking an interest : I only wish I had had a tape recorder ! |