Example sentences of "i [adv] [vb past] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I had just winched in the staysail 's port sheet when the explosion sounded , or something so like an explosion that I instinctively cowered by Wavebreaker 's rail as my mind whipped back to the crash of practice shells ripping through the sleet in Norway . |
| 2 | ‘ I rarely used to Hasselblad . |
| 3 | When I eventually returned to Vienna to make music , I was completely relaxed within myself . |
| 4 | Railway stations are almost home to me now , I realized , when I eventually arrived at Victoria . |
| 5 | ‘ I eventually arrived in Los Angeles and got a job with a show-business agency as a secretary . |
| 6 | It was as fine an afternoon as you could wish for as I slowly descended to Malham Beck , the Cove coming into view on my left as I walked down . |
| 7 | Afterwards , having made desperately light of the gaffe , I defensively hissed to Jack : ‘ Well , it 's not pronounced Botha is it ? |
| 8 | These I personally selected at training schools , generally those with " Distinguished " passes . |
| 9 | I literally jumped for joy when I heard that key turn in the lock and saw Mum and Mrs Taylor enter with another woman . |
| 10 | I confess that I literally gasped with disbelief when I heard him calmly announce his determination to get rid of the poll tax at the first possible opportunity . |
| 11 | Du n no yet , I really do n't know , erm well I only popped in Sundays , I 've been going to spend the week , er the other half and me ended up in Littlehampton and Arronale for the day . |
| 12 | well I only lived in London for about six months . |
| 13 | ‘ In Nigeria I only knew of Guinness as the stout and Harp lager so I have been surprised by the diversity of the company , ’ reflects . |
| 14 | ( Well , I only got to page 8 … ) . |
| 15 | Ah , I only said to Chris the other day , I thought god I have n't seen Trevor for ages , I honestly did and I , I did n't think you know , anything wrong with him . |
| 16 | And I only said to Joe yesterday |
| 17 | ‘ I only went to school for two years , ’ says Maxima Flores , forty-year-old mother of four . |
| 18 | ‘ Tomorrow we will look for a house to rent but as I only arrived in London this morning I have not had the time . |
| 19 | I only arrived from London a minute ago . |
| 20 | 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 ’ . |
| 21 | ‘ I only moved from Middlesbrough because I became a little stale . |
| 22 | I think I must have been gradually going off into a faint when I suddenly thought of mother reading the telegram saying that I had been killed in action . |
| 23 | Exactly a week later I suddenly went to Oxford by the most impossible train which stopped at every station . |
| 24 | I suddenly felt at ease and I 'm just hoping I can stay in the side alongside Alan . ’ |
| 25 | How would it look if I suddenly disappeared for weeks — leaving a gap that other people would have to fill — because my wife 's grandmother is ill on the other side of the world ? ’ |
| 26 | Mm but this was last year and I just cleared the ball and everybody ran out ran out and I suddenly collapsed in agony on the floor cos my knee just completely gave way and it was really painful and a minute later I stood up and it was fine , it did n't give me any more hassle for the rest of the day . |
| 27 | ‘ I grew up in Australia , and when I was about fourteen I saw a guitar and that was it : I just fell in love , just totally obsessed . |
| 28 | I just felt like crying . |
| 29 | I just laughed at Anwar , as we all did , but no one dared say the one true thing : it was all his own fault . |
| 30 | I just stared at Santerre 's cheery face . |