Example sentences of "i [vb past] i [vb past] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | A forward has a sixth sense and from an early stage I realised I had the corner back in my pocket . |
| 2 | Even as I shouted I sensed the utter absurdity of my words and the ludicrous figure I presented , a slovenly , plump young man , so obviously clumsy and ineffectual , rabbit 's ears of shirt-tail escaping from my waistband . |
| 3 | I found I had the best of both worlds . |
| 4 | It was not long before I found I liked the Semmens family very much . |
| 5 | Maurin began to speak but Durance prevented him , saying : ‘ At the time I believed I wanted the gun so I could intervene . |
| 6 | Got a bloody assignment to give in and I forgot I lost the bloody address ! |
| 7 | When I finished I took the lift down to the typing pool . |
| 8 | ‘ This time as I talked I felt the ground move . |
| 9 | Galsworthy was a set book : I felt I knew the Forsyte Saga by heart . |
| 10 | ‘ I felt I had the momentum coming back from 40–0 , ’ the Australian , French and US Open champion added . |
| 11 | ‘ I knew I knew the house ! |
| 12 | I knew I knew the telephone number ! ’ |
| 13 | So far as I knew I covered the area around my bowels , liver , one kidney and all the other bits and pieces that make up a living abdomen . |
| 14 | So I just went I knew I did the only thing that I knew I could do . |
| 15 | I knew I needed the disguise because I would be able to surprise him by two hours at the most . |
| 16 | They finally chose the agency that dreamed up a well-known series of ads that appealed to a deeply buried vein of female exhibitionism : ‘ I dreamed I stopped the traffic in my Maidenform Bra ’ ( she wore nothing else ) . |
| 17 | I felt so enthusiastic when I found this out and I began to read the stories , that I thought I saw the River of the Leprechauns , which is the crystal road to their kingdom ‘ Undersea . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ I thought I knew the answer then , ’ he snapped . |
| 19 | I listened for some sound of other prisoners in the building but although I thought I heard the locking and unlocking of other doors the only voices were those of the guards . |
| 20 | I thought I heard the music of fairies , which is believed to render men forever enthralled to wonderland , and it plays in a responsive mind all life long . |
| 21 | One night there was a very bad storm , and I thought I heard the sound of guns out at sea . |
| 22 | I thought I heard the sound of horses in the distance , which seemed strange at two o'clock in the morning . |
| 23 | I thought after I was having a shave I 'd come downstairs , then I thought I heard the garage door go thought Lee put his bike in , I thought perhaps he ai n't got ta key |
| 24 | From my attic bedroom I thought I surveyed the world . |
| 25 | Now I thought I left the list in the restaurant because the blokes . |
| 26 | I looked around the coach , and suddenly I thought I understood the reason for the strange smell . |
| 27 | I thought I had the right build for it , and my footwork at that age was pretty neat . |
| 28 | I think I took drugs to escape my problems , because I thought I had the world on my shoulders for a number of reasons . |
| 29 | I thought I recognised the little shit . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ I thought I recognised the voice . ’ |