Example sentences of "i really [vb past] [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Erm , yeah ( he lies ) , but I really meant to say every window in the house . |
| 2 | I really came to have a word with Charles Julian . |
| 3 | I really enjoyed having a tutor and I learned more than if I 'd been at school . |
| 4 | I really had to borrow the fare here . ’ |
| 5 | If I really had to spend a long time hurting someone slowly , I 'd have to use a blindfold : them or me , one of us would have to have their eyes hidden . |
| 6 | ‘ Maggie started going at me about whether I really had finished the affair yet . |
| 7 | So I really wanted to nail the bastard — preferably with the cooperation of my team-mates just to prove the point — but the fucking technology let me down and the gun jammed and he had me pinned , firing shot after shot at me , and finally I gave up trying to un-jam the gun and made to throw it at him though I could hardly see because there was yellow paint all over my visor , but he ducked and tripped and sat down on a trunk , holding his stomach , and the bastard was laughing his socks off because I looked like a giant dripping banana , only I 'd just realised the gun was n't jammed after all , the safety catch was on . |
| 8 | ‘ I really wanted to create a reference book for my twin daughters , Alicia and Alexandra , of all the recipes I loved as a child , and still like cooking , ’ explains Sheila . |
| 9 | I really wanted to thank the little guy for saving my life , but I have a hard-bitten image to keep up . |
| 10 | " I really wanted to stop the Shah , to get him to do something , " said Agshar long afterwards . |
| 11 | It was pretty fucking annoying even if it was n't ; I really wanted to get the bastard because we 'd been having this stupid argument before we 'd started about how greed really was good and how William had been so disappointed at how poorly the argument was put across by the Gekko character in Wall Street . |
| 12 | ‘ I really did want a femur ’ , he said . |
| 13 | ‘ I really did get a buzz from it and that was bad . |
| 14 | I really did get a bit beyond myself . |
| 15 | In the end , I really did have a good time at College . |
| 16 | I did n't really believe it at first , er , and then I received couple or more phone calls from er various people in the industry who er , who were aware of it and started to congratulate me , and then I realised that it was the truth , that er I really did have a big hit record once again with Blue Velvet . |
| 17 | Whether as Gorbals kid street fighter , trustee of New Scientist , Fellow of the Royal Society or captain of industry , I really did like the man . |