Example sentences of "go [adv] [subord] i [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | No sooner had I turned away to go downstairs than I heard a strange , ghostly laugh . |
| 2 | Well , there I was in London , penniless ; like the man in the gospel , I was too proud to go home so I begged and fought with the rest of the dispossessed in the dirty alleyways and streets of Whitechapel , Alsatia , and even across London Bridge amongst the stews of Southwark . |
| 3 | they 're all really like when I , I did n't have a travel card , they all started going just cos I did n't have a travel card . |
| 4 | I sat there a long time , bored , with a cold bottom , and I was about to open the pub door to tell him I was going home when I saw the organ grinder trundling his barrel-organ down the street . |
| 5 | At one time I would buy a bottle of whiskey and pour it all over me before going home because I knew she would n't try to argue if she thought I was drunk . |
| 6 | All was going well until I knelt on the front overlap . |
| 7 | Cos he do n't want me going there cos I fell arse over tip earlier ! |
| 8 | The lights had changed to green but nobody was going anywhere unless I moved . |
| 9 | I waited for three buses to go past before I got on to one . |
| 10 | Of course I would have enjoyed the occasion much more had I been in better shape , but in the event it all went better than I had dared hope even if I was near to passing out at times . |
| 11 | ‘ That went better than I expected , ’ said Damian as the limousine swept back to Auckland . |
| 12 | It went better than I hoped , probably because everyone is anxious about giving the right impression , with the May elections coming up . ’ |
| 13 | Agnew said : ‘ It went better than I dared hope . |
| 14 | Pennett was offered a one-season trial on Johnson 's recommendation , and says : ‘ It has so far gone better than I dared to hope . |
| 15 | Yeah called me in two days so they gave me today and tomorrow off as well , so it 's sort of gone longer than I expected you know ? |
| 16 | ‘ It has been a bit painful , but I thought it would probably go away if I ignored it , so I did n't bother seeing my own doctor before we sailed . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ Why did n't you go away when I asked you ? ’ |
| 18 | I — I went further than I intended and I fell over . |
| 19 | I thought I would go home when I left but it has been a long time . |
| 20 | She came down with this summer flu everyone 's getting and went home before I got in . |
| 21 | it 's a good job I went home cos I got sick at home . |
| 22 | The journey back to London went quickly as I mulled over the strange background to Froggy Davies ' death . |
| 23 | Another , making a joke out of his poverty , hit a good drive and sighed , ‘ That 's gone further than I went on my holidays . ’ |
| 24 | But I have n't gone really as I hoped cos I 'd envisaged having the membership list with sort of names of who 'll make cakes , who 'll help on the stall and then know who to phone |
| 25 | It went well until I met a man with a scarf wrapped around his face . |
| 26 | The opening games did not go quite as I expected in that I was surprised to see Wales beat Ireland . |
| 27 | I also went there when I had only the vaguest knowledge of what I wanted . |
| 28 | But I 'd have gone nowhere if I 'd kept playing . |
| 29 | He said he 'd go quietly if I did n't make it public , and I agreed . |
| 30 | ‘ I was a bit young to go there because I found it difficult to get to know people , ’ he says . |