Example sentences of "i [vb past] [adv] [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I do not wish in any way to criticise you , and I appreciate that I applied today to ask such a question — |
| 2 | ‘ Fair weather anglers , the lot of you , ’ I announced unctuously demanding immediate refreshment for my efforts . |
| 3 | Well , I agreed not to speak more than half an hour , but I see that I have been speaking for a little longer than forty-five minutes . |
| 4 | Sadly , I failed daily to get any of the pilots to use the Link , so I used the periods myself and , in time , overcame my shortcomings in bad-weather flying , I am convinced to this day that those stolen trips in the Link could well have prolonged my flying life in later years . |
| 5 | I got up feel rough , er , did you mix it ? |
| 6 | I got up to get some water and went to the window . |
| 7 | I got up feeling bilious and with a burning headache , wobbling from the previous day 's struggle , as if I were finding my legs after a long illness . |
| 8 | When it came I tried frantically to remember all that had been forced into me by my mentor , and to the utter amazement of all — around but mainly myself — I passed into the 17th Entry at Halton in January 1928 with , I believe , 305 out of a total of just under 400 starters . |
| 9 | I tried not to let this interfere with les très riches heures de James Kirkup , but the wretchedness and misery were overwhelming . |
| 10 | In the last six articles I tried not to describe any canoeing technique as right or wrong . |
| 11 | I tried not to give any extra weight to the explanations or justifications made by one individual rather than another . |
| 12 | I tried never to throw any food away . |
| 13 | I found how to do this by accident . |
| 14 | I was never so self-assured again , though I rallied enough to get some good results in the School Certificate exams , and joined in enough activities — rowing , choir , dramatic society — to be dubbed as an all-rounder by the headmaster ( a description which brought jeers from my schoolmates ) . |
| 15 | That evening Sid and I dined off piping hot oxtail soup , steak and kidney pie , followed by a very rich plum duff , all washed down with a bottle of French cider , given to us by the old Frenchman who lived in the cottage near the entrance to the orchard . |
| 16 | The language I used obviously means this : the plaintiff in order to make out a cause of action must assert certain facts which , if traversed , he would be put to prove . |
| 17 | I woke up having 5 minute contractions and thought I 'd lost ‘ my water ’ on the loo , without really being sure ( if only you could have a trial run — but then you might not go through with it if you did ! ) |
| 18 | This morning I woke up to discover another major British engineering company expected to require 5,000 fewer workers . |
| 19 | On the first morning I woke up feeling great , like a kid , stretched my arms and thought , Now I 'll have a cup of tea and stroll out for a Then it hit me . " |
| 20 | I woke up feeling better . |
| 21 | Often I felt so full after eating that I had to lie down or drag myself to lectures , feeling as though I 'd just eaten three Christmas dinners . |
| 22 | Then I remember getting the Ramones album when I 'd just turned sixteen . |
| 23 | Andy was fourteen , I 'd just turned thirteen and was proud of my new status as a teenager ( and , as usual , of the fact that for the next couple of months I was only a year younger than Andy ) . |
| 24 | I 'd just met this medium — how could she have known this ? ’ |
| 25 | Wish I 'd just said seven now ! |
| 26 | ‘ I would n't be if I 'd just lost twenty million , ’ Plummer said humourlessly . |
| 27 | and it was dark green oh it it 's not bad but you know I 'd just lost ten pounds to the taxi driver to him giving me the wrong change so I was feeling in a very frugal mood an and this the green of this candlestick holder you know what I call the old fashioned dark green , of some china ? |
| 28 | It would be good to see old England again and even if I did n't find her I could tell myself I 'd just tried that little bit . |
| 29 | ‘ Yes , I 'd just got that out when you rang the bell . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ They said I 'd just got 50-60 years wear out of the knee in 15 years . ’ |