Example sentences of "i [adv] [vb past] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He got me so riled I lost a race this afternoon I should have won . |
| 2 | Incidents such as this , and there were many more than I have recorded , could have worn me down had I not taken an almost fatalistic view . |
| 3 | He came after me , but he stopped when he saw me go inside ( as I instinctively knew he would — the only safe place from him was down here ) . |
| 4 | I instinctively knew I was going to like him . |
| 5 | I rarely used them when I was a legitimate student much preferring the local pubs . |
| 6 | Of course , to achieve that I needed the former whore 's co-operation so I secretly sent her the messages . ’ |
| 7 | So I er , I politely told him what he could do with that , well , I was eating his dinner and I could n't be too rude to him , but erm , you know , when er when , when confronted , I do n't give ground over that kind of thing . |
| 8 | ‘ I politely asked him not to bully me but that infuriated him . |
| 9 | There was one kid , however , who did n't move back as far as the rest of his row , so I politely asked him to get in line . |
| 10 | To say I forcibly removed him in a headlock because he was ‘ In five short minutes , playing himself back into the job of Athletico manager ’ , is not only true but also likely to get this fanzine banned within a fifteen-mile radius of ‘ The Tip ’ . |
| 11 | ‘ She gave me some help when I badly needed it . |
| 12 | That 's right , yeah so I eventually managed it , but it took some negotiating . |
| 13 | I eventually made it into the Yorkshire second XI and ultimately the first team . |
| 14 | We got on well and a relationship developed — to such an extent that I eventually married her . |
| 15 | When I eventually told her , she was devastated … . an' me dad too . |
| 16 | One Sunday night at the Wood Green Odeon a group of youths and girls were making so much more than a tolerable racket that I eventually asked them to quieten down . |
| 17 | ‘ When I struck the bream tore off downstream and dragged me into some weeds but I eventually got it to the bankside , ’ said Matthew . |
| 18 | ‘ My brother left me alone in the room with him and I loathed him on sight … then I eventually liked him and then I fell in love with him . ’ |
| 19 | It 's based on the two fingered symbol of peace , and although it was originally designed for lead guitars I eventually scaled it up to use on my basses ; it 's one of the features that makes them instantly recognisable . ’ |
| 20 | I eventually converted it into a feeder rod ( this was in the era before today 's more suitable weapons ) and it could throw a heavy feeder with ease . |
| 21 | So anyway I eventually decided I still did n't know what I wanted to do , but I was aware that the beginnings and ends of lessons were a bit of a mess , so the idea was to film that . |
| 22 | Although the lack of signposts made it difficult to locate the road to Rennes-le-Chateau , I eventually found it and trudged the 4.7km to the village . |
| 23 | The word ‘ Hecketypecky ’ passed between them , and when I eventually found it — the Rio Jequetepeque — I could hardly believe the spelling . |
| 24 | to walk round the bread shelves twice and they were right on the bottom shelf when I eventually tracked them down and they had the hot cross buns on the shelves . |
| 25 | Everyone , including the Indians , seemed to be happy and laughing , and in my surly mood I unkindly wished them all in hell — chiefly because no one was in any hurry to serve me and I had to sit and watch a party at the next table consume a feast that looked to me as if it had issued straight from Nirvana , before I was even shown a menu . |
| 26 | I 'd heard Joe Walsh and Pete Townshend used them quite heavy , and I rather liked the tone they got , so I slowly built it up until I got up as high as I could be comfortable with , and I 've been using that gauge ever since . ’ |
| 27 | It only remained for us to forgive one another , and for my part I gladly forgave him for anything that might still need forgiveness . |
| 28 | I rather felt it testified to the contrary . |
| 29 | I did n't try the grilled Greek halloumi cheese with pitta bread , but as it passed by on the way to another table I rather wished I had . |
| 30 | ‘ I rather thought it was for yours . |