Example sentences of "i [adv] [vb past] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Further points were discussed , for example the need for public liability insurance , which I duly went and arranged ; the need for ‘ Caution : Work in Progress ’ signs at each end , which I duly had made ; the need to take care , when working , not to disturb the kicking stones ; and the need to avoid making heaps when distributing the spoil , so as not to impede the grass cutter . |
| 2 | I duly promised crossed my heart and — spat which was the custom of small boys at the time — and I never did break that promise to Dad Tam whilst he lived , and to this day I believe in my heart that the figure overlooking Princes Street Gardens is in the image of my father , complete with a handsome Kitchener moustache . |
| 3 | One part of me , despite George Crowninshield 's reassurances , anticipated that the twins would emerge as shambling twitching wrecks , and for a second , believing my worst fears , I bitterly regretted accepting the senator 's charter . |
| 4 | I secretly longed to upset his balance but never succeeded , except in the making of poetry , in which he was compelled to tilt towards me . |
| 5 | I badly wanted to know his opinion on the Anwar business , but obviously he was n't in the mood for it now . |
| 6 | Any yet I badly wanted to make some kind of personnel response . |
| 7 | ‘ The price tag worried me and I badly wanted to repay the faith Palace had shown in me . |
| 8 | I mostly enjoyed staying with my friends away from home and I did not get homesick . |
| 9 | Mrs X had no idea what she had done wrong — I eventually came to know of this situation and arranged accommodation with an Asian family . |
| 10 | Yes , I , I was in er , I 'm not sure , I , I think I was in the top class in the junior school and er , without boasting , I was a good scholar and I eventually passed to go to the Q M and me dad could n't afford to let me go . |
| 11 | I eventually resolved to make one , but overcame the drudgery of all those mortise and tenon joints by developing the following method : |
| 12 | I eventually had to place a book order after scouring the shelves of shops and libraries . |
| 13 | In 1976 and 1977 I published a number of papers in pragmatics , and these I eventually revised to make a book , Explorations in Semantics and Pragmatics , published by John Benjamins ( Amsterdam ) in 1980 . |
| 14 | Yet the clutch of Highers and then the Ordinary MA with which I eventually emerged turned out to be a pretty useful preparation for a life in journalism . |
| 15 | When I eventually did contact her things seemed to be going quite well due to supportive family but she felt isolated from other mothers in the same situation as herself . |
| 16 | When I eventually did get home , though , I remembered most of those I had forgotten as if I had not been away . |
| 17 | Off he went ; he must have persuaded my mother because when I eventually did get home , she did n't put up any resistance . |
| 18 | Now that I had this label — ‘ partially sighted ’ — and it was clear that my disability would become more acute , the teachers and girls at school found some semblance of the tolerance and understanding that they had previously lacked , and I slowly began to edge my way up the academic ladder . |
| 19 | I slowly began to realize that the Alexander Technique not only covers the physical body , but also the mental , the psychological , the emotional and even the spiritual … a sort of ‘ sorcerer 's stone ’ . |
| 20 | One of the burning questions as I slowly began to learn about the disease , was how widespread was it within me ? |
| 21 | I slowly began to understand its sophistication and culture and the Parmigiani 's enthusiasm for life and good food . |
| 22 | John 's manner was off-putting to the faint-hearted , but as I slowly got to know him , realised his lack of physical and social grace covered an ultra-soft centre , and I came to love the man . |
| 23 | At first I had the strings about an inch off the fingerboard , but I slowly started filing down the nut until I ended up with a lower action . |
| 24 | Husband and wife were perfect foils for one another : ‘ Jack loved collecting plants , big or small , and I rather enjoyed trying to arrange them , so it worked . |
| 25 | On one occasion a boy I rather liked looked at me and said to his group , ‘ Bellezza d'asino ’ ( beauty of a donkey ) , which , strange as it may seem , was meant in Parma as a compliment . |
| 26 | The evening was really good , but Mark and I rather missed reeling — no comparison to not-very-good disco . |
| 27 | I saw that afterwards , I rather wanted to hang it on this so 's I could put in my comment about the plane |
| 28 | ‘ And I so wanted to see you again — so much , so much ! |
| 29 | ‘ And I so wanted to chat with him . |
| 30 | And I so wanted to buy British … |