Example sentences of "i [adv] [vb past] [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I duly enrolled Sue at another dancing school . |
| 2 | It seemed there was never enough time to catch up , and I badly needed Charlie to return and take the shop off my hands . |
| 3 | So I mostly chose Uncle Bill because I thought the world of him , but I was cunning enough to go to Uncle Geordie 's about every fourth week . |
| 4 | DRDOS seems to have drivers only for 286 and upwards machines but I eventually got EMM.SYS which was also to be found locked away in my ROM and got the machine to recognise the expanded memory . |
| 5 | I eventually found Mrs Newton 's road , off an interminable High Street that was crammed with small shops mostly with Asian names over their facades . |
| 6 | ‘ I did it because I was bored , and I rather believed Ireland should be a single country . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ And I rather thought Ian was a friend of young Thomas , the Bishop 's son . |
| 8 | Sometimes I so hated JTR for putting me in this position . |
| 9 | By day , I merely served Jean-Claude . |
| 10 | I merely told David Knell that I might write more in future . ’ |
| 11 | On first hearing , I prematurely thought Vin Garbutt had given abortion a rest . |
| 12 | I only fed Rachel for about three weeks . |
| 13 | I only got Rosie 's help because he put it to you ; of course , it would be in a very nice way , that I was too tired to give him his rights . ’ |
| 14 | I only saw Robin |
| 15 | Hello , Just how does anyone who 's old enough to remember compare the two I only saw Gary Sprake play twice ( famous so I ca n't really remember how bad he was . |
| 16 | I only saw Stephen a few times before I went back to prison . |
| 17 | The contrary relation will therefore show up in a sentential context that specifies , or at least implies , that a single event is being referred to , such as I only met Mary once , and that was today/yesterday or ( somewhat less convincingly ) It was today/yesterday that I met Mary . |
| 18 | I only caught Ben chewing once . |
| 19 | I only reminded Dass about that , sir . |
| 20 | I watched , I only watched Janet Jackson . |
| 21 | Anthony said : ‘ I suddenly heard Questa yelping . |
| 22 | I 'm looking out at the moodily lit bathroom and wondering what I would do if I suddenly saw William appear out there , flight bags in hand , a Surprise , honey , I 'm home ! look on his face . |
| 23 | Twenty years ago I walked along it , half hoping to find a lost domain , and when I had crossed the small brick bridge over a stream I suddenly saw Wood Dalling Hall sailing like some proud ship above hawthorn hedges and ancient meadows , as beautiful and as Norfolk as could be . |
| 24 | I thereupon asked Howard Samuel whether he would grant to the Labour Party a licence for the extract , as I had discovered from the contract that the quotation rights were vested in the publisher . |
| 25 | I thereupon telephoned Haines to tell him of my success and to urge upon him the necessity for extreme discretion , since what I had done was something of an embarrassment and I did not particularly wish to have my role publicised . |
| 26 | I scarcely noticed Laurence and Vicky ( passing of messages , quick touching of hands in the wings … ) |
| 27 | I just heard Fagg shouting , ‘ How dare you , sir ? ’ and the Commander wailing something about old times . |
| 28 | I just asked Potter for leave . |
| 29 | I just saw England , I was never in it . |
| 30 | Funnily enough , I just saw Mick ( Robinson , the Brian May lookalike ) the other day , and he has n't changed at all . |