Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb past] i " in BNC.
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| 1 | So in the end , even the chairman agreed I was right . |
| 2 | You know that people were able to afford this like everything else er mass produced I mean at er that the public get the benefit . |
| 3 | How this deficit occurred I shall never know , but in some strange way the Medical Clerk was held responsible . |
| 4 | The nations of Europe had become too proud , too self-aware to tolerate that , and gradually , with this kind of behaviour , a collective anti-German consciousness arose I think which , strangely , even today unites Russians , Poles , with people in the west of Europe and America . |
| 5 | When the car stopped I knew exactly where we were . |
| 6 | As my speed dropped I again tried to open the hood , fortunately with my left hand . |
| 7 | As morning light came I saw a much happier man leave the main gate . |
| 8 | When no ambulance came I tried to think things through . |
| 9 | I guess at that point DEA assumed I had jumped the reservation and was feeding information to Pan Am . |
| 10 | As soon as the off-licence opened I bought a dozen cans of Norseman lager , hefting the packs under my arm as I went off to find a quiet corner of the station where I could guzzle them in peace . |
| 11 | To this letter I received a reply dated I March which contained some of the most interesting remarks he ever communicated to me , and which is of permanent value in reflecting his opinions on much wider issues : |
| 12 | BELVILLE : [ desperately ] Once the Countess discovered I was married she resolved we should enter into a system devoted to Platonic Love , in which sex was to have no manner of concern … |
| 13 | I was totally conscious and for the first time since my labour started I felt relaxed . |
| 14 | Before term started I wanted to live anonymously in this city where no one knew me , just for a few days . |
| 15 | Were getting into an area which I think is a whole different programme and before this programme started I might tell you we were having a little er discussion amongst ourselves whether or not er zoo 's were good for animals and I suppose there is a discussion about whether prisons are inevitably going to be degrading because of , because of what er , what , what a prison represents which is a curtailment of freedom , but we do n't have time in this programme , so that 's another one for next year , can I ask you , we 've , we 've touched a lot of basis and it must be frustrating that we ca n't pursue er to the end some of the things we 've er , we 've picked on , but can I ask you a couple of final questions , as far as you know have you committed a crime ? , button one for yes and button two for no , as far as you know , I mean we have n't got time to go into what they might be so your perfectly free to be very honest and honestly reveals that three people are n't quite sur , oh yes there they are |
| 16 | When we were talking just now before the programme started I think you said that you were n't sure that you 'd had a great deal of contact with the university one way or another , but surely you 've been surrounded by university people ? |
| 17 | This is not to say that everyone could name the book ( one chief adviser described it as ‘ the shiny red book which the drama adviser insisted I read ’ ) , nor in some instances was its actual existence known although its influence could be recognized . |
| 18 | In the last frenzied seconds as the boat tossed I thought Rachel held a pistol pointing at me , but then I saw it was only her glass . |
| 19 | Each lurching stride printed I ca n't , I ca n't on her mind . |
| 20 | And who the f-f-fantasy did I |
| 21 | ‘ Fortunately , I was given a good assessment on the first 45 minutes , and apparently the experiment proved I 'm very fit . |
| 22 | I never took one blinking photograph did I ? |
| 23 | If he had kept his mouth shut I would still be eating rancid meat and plotting my own way out of Paris . |
| 24 | I did n't get that baby card did I ? |
| 25 | Mummy did I tell you about erm |
| 26 | Her most ingenious moment on Whose Line Is It Anyway ? was one the public never saw : ‘ We once did the nativity play in which I portrayed a paranoid shepherd convinced I was n't following a star , it was following me . ’ |
| 27 | One of the questions I was asked was , which historical figure did I admire most ? |
| 28 | What a rakish figure did I cut . |
| 29 | ‘ Mummy said I need n't bring it back , as it was old and the twigs were coming out of it . ’ |
| 30 | My Mummy said I must n't play with blackies . ’ |