Example sentences of "[verb] i [vb past] [verb] [pron] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I was playing in a particular game and did not think I had done anything spectacular at all when I was approached by Heffernan who told me that he wanted me for the Ireland team to play Australia in the Compromise Rules series , ’ recalls McGilligan . |
| 2 | So it was awful to find I 'd done something wrong . |
| 3 | Extract 2 oh listen I wanted to tell you one of the girls in my supply class we 'll hoover when we come back wo n't we she said to me she looked at my shoes and she said you 've got flashy shoes or something I said I got them in Spain she said Miss are you Spanish I thought it was really funny |
| 4 | like cement he says I had to throw it all away |
| 5 | Please to remember I had finished my own stint , and I had served a period on Bennett 's staff as his " horse-thief " — the recruiter and trainer , I was the Group training inspector . |
| 6 | It did cross my mind that she might actually get across the damn thing and hit land before the wind dropped , but I reckoned that even if that happened I had done my best , and honour was satisfied . |
| 7 | I did have c a hysterectomy but er because there was a l malignant growth , so whether in you know I 'd done anything all those years and yet it did n't affect , you know it makes you wonder does n't it ? |
| 8 | when I , I was staying out late at night , I was going against my mother , every word she said it was wrong you know I wanted to do my own thing and |
| 9 | Well I would I , I mean I kept to keep my own |
| 10 | I enjoyed this day , felt I had done something worthwhile and was grateful for the generosity of my sponsors who contributed to such worthy cause . |
| 11 | I felt I had to make him happy after all the sad things which had happened to him , so I told him his English was very good . |
| 12 | I stopped going after six months because I felt I 'd resolved my immediate problem , and it had become a drag and an effort , largely because I had a problem with the silences . |
| 13 | I knew I 'd found my spiritual home . |
| 14 | I knew I 'd found my spiritual squat . |
| 15 | I knew I 'd found my spiritual home . |
| 16 | I knew I 'd found my spiritual home and I still think Bob Seger is crap . |
| 17 | Then I laughed at the first of Danny Kelly 's many amusing jokes , met The World 's Greatest Rock Photographer , realised there was no NME clique , and knew I 'd found my spiritual home . |
| 18 | ‘ I knew I had landed my 100th winner , ’ Charlie told me ‘ but I never expected the sort of reaction I received from the crowd . |
| 19 | I knew I had to do something extraordinary . |
| 20 | She says : ‘ I knew I had to keep myself tidy for what lay ahead . ’ |
| 21 | Certainly , I knew I had found something special . |
| 22 | I knew I had found my spiritual home . |
| 23 | And I knew I had found my spiritual home . |
| 24 | I knew I had found my spiritual home … |
| 25 | I knew I had found my spiritual , hully-gully home . |
| 26 | I thought I had sent him some that were very good , but I received a most snarky letter from him saying " They may be very fine artists but they do n't know anything about teaching , and I 'm not interested in any of your geniuses unless they really take trouble about the job in hand " . |
| 27 | But when he said it , I thought oh I thought I had to have my left foot flat on the floor when I cornered , cos in second you have too . |
| 28 | When I auditioned with Mike , he gave me a list of twenty-five songs to work on and I thought I had to learn them all in five days , because we were starting rehearsals only a week later ! |
| 29 | ‘ I thought I 'd made it clear . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ We play in the same position and I thought I 'd proved myself last season . |