Example sentences of "[verb] i [vb past] [pron] [prep] [art] " in BNC.

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31 ‘ I think I caught everyone on the wrong foot at Ayresome Park when I increased my shareholding to 48 per cent earlier in the season . ’
32 I think I did it with a pair of tweezers to , so I could stick the
33 As we left I thanked her for the ‘ nice tea ’ and off we went .
34 I said I wanted it for an amateur production of James Saunders A Scent of Flowers — a play I knew well and which required a coffin to be positioned downstage during the entire action .
35 his school sports and said I did it for the sake of the children !
36 When I said I fancied myself as a bit of a Rudolf lookalike , I meant Valentino !
37 Here , in sequence , are quotations from Helen 's letters to Janet Aldis : Do you remember Janet ? , when I saw you last I told you of a plan I had made , regarding the boy who father is taking up , and who writes Nature sketches .
38 You could say I meant it as a gesture .
39 Mains thus became the first ( and I am afraid , only ) rugby man who ever considered I knew anything about the game .
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