Example sentences of "[conj] i [verb] [vb pp] [pron] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I was always a bad correspondent , ’ berated Lear , ‘ but surely you are still more unconscientious , for when I do write , you answer me by a short scrawl — only one word of which out of every 2d can I decipher , & I have kept your last and only epistle to see if I ca n't sell it as an ancient hieroglyphic . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ I do n't know anything except I 've done something unforgivable and you have to help me undo it . |
| 3 | Then you go back and you think : ‘ Well , although I 've done my best , maybe I have to find that little bit extra as a black person . ’ |
| 4 | They must have come out of a back entrance to the flats and they were intent on avoiding somebody , although I 'd seen nothing suspicious when I 'd cruised down Seymour Place . |
| 5 | ‘ I am treated as a big failure to my parents and am seen as unworthy , although I have done nothing wrong . ’ |
| 6 | I was going to , one of the , the many things that I went to away last meeting with was , was the idea of , that I 've missed it this time for Playback is a list , a listings kind of mechanism , so obviously this is the first one |
| 7 | ‘ It 's true that I 've given my personal backing to Kevin Keegan in our search for players , but we have to be realistic . |
| 8 | So know that , if you now refer back to the , the book that I 've given you this morning and if you turn to where it says okay it says stop here do not read on |
| 9 | It was so carefully written that I 've read it three times and I do n't think it says anything . |
| 10 | For all those who scoffed at the idea of my mastering anything complex like Excel , I 'm pleased to say that I 've bought my first copy , and it 's nothing like as hard as I thought . |
| 11 | I mean for example if they walked in the room right now I 'm sure you 'd introduce me so I 'm really saying is look can you give me a telephone number , I 'll give them a chat and in fact , by the way , if you do see him within the next couple of days or so please give him a shout , let me know that you 've been quite excited about some of the ideas that I 've shown you this evening , I wan na do the same thing for him , you know , nothing gained nothing ventured nothing lost . |
| 12 | I 'm not sure that I 've managed it all that well , myself . |
| 13 | It 's the knowledge that I 've got something tremendous inside me , and it 's got to come out . |
| 14 | You must realize that I 've got it all worked out in my head so that this does n't have any bearing on you at all . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ I 'm sorry that I 've got you all so worried . |
| 16 | Whether it was simply mere enjoyment or relief that I 'd survived my worst imaginings I do n't know — but it felt good . |
| 17 | I 'd been so preoccupied with the physical results of my condition for the last hour that I 'd forgotten its other effects . |
| 18 | When the evidence that I had confirmed it all ! |
| 19 | In paying my respects and tribute to the bereaved of the two soldiers and the young man killed , I am tempted to say that I thought that I had seen it all . |
| 20 | It was Jo who first got me to see that I had done my best . |
| 21 | I thought that I had made it clear that we did not make a profit on the war . |
| 22 | Outwardly it must have seemed that I had overcome my emotional difficulties and , apart from the mysterious phenomenon of my continuing thinness , had become a bright , helpful , well-adjusted member of the school . |
| 23 | I was pleased with this reflection , and so convoluted is the human mind that I ceased to take pride in my lack of pride and was proud that I had found myself capable of it . |
| 24 | Brought down to earth with a bang , I sheepishly confessed , not yet aware that I had found my spiritual home . |
| 25 | Now that I had found my silver-grey subject I could begin filming . |
| 26 | I WAS really only a bystander in the tragedy of young Mr and Mrs McLeod ; it was not really my business , although it could be said that I had known them both — had seen them about — for most of their lives . |
| 27 | ‘ Before the night was ended I knew that I had had what religious people would call a conversion . |
| 28 | The other day , I ‘ phoned Robert at college to tell him that I had photographed his favourite aircraft that morning . |
| 29 | I could not believe that I had got my first job . |
| 30 | ‘ But now that I have made myself available for England again it 's important to be part of this Championship . ’ |