Example sentences of "[vb infin] [conj] i [vb past] [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I do n't know that I meant you to guess anything , ’ he said grudgingly . |
| 2 | But I thought I would wait until I heard you arrive , and then I knew I should be all right . ’ |
| 3 | She said huskily , ‘ Surely you ca n't really think that I had anything to do with this ? ’ |
| 4 | Well he , he was asking me which I 'd prefer and I said I think you ought to consider Vicki not me on the crossing . |
| 5 | But neither can I claim that I had anything to do with it . |
| 6 | ‘ You may remember that I begged you to make love to me the first time , Penry Vaughan ! |
| 7 | before they went back , and er , I ca n't remember whether I told them to get one or whether they should be up for Easter . |
| 8 | I remember the stepmother , yes — did n't like when I saw her comin' t'the door . |
| 9 | She did not fire when I asked her to go with the winner and faded right out in the last furlong , ’ said disappointed rider Frankie Dettori . |
| 10 | ‘ Just because I knew Mills was suspected of betraying someone does not necessarily mean that I had anything to do with his unfortunate death . |
| 11 | " I knew exactly why you did n't come and I thought you knew why I did n't come to you . |
| 12 | I started taking smack at school , 'cos everyone in the — estate at that time was taking it and that was the only place you could buy pot and I sent one of me mates out from school one day to buy some speed and he come back with smack and said this is all I could get and I said I do n't want none of that , but in the end we ended up doing it because we was bored and we had nothing else to do . |
| 13 | ‘ 84 for 2 , Mr Beesley , ’ I would shout as I passed him snoozing in the sun beneath the gangling wisteria . |
| 14 | It was so hard to see you suffer when I knew you 'd always been the most gentle , caring person in my life . |
| 15 | I wondered what would happen if I should say that I wished she had n't . |
| 16 | When I saw the pictures , I could n't deny that I found them arousing . |
| 17 | I crossed it out because I thought it was gon na say cos I thought it said , survey managers are instructed to work at all times |