Example sentences of "[noun sg] [coord] i [vb past] [pers pn] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | B : ‘ I thought she was far too cocky but then I changed my mind and I pursued her with a vengeance . ’ |
| 2 | I of course has to invent this ceremony and I did it in Latin as they do at Oxford |
| 3 | My mother was at work and I called her on the telephone . |
| 4 | And er I erm I organised a lot of that sort of thing erm by er it was exact measurements and spindles and you know like Erm yes , I could n't remember a lot now but er a lot of people , if I might say so , used me you know , Michael , my knowledge and skill and I allowed them to and I 'm not complaining . |
| 5 | And we had a neighbour named and he 'd worked at E T N S all his life and had some influence and I mentioned it to him and he asked me , asked me if he could find me a job . |
| 6 | " When these telegrams came I ran down and opened the door to the boy and I showed them to Mummy and she began very bravely , how lovely dear , and then began to cry and shut herself in her room . |
| 7 | You asked for Operation Cuckoo to be your personal responsibility and I gave it to you . |
| 8 | But luck , the storm and I introduced him to the Bomb , and that settled his game . |
| 9 | My sister and I put him to good use . |
| 10 | When I first got it in the I was a bit , well it do n't sound too hard , bit down hard , but then again they were in a rush , I said there 's your present and I gave it to them , and they unwrapped it and me mum says oh come on we 'll be late for the club , cos they were getting free drinks at the pub , oh she , she did n't even want to look at it , I said oh , and she looked at it |
| 11 | Both my husband and I accepted it as a part of our way of life . |
| 12 | He went out in the rain and I put 'im in the oven to dry ! ’ |
| 13 | I did n't bother with a changing table , but we bought a new cupboard for Rachel 's room and I changed her on top of that until she got too big . |
| 14 | She asked me about Mr Forster on the cruise and I told her about the salt . |
| 15 | Fred Titmus bowled the right sort of ball and I smashed it in the direction of the pavilion . |
| 16 | Malleson carried my things down to the other block under his greatcoat and I followed him down the path about twenty yards behind . |
| 17 | At the time it seemed to us that Hilda was not the happy , carefree girl her father and I wished her to be . |
| 18 | One year new chain and I had it in that little on the tree ? |
| 19 | Erm and the erm I saw John at lunchtime and I mentioned it to him because he , he said that , it had n't even occurred to me till then , because he said I 'm concentrating on the surveying side and I thought ha ha ha to you my friend . |
| 20 | It 's easy to forget that it 's over eight years since Pepsi and Shirlie first sang with Wham ! and Shirlie still laughs at the memories : ‘ When we started out I had one dress and I wore it to every photo session — I could n't afford any more ! ’ |
| 21 | It was only a few square feet in size and I made it into a carpet of flowers . |
| 22 | IMC could , but there was no legal way to transfer information — so they gave me a virus and I implanted it into the starsuits . |
| 23 | No , well I mean , it were n't as though I had n't put a payment in it were just that it probably was this taking Tracey 's book and I marked it onto Tracey 's , er , Tracey 's book . |
| 24 | One evening , perched in his landing window , he shot towards my wife with an air rifle and I reported him to the police . |
| 25 | The nursemaid and I took it to him . |
| 26 | Just one shot and I pushed her into the water . |
| 27 | I did not think of following him , my feet seemed rooted to the sandy path and I saw him through a mist of tears as he appeared to melt through the door , which closed behind him . |
| 28 | The bucket had a rope attached to its handle and I skimmed it over the stern to haul up a gallon or so of sea-water which I slammed down in front of Rickie . |
| 29 | One this girl traced my hand and I traced hers at the same time — I went very slowly , which triggered her ticklishness , and she laughed every time my pencil made it to the place between two of her fingers , but she was brave , she stayed put . |
| 30 | ‘ My father and eldest brother established an estate agency and I joined them at the age of 17 . |