Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] [subord] i [verb] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Er anyway as I say er I realized when I 'd started talking er that I was digging a bigger and bigger hole for myself so I er I climbed out of it and and made an exit . |
| 2 | I prayed as I 'd done a year before when Abed had attacked Bri . |
| 3 | So I screamed while I got dressed , I screamed leaving the room . |
| 4 | I knew because I 'd climbed them drunk before now . |
| 5 | He went off at a steady trot and I thought as I had done so often that there could n't be many noblemen in England like him . |
| 6 | but erm , you know , I remember as coming across one or two obstacles and I could n't get in to it I thought if I 'd tried a bit harder , I did n't want to start you know so |
| 7 | that 's what I thought because I 've got erm I 've got a somewhere , I 've got four hundred and some cookery book ! |
| 8 | Yeah , well I thought cos I 've got those two little rings . |
| 9 | Erm , when I drew attention to this , one of the first things I did when I got elected to this council , erm , we get papers back which seem to suggest that in fact the Home Office are funding it at a level which , dare I say suggests that we might even make a small profit , er and I have in fact recently been approached by colleagues from Gloucestershire , asking us how we manage in that er , er exercise , because they 're concerned about the high cost of er , protection for certain royal establishments in their county . |
| 10 | I said well you play that I said cos I 've played it back . |
| 11 | ' ’ And now , ’ I said when I had taken it in , ‘ what will you do now Constanza ? ’ |
| 12 | I think Sam accidentally kicked Hannah , or kicked Hannah I do n't know I was n't there , but he came flying down , really got to curb that child he said , I said I beg your pardon , he said you 've got to curb that child kicking Hannah , I said if I 'd seen him kick her , he said that well I 'm not sure that he actually kicked her it might have been an accident |
| 13 | I said if I 'd known they are n't , they , they were n't coming I 'd have gone out . |
| 14 | Well , hang on a minute I said if I 've got ta problem |
| 15 | I said if I 've got to do a dozen sausage rolls for one I 'd better do them for the others . |
| 16 | I said because I 've got a tape here and there 's a couple who 'll go to court if necessary . |
| 17 | the end of the last straw you see , so I went in the Co-Op and I felt really , really fed up , I said I oh I said I could cry I said because I 've tried so hard I said not for lending you money I said , I 'm not meant to have any sodding luck so got a couple of bits and I really could n't get me act together and on the Tuesday dad 's gone in hospital with that fit , so I was thinking of him a lot and I thought I do n't know dad , you know I 'm sure , I 'm sure that he were n't gon na come out when he went in there , I thought they were gon na bloody find something with you boy and that would be it , so I come home here and I ai n't done no work , so I started off for work , both sitting here bloody bawling cos this house looked like shit , spoke to me sister on the phone and er I felt a bit better so I thought oh I 'd start doing the tree , so I pulled it all to bits in here , got the polish and duster out , put all the bread and everything for Alan 's sandwiches , it 'd be about oh , about half past twelve and the bloody phone went it was mum , she said Lyn do you think you can come up to the hospital with me , cos I 've got no transport and so I said what 's up then mum ? |
| 18 | There I finally decided to throw in my efforts at making contact with the Delhi eunuchs ; it was taking up a lot of time and there was still no hint of a breakthrough : after ten days I still knew as little about them as I had when I had begun . |
| 19 | And I waited till I 'd got a few bit more money to put in and sort of hid it amongst all these others , mm . |
| 20 | I waited until I had showered , dressed and repaired my make-up before raising my anxiety . |
| 21 | But I have n't gone really as I hoped cos I 'd envisaged having the membership list with sort of names of who 'll make cakes , who 'll help on the stall and then know who to phone |
| 22 | ‘ I SAT where I had sat before , and the same bliss entered me . |
| 23 | I wondered whether I had said something that I could n't remember , perhaps had shrieked or whispered that I would n't go back , but Lili said she had heard it was unusually hot for the time of year and unsuitable for a run-down person . |
| 24 | I wondered whether I had slipped out of her consciousness . |
| 25 | well yes , yes I wondered whether I 'd got it right you know , it sounded just a silly thing to ask and erm and I erm had to consider that probably asked whether I had erm made a mistake in my shorthand before , before I actually typed it but erm , anyway they seemed erm reasonably satisfied and everybody was very kindly and erm considerate and |
| 26 | Having felt pain , I knew I was not dreaming , and I wondered if I had gone mad , though the fact that I had hallucinated , and had shown myself to have such a naive view of God , would be sufficient proof for some . |
| 27 | I wondered if I had offended him in some way . |
| 28 | I wondered if I had betrayed myself , just remembering the complexity . |
| 29 | I wondered if I had murdered him , but if so , how ? |
| 30 | Afterwards I wondered if I had offered to paint the name of her firm on the coffin for all to see , it might have helped her business and consequently her attitude towards my custom . |