Example sentences of "[vb past] [verb] it [conj] i [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I tried to improve it and I remember him screaming at me in the street after the first-night party in London . ’ |
| 2 | Irate with frustration through constantly having to pick up my pencils after bending over , I really thought I 'd cracked it when I bought a ‘ posh ’ mechanical pencil , with a clip . |
| 3 | I knew I 'd seen it but I 'd never tried it . |
| 4 | I said , " Yes " , and I plugged it that I 'd done it while I 'd had Louisa and that 's what I think went in my favour in a way . |
| 5 | There 's no fat i , there 's just a teeny little drop of oil in the mince and I and I poured the fat off after I 'd done it and I did n't really need butter in the potato so that |
| 6 | My Exhilarator visor was still in the grass where I 'd left it and I sat down beside it to take stock of my stings , bruises and cuts . |
| 7 | I really thought we 'd blown it when I saw him cracking up . |
| 8 | It seemed to suit me and I seemed to suit it and I felt comfortable . |
| 9 | I could n't have stood the scene had I refused — and then I forgot to remove it once I started to stalk . ’ |
| 10 | This is what they wanted and I undertook to do it and I tell you , all me life I 've been able to and have done that . |
| 11 | Frankie picked up the empty kettle and went to refill it but I noticed that none of the onlookers tried to wring his neck while he had the kettle in his hands . |
| 12 | ‘ Last night I finally realised what was missing from my design so I went to get it but I got into some problem . ’ |
| 13 | Or perhaps I did diagnose it but I 've forgotten . |
| 14 | That 's right , I did buy it but I forgot to collect it , that was what |
| 15 | Oh , you did do it and I did n't . |
| 16 | I do n't know whether you 'll think I 'm boasting but that is n't the case , but I never ever regretted it and it a great deal of respect for me , you know and I could see that and did appreciate it and I know the people appreciated it just the same and erm it 's gone on from then till now but about , I retired in seventy-three , I was sixty-five and I said I 'd only do what anybody wanted for me , cos they had me in for the tax and I never ever heard twenty-one I think it was or thirty-one in come and I 'd go before I could satisfy them at Walsall but er I 'd got , not got enough money to be taxed in the bank , which was true . |
| 17 | ‘ And I did arrange it before I promised to stop meddling . ’ |
| 18 | I had seen it when I had taken a detour from Arequipa into the Colca , reputedly twice as deep as the Grand Canyon . |
| 19 | The gilded chair by the dressing-table was strewn with clothing , just as I had seen it when I had sometimes taken in her morning tisane . |
| 20 | Anyway because I were there with them you see he thought it were me that had got it and I says I have n't got it . |
| 21 | We had a real good time but of course me dad had to spoil it when I got home . |
| 22 | ‘ Some people wanted to kill it but I do n't think that 's a good idea , ’ said Grimma . |
| 23 | ‘ He wanted to see it and I showed it to him . ’ |
| 24 | I wanted to destroy it and I did n't care about the pain . |
| 25 | I wanted to run it because I thought it was the only way we stood a chance . |
| 26 | " I wanted to keep it because I did n't want to leave him while I went out to use the phone — assuming there 's one round here that works , which I doubt , " she said . |