Example sentences of "[vb past] [conj] i do [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I began by squeezing colour into a small ceramic well palette but found that I did not have enough colour for what I wanted to do . |
| 2 | I simply stopped because I did n't have anything more to say at the time . |
| 3 | having problems today cos she 's got the two girls there from school and they 're supposed to go to the school , the doctor , for an examination but whether she realized that I do n't know . |
| 4 | That feeling lasted a while but after we 'd had the children something changed and I slowly realized that I did n't love her anymore . |
| 5 | Arriving , I suddenly realized that I did n't have a job to do . |
| 6 | I got a bag of potatoes , the ones , say I thought erm this morning , I 'd , I 'd open a tin of corned beef actually it was an accident I er forgot that , what , I was opening a tin of corned beef for , erm , I was gon na make a salad when I realized that I did n't like corned beef |
| 7 | And then , not very long after retirement , I realised that I did n't rally want excitement any more — though perhaps a little bit of the exotic would n't go amiss now and then ! |
| 8 | I think they noticed that I did not follow their example . |
| 9 | Perhaps Alec noticed that I did not ridicule him as the others did . |
| 10 | ‘ I was happy with the way I played and I do n't think there was much more I could have done , but my second serve was not good enough . |
| 11 | Some said they 'd , they 'd be interested in playing , they knew how to play certain things and others wanted to play others and that 's how we started , and in a matter of a year the new headquarters at er Lowestoft was being opened , by the Dutchess of Kent , and we decided that the band was going to play at that one and you can imagine , and it was all ready and they were playing music , but I 'm not sure what , what quality music it was , and blow me on the week before , the band leader , the conductor decided he could n't play because he had a sprained wrist so we were left without a conductor even , but we managed to get another conductor and we played and I do n't know what it sounded like , but the Dutchess of Kent was very kind , she said the music sounded lovely . |
| 12 | They tell me they told but I do n't feel any effects from it at all . |
| 13 | Another gave me a slice of dark brown bread with a piece of sausage on the top which I ate because I did not want to hurt his feelings . |
| 14 | THOMPSON : ‘ All I 've just said is that it was not a good enough explanation of what I got and I do n't think anybody has been told , not only to the media out there , myself who is the most important one . |
| 15 | I replied that I did n't think I would be a very good secretary but that one day I would like to run my own gallery . |
| 16 | My voice was high and it shook and I did n't convince even myself . |
| 17 | I had er I sent the dimensions to the firm at Oxon and er I had to go to the bank and borrow the money , because you see the money I paid if I do n't pay cash I 'd got ta have six months delivery . |
| 18 | I felt sure that I went there but I do n't think , I do n't know what happened but I do n't think they were ever so successful really . |
| 19 | I said let's wait and see how it prints and Vic agreed but I did n't get good vibes . |
| 20 | I figured that I did n't have much of a chance to be the best player in the US , the country being so big . |
| 21 | I myself discovered that I did not have this mystical ability , even though I spent seven years in a Roman Catholic convent , engaged in daily meditation and intensive spiritual exercise . |
| 22 | It did n't help that I had to call my father ‘ uncle ’ and Eric and Paul ‘ cousins ’ ; this was my father 's idea of trying to fool the policeman about my parentage in case Diggs did any asking around and discovered that I did n't exist officially . |
| 23 | Early Muddy Waters stuff : his stuff was the first slide that I heard and I did n't know what it was ; I did n't know if someone was playing steel guitar ; it sounded like they were fretting the guitar and slidin' . |
| 24 | And after that I decided that I did n't want my family . |
| 25 | I decided that I did n't have to go out . |
| 26 | . I decided that I did not want to stay until the moment of his death , I wanted to remember him living … but I decided that I wanted to stay just to ensure that he was in a deep peaceful sleep , that he was n't going to suffer … and that 's what I did . |
| 27 | It is too early to say why I lost and I do not know how big a part the race issue played , ’ he said . |
| 28 | Who held the bottle , I have no idea , but my inside worked and I did n't need a catheter . |
| 29 | I did n't relish this : not least because it meant that I did n't break my silence until the cheese course . |
| 30 | I meant that I did n't know his name was Verlander . ’ |