Example sentences of "[coord] i [adv] [vb past] [prep] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cos Rita swears she 's been , I mean I was out with her once and we went in for a coffee and we finished , right , and we 're ready to go and I nearly said to her I hate it after you 've finished and Jackie lights up and then I have to sit there while she has a fag |
| 2 | Lloyd and I just looked at him ( Rule of Life No. 28 : Everybody can be bought . |
| 3 | I a lot , cos I remember erm when Claire was I got a really formal invitation to something and I asked Claire how you were supposed to reply and she told me the exact wording of how you should reply and I just looked at her I looked at her and I said I 'm not bloody writing that . |
| 4 | And I just said to her , ‘ Fine — because do n't forget who paid for the reception ’ . ’ |
| 5 | Right , and I just said to her , we will know the outcome of it wo n't we ? |
| 6 | ‘ I just saw the box of cigarettes lying there on the table , and everybody else smoking , and I just knew inside me with absolute certainty that I should smoke , too . |
| 7 | And I just ran through them , you know , it was no problem to me . |
| 8 | They have no , they have no personal , erm , relationship with me er , I 'll give you the example of one of our , erm er , er er erm , er most recent directors who 's , who 's just joined the board , Mr Ruben , who 's the head of Colgate Palmo Palmolive , and I just described to him to you how we , erm how we , er er er er er selected him . |
| 9 | We kissed goodnight , and I again apologised to her for the fright she had . |
| 10 | He 's done me up like a kipper and I fucking fell for it . |
| 11 | Yeah , yeah that 's right , but I mean just go and have a look , and I actually said to her well you 'd be better with somebody else , you know , not going in there on your own |
| 12 | Oh it would n't be me cos I 'm , I 'm doing it this year and I only thought of it too late |
| 13 | Yes ! she was beautiful but above all she was blessed and kind and sweet , and I never thought of her as beautiful . |
| 14 | But er then of course I got married and I never went to I used to do occasional stuff you know , but I never enjoyed it er |
| 15 | ‘ But nothing happened and I never heard from them . ’ |
| 16 | I never inquired after Jean-Claude and I never heard from him . |
| 17 | It was the Colonel himself who taught me how to shoot , and I always went with him for the fishing . |
| 18 | ‘ I 've grown up a lot in the last two years , ’ she said quietly and I silently agreed with her . |
| 19 | He sang well , too , and I sometimes sang with him in the evenings . |
| 20 | He made as if to say something , but I just beamed at him and he had to let it go . |
| 21 | Outside there were several neighbours obviously listening to what was going on in our house , but I just pushed through them . |
| 22 | Most of them were small , gnarled , dark-furred exters , but I scarcely glanced at them . |
| 23 | But I soon got into it . |
| 24 | ‘ It was due for renewal yesterday , but I entirely forgot about it . |
| 25 | ‘ Everyone seemed to think Benjamin was a virgin , but I never thought of him as that , but that it was the first time he was making love to a woman who was old enough to be his mother , and who was his mother 's friend . ’ |
| 26 | Well I mean , they might sell it down the shop but I never heard of it . |
| 27 | But I never talked to her . |
| 28 | I never had an hour 's happiness with her , but I still thought about her , day and night , and my dearest wish was to marry her . |
| 29 | I had some notes jotted down on a card somewhere , but I quickly went off them and chatted about whatever seemed interesting . |