Example sentences of "[subord] i [vb past] it [vb mod] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You 're not going to believe this , ’ said Alex , ‘ but I actually picked up the phone to call you this morning , except I realized it would have been the middle of the night your end so I put it down again . ’ |
| 2 | There was no one in the village who would own such a pet and the Lady Prioress is quite strict with her community on that , so I knew it must belong to the young woman who had been murdered . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ I would go myself if I thought it would serve any purpose to be killed before a blow had been struck . |
| 4 | ‘ I 'd fly back with you , ’ Jenny admitted , ‘ if I thought it would help . |
| 5 | Do n't know where I could put you , except in me bedroom , only if I did it might send me young man potty . |
| 6 | The driver gunned the motor but that only threw off sprays of fine snow , and the motor howled until I thought it would burst . |
| 7 | Er , in the introductions I did n't stand up and er , introduce myself cos I felt it would steal a few minutes of my er presentation ! |
| 8 | I entered it because I thought it would increase my confidence ; once you 've walked down a catwalk in a swimsuit , you can face most things . |
| 9 | ‘ I offered you brandy because I thought it might steady your nerves . ’ |
| 10 | I lit another cigarette from the stub of the first ( unheard-of for me ) — not because I wanted it but because I felt it might give an illusion of poise to walk into the Presence with a cigarette dangling carelessly from my lips . |
| 11 | I believe the magazine was read quite widely even by some of our hierarchy , and sometimes I felt obliged to censor the odd more outspoken word when I considered it might cause trouble . |
| 12 | I tried getting him slimmer once as I thought it might help him to jump even better , but it did n't suit him . |
| 13 | It was the last thing I needed to know as I prayed it would miss us . |
| 14 | as I said it could have been worded better |
| 15 | I marvelled that it could last , for I thought it might have crumbled to nothing , it was so small . |