Example sentences of "i [verb] i would [verb] [pron] " in BNC.

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31 Regular correspondence with the revered minimalist La Monte Young introduced him to the Dadaist movement Fluxus , but by the time he had won a Leonard Bernstein scholarship to the Berkshire School of Music in Massachusetts , ‘ I felt I 'd run my course as far as the avant-garde was concerned ’ .
32 I felt I 'd let everyone down )
33 But I felt I 'd let him down .
34 I knew I would want him to be coming home to me .
35 They all seemed pleased , as if I belonged ; but I knew I would leave them again before summer , would walk out of the brightly lit play , and go back to the shadows and solitude of fiction .
36 But whatever happened I knew I would fail them .
37 ‘ Away , ’ came the enigmatic reply and I knew I would learn nothing more until I arrived .
38 I knew I would call you up
39 And I knew I would get it ba one , one second .
40 And I knew I 'd hurt him , I know he deserves to be hurt , but there it is , I 've hurt him .
41 I knew I 'd lose myself somewhere .
42 I have managed to breed my Port Hoplo catfish and I thought I would drop you a line explaining how I succeeded so that other readers might have a try .
43 As I explained earlier , I nearly threw my oil pastels away in frustration , but I thought I would give them another try with a different approach .
44 ‘ People have helped me in the past so I thought I would give them a help along the way , ’ he said .
45 So I thought I would grow my own , ’ said the determined Mr Tholen , who is of Dutch extraction .
46 I thought I would tell him how to spend his money . ’
47 It is unlikely I shall be able to attend , but I thought I would register my interest and ask for a copy of the conference report if it does n't cost too much .
48 I thought I would do it alone , but now I 've met you again I 've changed it a bit . ’
49 I thought I would show you some more of my Roma .
50 I thought I would wear my thick coat because it might be cold waiting for the bus and it would stand up to the rain .
51 I thought I would dig it up again , and put it in her bed , all covered with mould , so that she would know it was dead , but after a while she stopped crying , so I left it there .
52 I thought I would see what changes , if any , had been made to the career structure of the Guide Dogs for the Blind Association ( GDBA ) — a career which I reluctantly gave up to become a full-time behaviour counsellor .
53 Well I thought I would use it as a raffle prize at school or something .
54 To shake off my depression I thought I would get myself something light to read on the train .
55 My son was so feeble that I thought I would lose him at birth .
56 ‘ So , ’ said the Prince , ‘ I thought I would let it all blow over . ’
57 I will probably have spoken to you on the ‘ phone before you get this note , but just in case not I thought I would let you know how things are going .
58 So , I thought I would let you know , I did n't tell Chris this
59 Then I tried it on the pasture , but that was a bit rough , so I thought I would ride it down the new road through the iron gate leading out of my land .
60 After a while I thought I would help them along with some cellulite massage cream .
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