Example sentences of "i [vb past] [pron] [vb mod] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I knew it was n't going to be easy , as it was so very much his world , but I realized I must do it soon , because the longer I delayed , the longer I felt I would go on doing so — like facing up to the ashes . |
| 2 | I realised I could race them keeping them and me fit . |
| 3 | I realised I could help myself and did n't have to be this fat , unhappy child , ’ she says . |
| 4 | ‘ I was aware of players from both sides running towards me and I shouted I would clear it . |
| 5 | I found we used to have them mixed with sweet almond oil and soya oil , which I find this one brings out their aroma much more the grapeseed oil . |
| 6 | By a miracle I found I could do it : standing upright on the pedals and pedalling with all my might I reached the road , where Nora was waiting for me . |
| 7 | But against all my expectations , the longer he kept away , the more I found I could hack it . |
| 8 | ‘ I asked for it , ’ Flavia said , ‘ the teasing and all , after the way I pretended I could get you a taxi . ’ |
| 9 | Well Laura and Gemma wanted to make these pasties and she 'd asked me at the weekend and I did n't have the time because I think Irene came down cos I asked Irene whether she 'd looked after , you know I 'm at college until three , and she said yeah I 'll pick them up and er I could n't get her out at then so I promised she could make them so , I said alright you and Gemma make them , anyway they did very well they made them in about fifteen minutes because we had to go and get Emily at four from school , I said hurry up , hurry up put the water in Emily quick stick them together shove them now and put them in the oven |
| 10 | When we got married I promised I 'd give you everything you want and so I will . |
| 11 | But just because I promised I 'd make you a rich widow , do n't think you 're going to get rid of me yet . |
| 12 | My next-door neighbour agreed to take her , but I promised I 'd do my best to get back in time so that I could take her myself . ’ |
| 13 | how tight Mike was going to be with you know having to look after Paul and all the rest of it I promised I 'd take him to Snetterton market and he could have , he was going to buy some records . |
| 14 | Having already told them how I proposed they should move I demonstrated it by moving one of the pepper pots around the table . |
| 15 | I was worried , of course , but I assumed she 'd explain herself when she came back . |
| 16 | ‘ I assumed you 'd do something of the sort . |
| 17 | ‘ As you were working and you run a business , I assumed you must leave him with a babyminder . ’ |
| 18 | I believed I could do it . |
| 19 | The only thing that I noticed which would annoy me if I were a glider pilot was that , engine off , the propeller does have a habit of rotating slightly . |
| 20 | I noticed I could see my breath . |
| 21 | When he was enthusiastic about a subject , and I imagined he would turn his back on anything about which he could not enthuse , he leant forward on his bar stool , his thigh beating against it . |
| 22 | ‘ I reckoned it might tempt 'im , but no such luck . |
| 23 | I reckoned it would take her three or four minutes to get back to her flat , but maybe it was n't a good idea to hang around the neighbourhood . |
| 24 | I reckoned I could blackmail him into a job . |
| 25 | It was the last thing I needed to know as I prayed it would miss us . |
| 26 | I sensed I would hear his story eventually . |
| 27 | Mind you I heard he could hear it in the background so he must have got a few kids |
| 28 | My life is here , and I have no intention of sharing it with you , not if you offered me an Empire , let alone a castle in Scotland and the fortune of a man whom I despised and who I warned you would treat you badly . |
| 29 | ‘ Aye , ’ said Jake , ‘ I swore I 'd get him one day — I strung 'im up yon old oak and lit a bonfire under 'im . ’ |
| 30 | Before leaving Dublin , I decided I ought to see something of County Louth . |