Example sentences of "i [vb past] they [vb mod] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Having already told them how I proposed they should move I demonstrated it by moving one of the pepper pots around the table . |
| 2 | I knew they would follow me quickly so I told the spaceship to take me to a very quiet part of the Galaxy , a long way from any planets with people on . |
| 3 | Knowing both of them , I knew they would hit it off when they got to know one another better . |
| 4 | Mostly I hate chimneys , but I knew they 'd rest my finger tendons and Sue Grimley needed a partner from Milenecka . |
| 5 | ‘ They had tasted blood and I feared they would attack someone else . |
| 6 | Farag laughed so loudly I thought they would hear us . ’ |
| 7 | I thought they might give us badges to wear with our names on , like at conferences ; but I suppose they thought this would imply we were n't even capable of uttering our own names . |
| 8 | I thought they might cheer you up . ’ |
| 9 | Benn said : ‘ I thought they 'd give it to him or a draw or some rubbish like that . |
| 10 | ‘ My heart was pounding so loud I thought they 'd hear it . |
| 11 | So you see I could n't fight with them too much cos I thought they 'd take it out on dad , so I said look I do n't want him here , I do n't need all this but I said another thing that got my goat , you asked my mum to help turn my dad , they asked my mum if she could help turn him because they did n't have enough staff or he could n't be turned and when my mum turned him she come out and was sick and cried her eyes out cos he had no skin from the top of his spine to the bottom , and he had a water blister like that Joy yellow on his arm , his penis was nearly the width of my arm pouring with blood , and septic from the catheter , oh and the smell , you 've never smelled nothing like it from the sores and the wounds , cos he was cut from here right the way down to here and they had a , all his legs were festering and gangrene in his legs |
| 12 | I thought they 'd find them sixty odd . |
| 13 | I said to him about holding back not giving us our quota I said they can see we 're not doing now . . |
| 14 | ‘ As they approached I hoped they would ask me to join them for dinner as in the old days , ’ he recalls . |
| 15 | Cough up for greater acceleration , increased top speed , improved shocks for a smoother ride ( pity — I hoped they 'd electrocute your opponents ! ) , and snazzier tyres for better off-road-holding . |