Example sentences of "i [adv] [vb past] [verb] [prep] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On one occasion a boy I rather liked looked at me and said to his group , ‘ Bellezza d'asino ’ ( beauty of a donkey ) , which , strange as it may seem , was meant in Parma as a compliment . |
| 2 | ‘ And I so wanted to chat with him . |
| 3 | A physiotherapist said that she could not recall any aggravation at any level , and an occupational therapist said : ‘ It did n't matter what problems I had , I just had to go to them and they 'd say ‘ OK , there 's a way round it . ’ ’ |
| 4 | I just had to tend to him when it got too much for someone who is not that involved in drugs . |
| 5 | but I just had to look at them , that was enough . |
| 6 | I just had to write to you , to tell the Tennis World readers what a certain , beautiful lady has done for tennis and for her supporters . |
| 7 | After reading the letter from Audrey Haagensen in the September issue I felt I just had to write to you . |
| 8 | I just kept saying to her it could n't work . |
| 9 | Mrs Murchie added : ’ I did not know what to do so I just kept talking to her until the ambulance arrived . |
| 10 | Erm , I I just hoped to dictate to you which would cover the changes of the research approval form |
| 11 | I just wanted to talk about it . |
| 12 | ‘ I just wanted to talk about it . |
| 13 | I just wanted to say to you , firstly I declare an interest in OxRad , not pecuniary , of course , with money , however , but it is on behalf of charities , it is the only way they can generally raise some two three hundred pounds in a day , or sometimes a little more , that is a tremendous help to charities . |
| 14 | ‘ I just wanted to know about him , ’ said Dot , crying now because she had made Gloria angry . |
| 15 | I just wanted to come to you , to make a little space around you , I do n't want to discuss anything , I do n't want to do anything , I wo n't say anything , I just wanted to be there , I mean here . ’ |
| 16 | I just wanted to commiserate with you . |
| 17 | She had hit a note of such deep truth in me that I just sat looking at her . |
| 18 | Doc Paisley was the first man I ever heard preach to me directly that I was sinner , that God loved me and that Jesus died for me … |
| 19 | This was in front of the cameras , and I thought , ‘ You two-faced bitch ’ , because if I ever tried to talk to her she 'd either be sarcastic or looked through you , looked away or did n't want to know . |
| 20 | I always enjoyed talking with him both when he was serious and when he would suddenly switch to gentle ridicule with an infectious laugh . |
| 21 | ‘ I always heard tell of you that you were a wolf , but never that you were come so low as to prey on dead men . |
| 22 | I always stopped to look at it , although I knew it was much too expensive . |
| 23 | I still had to talk to him . |
| 24 | But I still needed to know about me . |
| 25 | I must admit I really enjoyed working with him , and we did tracks like ‘ The Laughing Gnome ’ and I have to say , I am one of the gnomes on that record and am responsible for some of the terrible jokes on it as well . |
| 26 | It was tremendous fun , though , and I really enjoyed working with him . |
| 27 | I really wanted to identify with him and wished that I could have said that I had been in the Falklands or in Northern Ireland , thereby establishing some sort of link . |
| 28 | Well , I really did slog at it and once back in school I said to him : ‘ Tell what you think of this ’ . |
| 29 | I was a bit annoyed actually cos I even had to wait for him |
| 30 | I even tried to read to you that night at the end of last September . |