Example sentences of "i [vb past] [vb pp] [pron] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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1 | and that cos when I got married I took it with me did n't I ? |
2 | And in China , usually , erm wedding is an important event in the family and an , when I got married I think my parents-in-law wo erm felt erm more excited than my husband and I ! |
3 | What if I 'd said we killed them all ? |
4 | I 'd said I wanted him back , but I was frightened and I felt I could n't face telling the social workers . |
5 | I thought I 'd seen something like it before but the woman came over and I had to move away before I could look at it more closely . |
6 | I think Sam accidentally kicked Hannah , or kicked Hannah I do n't know I was n't there , but he came flying down , really got to curb that child he said , I said I beg your pardon , he said you 've got to curb that child kicking Hannah , I said if I 'd seen him kick her , he said that well I 'm not sure that he actually kicked her it might have been an accident |
7 | I 'd seen somebody taking it so I tried it and liked it . |
8 | ‘ I ca n't say I 'd given everything to make my husband what he was , or that he 'd cheated on me . |
9 | And now that I 'd forced myself to take it all out of its cobwebby cupboard and look at it remorselessly from start to finish , I knew I had been instinctively wise not to do it before . |
10 | It was old Mr. Stavanger who paid for me to have a good secretarial course , and when I 'd qualified he gave me a job in the shipping office . |
11 | I 'd thought you know it 's wider than that . |
12 | When I 'd finished I thought I 'd go to the living room to curl up by the gas fire . |
13 | ‘ As I told you , I spent some time writing letters and when I 'd finished I thought it would be pleasant to get some fresh air so I went out and posted them — in the box outside the main post office — ’ |
14 | Stupid woman — I 'd told her to put you through if you called . ’ |
15 | Okay , sorry , I 'd forgotten I 've I 've lapsed into notation . |
16 | I think I 'd had I finished my breakfast when , no I think you just came just as I was about to take my first mouthful of cereal . |
17 | I had seen her ruffle his hair as though he were a little boy . |
18 | This was the first time I had seen her exercise her charm . |
19 | ‘ Suppose I had asked you to marry me , Izz ? ’ he asked . |
20 | I had done nothing to precipitate it ; on that score at least my conscience was clear . |
21 | I had expected you to spend your first week just finding your feet . ’ |
22 | I remembered a night by the river when daylight faded , darkness fell and the moon rose at once with a new light and I had thought I understood everything and that everything was good . |
23 | What made it worse was that in order to explain the frustrations that I had experienced I found myself making stereotyping judgments about Africans as lazy — not even caring to look after themselves — and as unreliable . |
24 | I had recommended him to say he was considering his position and no more . |
25 | What was unforgivable was that he had systematically lied to me — and I had let him do it . |
26 | My dismay at much of what I had found there disappointed him . |
27 | When I had finished I thanked them and was escorted back . |
28 | When I had finished she asked me to place a banknote in front of her and say ‘ lesedi ’ which means ‘ illumination ’ . |