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 ’ .
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