Example sentences of "[verb] i [vb past] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When we met I told him that I did not think he had anything more urgent to attend to , and if he thought he had something more important , then his priorities were wrong . |
| 2 | ‘ The first time we met I thought she was gorgeous but I did n't ask for her phone number because I imagined every man must do that . |
| 3 | I 'd been teaching in Preston it must have been three years then , and when I read that book I suddenly realized I knew nothing about Lancashire at all — not the real Lancashire . |
| 4 | Once I realized I loved her and that she loved me it became clear that I had to leave my wife . |
| 5 | ‘ I hoped you 'd say that — why do you think I brought you here , where we can be alone ? ’ |
| 6 | Why do you think I brought you down to his place if it was n't so that I could stake a claim on your patience — make you listen to what I have to confess because there was no way you could run away from me — flag down a taxi , catch a bus and head for the airport ? ’ |
| 7 | ‘ I do n't think I met anyone who was having her baby adopted . |
| 8 | I do n't think I got one . |
| 9 | ‘ Where do you think I got it … . the bloody fishmongers ? , ’ he replied , with mock exasperation . |
| 10 | But I do n't think I got it . |
| 11 | Why do you think I told her those stories , the other night , about demons getting their comeuppances ? |
| 12 | ‘ Of course , why do you think I asked him to attend the opening of the store ? ’ |
| 13 | No I do n't think I saw him on , on the return one . |
| 14 | ‘ Because I do n't think I knew what I was daeing either . ’ |
| 15 | In fact , I do n't think I knew what the word ‘ erudite ’ meant until I met Kenneth . |
| 16 | I do not think I knew who Plato was at the time , but I enjoyed hearing Mr Crossman speak , and seeing the other pupils , although they were mostly people thought of in the town as being particularly well-educated already . |
| 17 | ‘ Why do you think I chose him to work with me ? |
| 18 | I do n't think I finished it ! |
| 19 | We should never have let the world think I wrote them . |
| 20 | I do n't think I believed it till then , that she was gone , I mean . |
| 21 | They 'll think I blurted everything out . |
| 22 | ‘ If I was 17 I 'd probably think I had nothing to lose either . ’ |
| 23 | You do n't think I had anything to do with kitting out this place , do you ? ’ |
| 24 | ‘ You do n't really think I had anything to do with — with whatever 's happened ? ’ |
| 25 | I I do n't think I had anybody in my family who was a spiv . |
| 26 | ‘ I do n't think I had it last , ’ she said defensively . |
| 27 | And he said er , no , he said I did n't think I had he said , but now , he said I realized that how I , was forgetting er I 'd be talking and I 'd forget sort of what I was just talking about that split second . |
| 28 | No , there were two or three in my handbag , I do n't think I took it out |
| 29 | I do n't think I heard him whinge once . |
| 30 | ‘ I do n't think I heard you right , Patricia , ’ Mike said , looking Patsy in the eye . |