Example sentences of "[adj] i [vb past] i " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 'm sorry I said I 'd send Dickon away , ’ he said . |
| 2 | and I said and I was hesitating and I said I 'm sorry I said I feel a bit embarrassed he said for what reason and old Rose was with me well at door she said she knows me she said well she said if it will interest you what if I never . |
| 3 | Er I thought your Lordship had it , I 'm sorry I thought I 'd your Lordship . |
| 4 | ‘ So I was upset I said I did n't want to , I was crying and it made him madder . ’ |
| 5 | Sometime later I had replaced the clubs and got a better set than I originally had after that I thought I was quite lucky that they had been stolen . |
| 6 | So after all this I felt I was ready to retire . |
| 7 | ‘ I first started writing songs when I was about 14 , because I knew that the first song I 'd put down would be so crap I thought I 'd get all my ideas out of the way first , and then I 'd start getting all artistic , ’ explains Tony . |
| 8 | There were French , Arab and Jewish streets ; as I passed from one to another I felt I was crossing borders . |
| 9 | She asked if I had heard from you and said that she wished to read the novel you were writing , and I 'm afraid I said I thought you were writing it . |
| 10 | Well Marky I thought I 'd just be practical and ask you , it 's quarter one to , quarter to eleven you go and collect Sue . |
| 11 | I recoiled so much I thought I was going to topple backwards but the cable round my legs kept me anchored to the beer keg . |
| 12 | When I was younger I thought I was fat , even though I was actually skinny , looking at photos . |
| 13 | alright he 's met you for five minutes but he 's come here I said this gang of children , I said the poor bugger 's not going to know what hit him I said alright if it 's just for Sally 's three I said he 's gon na be , he 's not gon na be relaxed I said I know that for a fact I said I know what it was like when I used to go and visit your people when I was |
| 14 | I should have water for some hours yet , but I did n't know how long I 'd be ashore , and as the shingle here seemed fairly hard I reckoned I could get the rubber dinghy to the water even at low tide . |
| 15 | She sent , they were in those little strips , she sent three in for me , she said and have you tasted these I said I do n't think so , so she sent them , I 'd tasted the other ones but not those white ones so she sent three of them in for us . |
| 16 | Then I just felt so tired I thought I 'd have an early night . |
| 17 | When I think of my previous existence — of all I thought I could reasonably expect of the rest of my life , an allowed place at the extreme corner of someone 's drawing-room carpet , a Servant 's garret or no better , I give thanks for every little thing , which is unspeakably dear to me . |
| 18 | First of all I thought I 'd tell you who I was I 'm a G P in er in New Harlow , in Bush Fair , and I 've been there for nearly three years now . |
| 19 | I was so high on adrenalin that for all I knew I was talking utter rubbish . |
| 20 | In spite of all I said I enjoyed it , thank you very much . . |
| 21 | Now in 1992 I thought I would try again ( how daft can one be ? ) . |
| 22 | and erm , ha , got home , did n't wan na go out , there was me I got changed , I put on those new leggings I was all in black I thought I looked rather nice , you know , and Gary said what you all dressed up for ? |
| 23 | He made doubly sure I realised I was an outcast in a heavy-handed way — and he could n't get rid of me fast enough . |
| 24 | They 're still a bit wobbly , you know , and when the bombing got rough I thought I 'd better find us all somewhere to go . |
| 25 | If the race had been over 62 metres then I felt I would have won , but there are no championships at this distance so I had to be content with second place . |
| 26 | Again I 've tried to tell her but he said , Geoff said we shall have a lovely time , we sha n't go short I said I know that ! |
| 27 | After a thrilling final-set victory , the 43-year-old architect said : ‘ I had a bit of luck to win the third set and after Ian took the fourth I thought I would lose . ’ |
| 28 | I thought I 'd just take them down to the tip , but when we had half a bucket full I thought I 'd better phone the police |
| 29 | Well I got one of them and it 's pure silk , pale green and white and with all lacy I thought I like it . |
| 30 | I said ooh cos I said when I come here we 're always so busy I said I only get as far as er er the kitchen do n't I ? |