Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] [verb] [pron] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Unfortunately , when I got to interview him he fell asleep within five minutes . |
| 2 | However , on the first day that I got to know her I had a feeling that there was something peculiar about the woman . |
| 3 | And I wanted a particular tape , oh I know it was a tape I 'd heard a coach driver using on the er on a coach trip that I was on so I got to know what it was erm and er I went round the usual shops no joy |
| 4 | I mean , shit , I got to know what he 's thinking , right ? |
| 5 | I said it , I said it 's good news and she rushed off , he comes out tomorrow if er I said , I said I shouted as your friend ran off , I shouted tell her it 's good news ! |
| 6 | I tried to tell myself I loved her and when that did no good I tried telling myself I hated her . |
| 7 | I tried telling her she was wrong , which was silly really , because no-one ought to decide such things for anyone else … ’ |
| 8 | I tried to put what I knew and surmised into the context of other sports . |
| 9 | I tried to picture what she must have been like , the young woman who had diligently allowed her life to fade away working at this solitary chore . |
| 10 | I think that secretly I wanted to get pregnant , although I tried to kid myself I did n't . |
| 11 | While waiting I tried to imagine what she might have been thinking . |
| 12 | I tried to think what I might be prepared to do to achieve this and concluded almost anything . |
| 13 | I er I tried to tell him He he tried to point out to me , he says , That er the average earnings you see of district inspectors you see ? |
| 14 | I tried to tell myself it did n't matter . |
| 15 | I tried to tell myself it was purely physical and you were just an object of desire , but I knew it was more than that . ’ |
| 16 | I tried to tell myself I loved her and when that did no good I tried telling myself I hated her . |
| 17 | When I tried to ring you I was told that the Diomede number is ex-directory . |
| 18 | The old man had sunk to his knees , so , ignoring the Blackshirt on the pavement , I tried to rescue what I could from my medicine case and give him some first aid . |
| 19 | ‘ Well , I moved out , came to live here in a rented house I ca n't really afford , Susan sold the flat , which seemed a bit more than a symbolic act , I continued to love her and miss her , I tried to understand what she felt and hoped it was something she 'd eventually work through so that we could be together again . |
| 20 | He heard Reid 's voice : I tried to understand what she felt … |
| 21 | After a while I stopped telling myself I was n't going to be sick , and — resigned to the fact that I was going to have to throw up at some point — kept telling myself instead that I 'd manage to hold it in until I was back in the flat , and so do it in private , rather than into the gutter in front of people . |
| 22 | And as soon as I 'd said it I realised how odd it was , Kelly without a cigarette , without fiddling with the packet and dropping matches on the floor . |
| 23 | When I run away twelve months later I took two 'undred and nineteen pennies with me , which meant I 'd showed him me legs two 'undred and nineteen times in a year . |
| 24 | Cos people often used to say to me because I 'd , I 'd played everything you could play except golf , and , and er , and I , I , people used to say you did two men 's work and you I , I met a chap one day , this was an instance , I 'm not trying to blow me trumpet do n't think that at all . |
| 25 | The very stillness of his muscles meant that I 'd touched something he 'd thought hidden . |
| 26 | I was flattered when she first asked me , and curious , but when I 'd seen what it was like , I was n't interested . |
| 27 | ‘ I 'd done everything I set out to do . |
| 28 | Watch me and wonder what would have happened if I had n't sent you away last night , if I 'd done what I longed to do , if I 'd let you make love to me … |
| 29 | So that was If I 'd done it you see , that was spoiling them . |
| 30 | but I 'd done it you see |