Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] i [vb past] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But that Sat Sunday when Hazel was here and I , and she did n't want to go so I said I 'd stay with her and cook the dinner when y when you came back you said it 's a good job you did n't come , it did n't finish till half past twelve and you came straight home and you were here about |
| 2 | Er went to nurse so I lent him bike . |
| 3 | I just did n't know how to cope so I sent her out of the room . |
| 4 | Yeah well Robert said why have we stopped so I said I think we 're looking because it 's a typical new house and daddy wants to see what typical new houses now offer . |
| 5 | He had a number of handbills which he was distributing to everyone who passed so I took one nonchalantly and his kind , brown eyes smiled . |
| 6 | ‘ He lay there snoring so I thought he was messing about and told him to get up . |
| 7 | I could n't tell what was happening so I asked them to move so I could take the coal into Granny 's house . |
| 8 | This appears not to have happened in the case of Samuel Pepys 's uncle ; writing in his diary for 6 July 1661 , he related the incident of ‘ My uncle 's corpse in a coffin standing upon joint stools in the chimney in the hall ; but it began to smell so I caused it to be set forth in the yard all night , and watched by my aunt . ’ |
| 9 | I did n't think the owner would approve so I said nothing , but she 'd gone home by then . |
| 10 | ‘ They were n't worth keeping so I swapped them for a couple of balloons . ’ |
| 11 | It was gon na cost me a hundred and eighty pounds to have it repaired so I thought I might as well |
| 12 | ‘ The little one was wheezing so I kept him home . |
| 13 | Er of course one went , started work , very nervous , and er thought that everybody was sort of putting a tape measure and er Oh to tell you the t truth I I did n't know Well I knew there was one apprentice been there about twelve months or nearly twelve months . |
| 14 | When we got outside I said I could n't very well offer him one I only had two left in the packet |
| 15 | If the racket came right I felt it gave him the confidence to go for the shots . |
| 16 | If we are listening to a story and somebody says So I ate it we may well know the meaning of it from somewhere earlier in the story . |
| 17 | Sarah was watching and listening so I asked her if she thought they were all the same . |
| 18 | I thought for a second she was smoking so I avoided her and I do n't think she noticed me. when I came out , there was Shelima 's science book in a wash-basin smouldering away . |
| 19 | Well I did we we talked about this , you see Mary Anne , half way through the conversation er Neil went out of the room so that I could to Mary Ann and I said towards the end of my conversation , you know , Mary Ann you 're a very wise person , give me some advice I said , I told her about Neil not wanting no not doing well on the driving , although he can drive she said he does n't want to do it she said do n't hassle him so when he came downstairs I said I 've been talking to Mary Ann and she sends you her love and because , of course , you know , we 've got a grandson , you know she had a son , my |
| 20 | When I first came home I thought I would stay with my mother as long as she needed me , then I would go back . |
| 21 | E even before you came home I switched it on . |
| 22 | As they came nearer I approached them , before the guard had time to prevent me . |
| 23 | and er I says well I thought you 'd got some . |
| 24 | Yeah well I remember that then just sleep overcame me and I , I closed me eyes and the next thing I knew John says well I wished you 'd of been awake to see that |
| 25 | And as soon as I got home I wrote it down . |
| 26 | When I got home I told everybody where I 'd been and what I 'd done : my 63-year-old father , my three sisters , my nephews , my friends , the men and women in my local pub and my colleagues at the bank . |
| 27 | Well I did n't know when I 'd see you see so I thought I can always leave them at Dorothy 's for you . |
| 28 | He pushed again quite hard and as I turned away I heard him snigger and say , ‘ You have to kick 'em , you know . ’ |
| 29 | I could not believe that such an outburst of violence could happen in Fontanellato , where everybody , including those who belonged to the party , seemed to be more or less on good terms with one another , but when I arrived home I begged my father to be careful and to avoid discussions with anybody except the doctor . |
| 30 | And er there r there are no real er gentry in Orkney you see , and you 'll always find that if anybody gets a a a Well as I said to one boy here , I said to him look here I said your old grandfather worked in that shop till his backside was hanging out his brigs . |