Example sentences of "[conj] [vb past] i [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | made a Lady , or made I mean she was given that title , or actually I 'm dead against the fact it was her husband who was given the title , erm but to abstract away from that at the moment , somebody who 's been in public service all their lives and who 's devoted much of their life to the cause of the people , I mean I realize that an awful lot of people would think that Margaret Thatcher has n't done that , but let's say that , for the sake of the argument , that at least that 's what she intended for the time being |
| 2 | If anybody has any absolutely yes I 'll be quite happy I mean to me chairman of the trust or with management committee to meet anybody if they feel that they 've got some concern they wish to discuss I 'm quite happy to do that all I can say is that nobody has actually wro wro wrote to me or rang me to say they 'd like to meet to discuss that and I 'm quite happy to do that . |
| 3 | I suddenly understood , or thought I understood it all . |
| 4 | Erm , but I wanted some cash , so what I did in the end was walked round Asda remembered it , or thought I remembered it , came back out put the erm card back in and the terminal came up erm it 's ok . |
| 5 | ‘ W-was there a car crash — or did I dream it ? ’ she asked softly . |
| 6 | Why was n't you in registration or did I tell you about the blooming black board ? |
| 7 | Why was n't you in registration or did I tell you about the blooming black board ? |
| 8 | Or did I post it ? |
| 9 | Or did I put it in this one ? |
| 10 | Or did I buy them as odd presents for people who might like them ? |
| 11 | The first I new was Chris 's sudden , shocked screaming , with an urgency that made me drop what I was doing and run across the room to the open verandah . |
| 12 | The thing that made me feel he was more normal was this little bit of dialogue . |
| 13 | I failed the Eleven-Plus — that horrible thing and that made me feel I was n't any good . |
| 14 | anyhow that made me feel there was no future in Plymouth for that , so this opportunity came , I came and when I got here they did n't carry any sergeants so I would of had to move again if I wanted promotion , which I was n't prepared to do for this , mainly for his education , unfortunately the |
| 15 | It was a Frankie Howerd interview that made me realise I do not even want one . |
| 16 | I suppose the , the sort of things that made me think I might be suitable for social work have been coming from working with the young . |
| 17 | And though he was never to make such almost innocent remarks again , and though Eva and Dad continued to want to make love all the time , and I caught her giggling while she did idiotic things with him , like snipping the hair in his ears and nostrils with a huge pair of scissors , there were looks that escaped all possible policing , looks that made me think he was capable only of a corrupted happiness . |
| 18 | Perhaps it was despair that made me believe there was one person in the world who might know that I was in despair . |
| 19 | I saw nothing that made me dislike her . |
| 20 | ‘ There was something about him that made me know he was the best revue star we had . ’ |
| 21 | It was you that made me like him . |
| 22 | ‘ I should rather say it was something he inadvertently let fall that led me to believe there might be a legal case to answer . ’ |
| 23 | So it was the likes of that and these things that got me to know my staff and got my staff to know me . |
| 24 | It was rare to have six Black gays working politically and personally together in the same workplace and that helped me integrate my identity as a Black lesbian . |
| 25 | It was this realization , along with the fact that he was in M. Dupont 's room , presumably addressing this most crucial personage , that caused me to stop my hand from knocking , and continue to listen instead . |
| 26 | I have nothing against yesterday 's guitar heroes , indeed it was the Iommi article that caused me to buy your magazine again , but whoever it was in your office who opened up a copy of NME and stuck a pin in it should be encouraged to do so again . |
| 27 | The silence that enclosed me made me feel the world had come to an end , that the trees had not yet been informed but soon would be , and would fall on to the stone and thorn , the heather and the fern , skeletons to be picked over , not by vultures but by time . |
| 28 | My father used the carrot as well as the stick , of course , and that meant I got everything I wanted , clothes , jewellery , perfume . |
| 29 | To compensate , she took a secretarial course : ‘ So that meant I had something to fall back on if the athletics failed . ’ |
| 30 | She did not ask my name , nor did I offer it . |