Example sentences of "[conj] [subord] i [vb past] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You have n't even enquired about my holiday or where I spent it . ’ |
| 2 | I did n't think of her ; I ca n't say I went because I respected her decision or because I thought it was in her interest ; I knew it was n't in her interest , or mine , or ours . |
| 3 | Sometimes , when she was startled or frightened on my fist or as I approached her , it was painful to think that I might be responsible for her fear . |
| 4 | Knowing this , I was still impotent , for I had nothing to put in its stead , no one to turn to for advice or support , and I had learned for myself nothing of life except that I was bad at living , and that where I loved I met only rejection and disaster . |
| 5 | But remember , Isabel , if you dislike your present position , that once I offered you honourable marriage . |
| 6 | I got Optrex in my room but I bought that cos I used it so much . |
| 7 | The white calico drawers would be standard wear , laundered all together , and I knew , having realized that none of the patients wore their dental plates , that there was no place here for black lace with rosebuds — nor if I brought them would they be long in her possession . |
| 8 | ‘ Look Katie , your job is your business , I admit that until I met you I did n't have a lot of time for the police . |
| 9 | ‘ Although if I knew them and I wanted a nice picture — smiling , arms around each other — I would call out to them , but not before I reached the third frame . ’ |
| 10 | I thought that if I told him what had really happened he might not let me go again and I wanted to see Charlie Chaplin and the Keystone Cops ones that were coming soon . |
| 11 | I soon realized that if I made it a bit spicy , I 'd get more than threepence for it , so I used to make up limericks , things like , |
| 12 | I thought that if I made you realise how strongly I felt you might decide you feel the same . ’ |
| 13 | But then in the next fraction of the same instant I realized that if I thought I had ceased to exist then I existed that the very thinking of this thought was me . |
| 14 | I thought that if I took him down to paddle for a while , it would cool him down and distract him , so he would be able to sleep . |
| 15 | Yet fear it I did , so greatly did the idea come to me that if I took her up to the cave to meet Elsbeth , she would somehow have trapped me instead of I her . |
| 16 | for it and he said well , well er basically it just got down to well if you kiss me I 'll give it to you and then , and then he decided that if I kissed him |
| 17 | I know that if I left him , I would never be happy again . |
| 18 | I was terrified that if I criticized him he would take offence and leave me , if not permanently , then for a few days , without giving me a sign of life , and so leaving me in anguish . |
| 19 | I suppose I knew what your reaction would be , but thought in my arrogance that if I presented you with a fait accompli , the sale of the land , your money back , you 'd be so overwhelmed with gratitude that you 'd immediately fall into my arms . ’ |
| 20 | Now you said that if I gave you X cos squared three X it might be a bit easier to integrate . |
| 21 | It was because he told me he had seen a woman more beautiful than me , and said that if I wanted him as a husband , I must marry him at once ! |
| 22 | ‘ Alex felt that if I selected him for the Poland game , he should play and try to help us get the result before announcing his retirement , and that was Bryan 's intention . ’ |
| 23 | At the back of my mind I must have hoped that if I telephoned him in advance , Helmut would help in this way . |
| 24 | I would have loved to have stayed because I really enjoy things like that , I love discos and get up and have a dance but I knew damn well that if I did I 'd be absolutely shattered today and I , I just would n't be with it so I , I said to Matthew I 'm going up . |
| 25 | I know I should have told you earlier but I reasoned that if I did you would n't want me along ; and you needed a guide . |
| 26 | At first he was really quiet but I kinda changed that because I treated him like my brother by punching him ! ’ |
| 27 | ‘ I chose that because I thought I would still be able to keep my hand in by writing the staff newspaper . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ Luiza told me , when Therese first came up here , that she was divorced and the husband was in a clinic over near Mayerling — the Schubert Clinic — I remembered that because I thought it was a funny name for a clinic . ’ |
| 29 | I know that because I heard them . ’ |
| 30 | Do you not realise that since I met you I — ? ’ |