Example sentences of "[conj] [subord] i [vb past] i " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | ‘ I chose that because I thought I would still be able to keep my hand in by writing the staff newspaper . ’ |
| 5 | The committee became so unnerved at the thought that the club premises might be under threat that when I said I knew how to deal with these bounders , but it could only be as chairman , they swallowed it hook , line and sinker . |
| 6 | But the doctor said that when I recovered I would have to practise less and go out more often . |
| 7 | Most of the living accommodation at Low Birk Hatt faces north and I always thought that when I moved I would definitely have a south-facing house . |
| 8 | Okay so what did I have here so that when I differentiated I got X ? |
| 9 | And although I knew I must hide my feelings , must never allow myself to hope , I also knew that while there was breath in my body , I would always love him . |
| 10 | Whenever Mackie was n't actively helping Tremayne she stayed close also to Fiona , and although I tried I could n't dislodge the underlying anxiety in their eyes . |
| 11 | Well he , he , they were on their way to Norwich but they stopped off at Ipswich for a lunch , you see , and er I had , I looked after them , so , so that it should n't interrupt the other girls behind the counter or , or the waiter who was looking after his regular customers in the dining room , you see , er and so I used to erm and once I had I remember there was six black doctors came in and er and I was glad because it was nice to move about and instead of sticking in the office typing and then going out all alone , you see , while the Manager was on the district , you see , I liked it and er anyway that was a long time ago . |
| 12 | ‘ No , ’ he said , ‘ and if I had I would n't spend it on that . ’ |
| 13 | And if I had I would n't lend it to anyone as rotten damn patronizing , stupid and heartless as you . ’ |
| 14 | If they have got something cooking , and if I found I did n't like it when it came , I 'd tell them to get stuffed . |
| 15 | I do n't , and if I did I should have to suppose Providence to be the devil … ’ |
| 16 | ‘ Mr Wyatt , I do n't have Garry Turner 's address , and if I did I would n't keep it among my underwear , ’ she said desperately ; the sight of her intimate things in his hands was sending strange shivers down her spine . |
| 17 | I do n't Stephen and if I did I definitely would lend it to you . |
| 18 | one of the lads at work come up says there 's a disco on March twenty eight and before I said I 'm already booked , I said yeah , he says er how much do you charge , I told him and I says well if you let me have confirmation as soon as you can and a deposit of ten or fifteen pounds as soon as you can |
| 19 | Anyway he looked like that he had a red car and he was sitting in the car and he put them down like that and they were like that in the car and after I thought I should 've popped at her house see if she 's wearing that in the house I thought you git . |
| 20 | And when I said I was he held out a massive paw that gripped my hand as though in a vice . |
| 21 | My dad used to take two sugars , and when I said I was giving up sugar in tea and coffee , he reduced it to one . |
| 22 | ‘ I kept thinking today how lucky I was , you see , how blessedly fortunate , with all I have , all that is so comfortable , all that makes me so — so much happier than I was , and then this evening I went to the Rectory and when I returned I was in my room and I looked out at the darkness and I thought of you and how lonely you must be after all the company and society you have known just recently and I thought — I thought — ’ |
| 23 | I went back to bathe my eyes and when I returned I could not see them . ’ |
| 24 | And when I got I says to here , I 'm sick of having to out all them cigarettes . |
| 25 | And when I decided I did , I noticed you did n't like me . " |
| 26 | Then I had no excuse not to audition for plays , and when I did I found that I enjoyed it . |
| 27 | And when I did I found I could n't concentrate on my work at all . |
| 28 | And when I did I behaved like a damned fool . |
| 29 | The walk was scheduled to depart from Green Park Tube , and when I arrived I found a group of thirty or so walkers already tapping their feet . |
| 30 | Erm I would like to formally second Mr because I followed a situation where the previous minister had baptised anyone and when I arrived I discussed with the session what our policy on baptism was and we concurred that we should follow the nineteen sixty three law but apply it under grace and with the spirit of God in mind and we had some very difficult situations when people said to me no I have no time for God in my life but I want you to baptise my baby . |