Example sentences of "[conj] i [vb base] she [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ They ran sheep here in those days , so I imagine she did , if only to keep him in socks . ’ |
| 2 | I told her that her precious sister-in-law had made a mess of my life yet again , so I suppose she felt obliged to make amends . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ She was n't frightened of flying , but she was very frightened of the seat belt , so I think she 'd been tied down at one time . |
| 4 | We would visit her on occasions and I remember she had a rather splendid grandfather clock . |
| 5 | She had been outraged when her husband left for another woman , had addressed him with religious vehemence and spoken of hell , but as time passed she had realised that life was very much more pleasant without him , that he was generous with money , and so she had , not forgiven , but ceased to revile him ; and I know she found grim amusement in my stepmother 's harassed countenance and the irritating ways of her two small children . |
| 6 | She said I was too much for her , and I assume she thought she was being admiring , though she certainly meant I was not enough . |
| 7 | ‘ But it was a very warm connection and I believe she felt she could phone me any time she wished . |
| 8 | She made a will and I understand she left her property to the two children of the marriage . |
| 9 | But anyway , with her mind , and I understand she did write at one time , she would have made an impression in some quarter or other . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ And I expect she told you why I went there ? |
| 11 | That 's what happened over , had n't really dealt with big tour operators in the past and I think she got a bit nervous about it |
| 12 | So the ammunition was there , the time was right and I think she enjoyed herself . |
| 13 | ‘ They were very close friends and I think she hurt him more than anyone else ever could , ’ she says . |
| 14 | Erm , something came up yesterday i in the catering unit found out that erm a first-aider in area , area had n't actually been reporting all minor accidents , erm , and I think she felt perhaps they were a bit too minor to report . |
| 15 | But er I do n't know how we got onto it er sh and I think she said something about oh , she knew her tables |
| 16 | ‘ Yes , she did , and I think she hoped something would come of it — well , so did I. But when he met Angela he was just bowled over by her . |
| 17 | Well it was n't er the wife it was a bit of a setback , we had a bungalow you see , a small bungalow which was in a very , very nice part of Plymouth , well on the outskirts of Plymouth actually , almost in the country and er , to come and find this , well to her it 'd be like a , a terraced house , her mind went back to the old days in Manchester where she came from with the old terraced houses and I think she visualized that then to go in a house that had a , a square room , do you follow ? |
| 18 | And I think she found looking after tiny children a bit too much for her . |
| 19 | She rose up in the world without lifting a finger when she married into the gentry and I daresay she let him feel the difference been them . |
| 20 | I must have fainted , and I suppose she left . |
| 21 | And I suppose she had money there , must have been . |
| 22 | And then she said erm she said , and I suppose she turned to the other guy , she said , we 're not supposed to do clairvoyants , like , laughing , you know . |
| 23 | Velma called on Monday , erm , because I rang her up on Sunday to tell her what was happening , cos I mean she did n't know it , we signed our contract and erm I said to her well if we get a date this week , I said could , cos she 's going back to Wales tomorrow , she wo n't be back till after Easter |
| 24 | And you see , they were , she was crying and everything and wanting out cos I think she thought the rabbit was gon na bite her . |
| 25 | I know she 's my own flesh and blood , but I hope she got whatever was coming to her . |
| 26 | But I mean she did n't hers was n't fast tan one . |
| 27 | ‘ But I wish she had confided in me — told me her reasons . |
| 28 | Well it 's either three or six months but er it 's , it 's similar to what we have but I know she took her own little policy out . |
| 29 | But I know she wished it could have been different . |
| 30 | I left home at 15 to become a footballer , she was really proud of me ; she encouraged me to go but I know she wanted me at home . |