Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] i [modal v] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The thing I most disliked was the disapproval of the dons because I admitted I would like to write ! ’ |
| 2 | I realized I would need to convince them at the first opportunity that I was primarily a practical policeman and not an academic ; and I also noted that while the college was keen to list the academic qualifications of those on the course , the participants quickly justified Lewis 's assertions by playing them down to emphasize their history of praxis and practical mastery . |
| 3 | I realized I would get no help from the Treasury and , indeed , I suspected that they could not understand why the department was wasting its time on this issue at all . |
| 4 | So I realized I could do an act based on what it is like to be me . |
| 5 | Anyway I realized I 'd have missed you at the Club , so I turned round and set off back . |
| 6 | I knew it was n't going to be easy , as it was so very much his world , but I realized I must do it soon , because the longer I delayed , the longer I felt I would go on doing so — like facing up to the ashes . |
| 7 | British Aluminium own the land , and as soon as I realised I would have to trespass with a car , my imagination started its fevered travail . |
| 8 | So , when I found I wanted to write a book that would reflect a little on whether we should strive to be perfect or settle for the second-best but practical , I realised I would have to have a murder that was in some way imperfect . |
| 9 | ‘ I realised I could influence the situation by saving resources and helping to keep the environment as clean as possible . ’ |
| 10 | I realised I could race them keeping them and me fit . |
| 11 | I 'd barely finished my prawn cocktail before I realised I could fall for him . ’ |
| 12 | I realised I could help myself and did n't have to be this fat , unhappy child , ’ she says . |
| 13 | After that , I realised I 'd get nowhere thinking about you , ’ he continued , ‘ so I immersed myself in my construction company . |
| 14 | But the doctor said that when I recovered I would have to practise less and go out more often . |
| 15 | There 'd been some snow , and erm er he was n't well , and could I if I cared I could look for a work elsewhere , as i it was just impossible for him to pay wages , you see ? |
| 16 | which reminds me , yeah , the last block I got I 'll have to take it back , it was the wrong colour , we 've got some silver got some , got |
| 17 | What I want to do wha with the bulldozer I got I would like to poke it that shovel one . |
| 18 | If I strained I could see the world as others did , stereoscopically , but if I relaxed binocular vision would ensue , and while one ‘ eye ’ would remain focused , the other would slide away into the clouded periphery where The Fat Controller and his machinations held sway . |
| 19 | ‘ I was aware of players from both sides running towards me and I shouted I would clear it . |
| 20 | I found I would eat as much of the unrestricted foods as I wanted and I still steadily lost weight . |
| 21 | When I got to Holloway I found I would have been entitled to take most of the things she would n't let me take , like a hairbrush . |
| 22 | By a miracle I found I could do it : standing upright on the pedals and pedalling with all my might I reached the road , where Nora was waiting for me . |
| 23 | Having lost my own job , I found I could relate to everything in this honest and moving article . |
| 24 | All the shops and cafés were sheltered under the arcades , and I found I could walk almost the entire length and breadth of the village under cover . |
| 25 | I decided to approach the Mental Health Unit and once I 'd started visiting there , I found I could work every hour of every day . |
| 26 | I thanked my lucky stars for Twelve French Poets , the A-level syllabus , and our rectangular French teacher , who was so thorough that I found I could discuss symbolism and synaesthesia without batting an eyelid . |
| 27 | It was difficult to make sure I had taken the right things but not too much and I found I could have done with less . |
| 28 | But I found I could communicate better with men . |
| 29 | But against all my expectations , the longer he kept away , the more I found I could hack it . |
| 30 | I found I could force the steering wheel a quarter of a turn and flex all sorts of things , like the casting for the gearbox mounting . ’ |