Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] [pron] [verb] i " in BNC.
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| 1 | The original stuff had all been ripped out years ago , so when I moved in I thought I 'd go to town on the redecoration . |
| 2 | I mean Doreen said erm I would n't do nothing about it but well when we found out she said I will , I 'll report him but you know when you know |
| 3 | but I knew that before I moved there he says I know better |
| 4 | When we got outside I said I could n't very well offer him one I only had two left in the packet |
| 5 | When he came in he saw I was on the verge of tears and said , " What 's wrong ? " |
| 6 | When he came downstairs he offered me £90 for a small china ornament . |
| 7 | Well I did we we talked about this , you see Mary Anne , half way through the conversation er Neil went out of the room so that I could to Mary Ann and I said towards the end of my conversation , you know , Mary Ann you 're a very wise person , give me some advice I said , I told her about Neil not wanting no not doing well on the driving , although he can drive she said he does n't want to do it she said do n't hassle him so when he came downstairs I said I 've been talking to Mary Ann and she sends you her love and because , of course , you know , we 've got a grandson , you know she had a son , my |
| 8 | Jo Joan when she came over she gave me a hug and she said I mean every word of that mum . |
| 9 | Last night , before I came home he dragged me into his office to work out how much money we spend Pontypool delivering parts to Solihull . |
| 10 | When I first came home I thought I would stay with my mother as long as she needed me , then I would go back . |
| 11 | When he came out he took me off to water his vegetables . |
| 12 | When I came round they gave me a large tot of whisky , another injection of morphia and sent me off to Imtarfa , as drunk as a lord . |
| 13 | ( She seemed to me to be about eighteen years old , although as we walked along she told me she had five children , all happily married . ) |
| 14 | ‘ When I got back I found I had left the garden door a little ajar ; she must have taken a chill . |
| 15 | For example once he went to Rome on business and when he got back he told me about a building which was like the sky at night , so big that even when you stood in front of it you could n't believe you were actually seeing it . |
| 16 | But as soon as they got out I realized I was wrong . |
| 17 | And after I 'd stamped and sealed the envelopes he rang back he said I have n't got the copy VAT certs either . |
| 18 | ‘ I suppose I came down on impulse , but as soon as I got here I wished I 'd stayed in the house . |
| 19 | He goes right thought for ages and he thought right what do I really need ? |
| 20 | That second time I went in they left me there for two hours , and I was really cracking up . |
| 21 | But when I looked up I saw I was underneath a car . |
| 22 | He took me out last Sunday and I said as we were driving over to Lavenham , I said an early would be much appreciated , I said I cooked the Sunday Lunch for my lodgers , but I have n't , in fact , had any myself he said you 've got to have a high tea , he said you must have a proper meal and he ordered up salad and a a ham salad and have this and have that and have the other , where as some of them like this chap Gerald who was erm sent me by one of the other agencies the first time we went out he took me to a meal and he obviously felt that quite enough , after that he used to come out to see me after he 'd had his meal meanness , hanging onto money ! |
| 23 | and him , my mother was away and erm I was with him and we went out he took me out to lunch and he took me shopping and stu well I mean he took , but he was really really , you know how your father always dotes on you if it 's just you and him ? |
| 24 | When I first went back he told me on Saturday . |
| 25 | I thought now what do I do ? |
| 26 | So I thought now what do I say , do I drop myself in it or do I say well that was n't , that was Roy , I said well you know I said I must admit I said I I 'm sorry so erm then Roy said well that battery he said was me he said I , I borrowed Geoff 's car again and look the battery fell over in it so I 'm gon na help him er then I sa , a piece of that bloody great went across our French doors and this , there 's a went across |
| 27 | how , how well they 've enjoyed it this morning I thought well I wished I 'd made the effort |
| 28 | But I saw , I went into town yesterday , have n't been into town and I saw er , I 'm just going up past the job centre I had to go to council about me money and I thought well I suppose I ought to make an effort and look in the job centre cos I , I ai n't done because I 've been in catering all the while |
| 29 | Yeah although it did n't , it did n't I w I was n't too concerned about it , I thought well you know I 'm resting er and er I 'm the sort of person who only needs about six hours , if I get six hours I 'm okay erm , you know , on a regular basis I 'm talking about . |
| 30 | He understood how she needed me when war broke out and most of the men were away , he realized I would n't feel able to go back to England and abandon her . |