Example sentences of "[vb past] [subord] i [vb past] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The driver gunned the motor but that only threw off sprays of fine snow , and the motor howled until I thought it would burst . |
| 2 | and I phoned one night late and , it was late and I phoned for I wanted her to come home , and I was it was quarter to twelve and said she 's not home yet . |
| 3 | But we all change , and I changed when I saw you . |
| 4 | JH : Something that Frans Brüggen mentioned when I met him recently [ see JH 's interview , CDR 9/91 — Ed. ] was the still prevalent post-Paganini reversal of performing interest , whereby the difficult appears effortless , and the facile of monumental significance . |
| 5 | My heart sank when I heard him say he was in full support of the government 's policy . |
| 6 | As soon as he got out and about he was going round the house looking for you and then he just stood at the bottom of the stairs and banged until I took him upstairs and he could have a look round up there and then he realized you were n't there |
| 7 | ‘ I came because I considered it to be my duty , ’ he informed her quietly . |
| 8 | Goldberg delighted when I told him about the gauze and the draught , he wrote . |
| 9 | I came at the same time as the Sweeper came for I saw him standing by this very cage in clothes the people wear and not in Keeper-clothes such as he began to wear afterwards . ’ |
| 10 | Now I protested that it was n't properly decorated yet and that I 'd rather he came when I had it looking its best . |
| 11 | I remember the shock-horror and accusations of non-femininity that my first one provoked when I wore it to push the pram up Edinburgh 's steep streets in 1967 . |
| 12 | I 'd send every letter I 've written you since we last met if I thought you would n't do it to me again , humiliate me again . |
| 13 | I 'd know where I lived if I saw it , but just at the moment I ca n't remember the name of the street it 's in , and the policeman would n't know if I do n't have the address . |
| 14 | ‘ I got a call from a cop who asked if I owned it . |
| 15 | If I asked if I asked you to compile a list of advertisers of companies and businesses who you think will advertise in a medical practice booklet you may you may list out twenty five . |
| 16 | The initial interview with an MD seven years my junior was largely comfortable and amicable apart from the minor irritant when he asked if I thought I could relate to young people in the office . |
| 17 | On my negative but friendly response they asked if I knew I was trespassing . |
| 18 | Three quite different and perfectly compassionate journalistic colleagues , on learning of this interview , asked if I found him ‘ unsympathetic ’ , ‘ slippery ’ , ‘ obnoxious ’ . |
| 19 | Mandeville still sulked in the hall whilst the old beldames in Southgate 's chamber cackled with laughter and asked if I wanted them to wash me ? |
| 20 | Actually , it just happened because I found I was engaging with people who had similar interests to myself . |
| 21 | The manse door opened before I reached it . |
| 22 | But nothing happened when I had her served so she had to go . |
| 23 | Yeah I do n't suppose that happened when I pulled it out . |
| 24 | The right hon. and learned Gentleman nodded when I asked him the same question earlier , but he has not said how he will ensure fairness between schools and therefore , no discrimination against students with special needs . |
| 25 | what happens , then his she stands there , you bloody by four but I mean he finished when I said he was gon na finish for a change I should think . |
| 26 | She stiffened when I touched her , just for an instant , the way you do when you feel something on your leg and are n't sure what it is . |
| 27 | I blushed before I gave it to Gwenellen . |
| 28 | For the last two days I have known what I lost when I left you and , while you should not have believed Havvie , I can understand why you did . |
| 29 | That 's why I panicked when I heard he was missing . |
| 30 | I felt if I gripped it too hard it would break or crumple , and I would see the sinews like wires holding it together . |