Example sentences of "[subord] i did [conj] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Why do n't you ask Dr Pringle — he knew her better than I did and he can give a medical opinion ! ’ |
| 2 | ‘ Because I was working , he saw more of her than I did when she was a baby , ’ Yasmin says . |
| 3 | I pulled my skirt up a little but he said he 'd have to see higher than that to make sure my legs were n't bowed at the knees so I did as I was told . |
| 4 | I ca n't remember if I did cos I 've been picking them up . |
| 5 | Mind you I would n't recommend having them next door like I did when I lived in South London . |
| 6 | I thought I 'd get over it , because I did when I broke my other leg before . ’ |
| 7 | And erm , my wife who 's a teacher had erm a very devastating experience just after I retired so it was erm , it was as well that I retired when I did because I was then able to stay at home and er |
| 8 | The notices go up , inviting applications which no longer refer to ‘ the poor ’ ; and if you read these , you assume it to be some quaint custom , as I did before I heard how much was involved . |
| 9 | I oppose the carry-over motion for the Bill , as I did when we debated it a year ago . |
| 10 | They know there 's no way I can play as I did when I was No 1 in the world but hopefully with more matches which will give me more confidence , they will see me play good tennis ’ . |
| 11 | ‘ Probably not as much as I did when I was a kid ; the travelling part is hard . |
| 12 | All I know how to do is write songs , and that 's what I want to do because I would like people to feel as good as I did when I heard a song for the first time . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ If Brian Clough is still interested in me he will want to know if I cope as well during a bad spell as I did when I was enjoying a purple patch and scored 11 goals in 14 games earlier in the season . ’ |
| 14 | He said : ‘ I would n't work 16 hours a day , seven days a week , chasing all over the country watching games as I did when I managed Plymouth , Manchester City , Crystal Palace and Middlesbrough . |
| 15 | As I did when I found out what he 'd done . ’ |
| 16 | My local authority has had to cope with that problem for many years , as I did when I was housing chairman of my local authority . |
| 17 | No really , and er , so I , I do n't feel quite such a fool as I did when I started to speak . |
| 18 | Erm one , one of the statements that you did come out with when you , when you were saying about erm why you were there , you said about to make sure that your policy is performing how you wish it to which is as good a one as I did when I said you 're obviously satisfied with , with your Friends Provident contract cos we 're brilliant erm Martin asked the question about why has the , why has the bonus gone down and , and you overcame that objection er which was good and he , he was , he was satisfied with that . |
| 19 | I feel today the excitement of that encounter almost as keenly as I did when it took place over fifty years ago . |