Example sentences of "he [verb] [adv] i [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And er there r there are no real er gentry in Orkney you see , and you 'll always find that if anybody gets a a a Well as I said to one boy here , I said to him look here I said your old grandfather worked in that shop till his backside was hanging out his brigs . |
| 2 | Then he asked why I wanted the money ! |
| 3 | Well he er he asked where I 'd been working and what could I do and and I was young then aye . |
| 4 | He asked how I felt and what I was most afraid of , I answered ‘ hitting the ground ’ - at least I was honest . |
| 5 | ‘ After he got back I felt like I was in a black hole , ’ groaned a disconsolate Wilkinson after his two hour defeat . |
| 6 | As soon as he found out I knew about cameras and all that , he realised I could make myself useful round the studio , so I sort of moved in . |
| 7 | I was sure he had had a gloating look in his eyes when he found out I had been robbed . |
| 8 | He is very strict , and would dismiss me if he found out I 'd been interfering with his books . |
| 9 | But as he came closer I saw that he was not asking a question . |
| 10 | 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 |
| 11 | And they sent Alan off for his dinner in the hospital canteen and when he came back I 'd gone . |
| 12 | As soon as he came in I made him let me look at his head , and I dabbed some Dettol on it . |
| 13 | Well , when he came out I thought it were er tape heads that had gone . |
| 14 | When he walked in I thought , You can take me dirty dancing any day of the week . |
| 15 | You ca I ca n't hel I 'd I right from the day he walked in I did n't like him . |
| 16 | After he hung up I fished the morning paper out of the wastebasket and re-read the story on the Mahoney shooting very carefully . |
| 17 | He 'll kill me if he finds out I took them . ’ |
| 18 | I remember lunching with him in that miserable dining-room in Wakefield and seeing him lost in contemplation of the " beautiful way in which the gravy formed a curve " on his plate — at least that was what he said he saw when I asked him ! |
| 19 | I did n't want to put any extra pressure on him , and when he went on I told him to keep it simple . |
| 20 | And he checked and then he went So I took the bags off the pillows in case they were sweating in the bags and I put them out on the seats . |
| 21 | Because you , you had n't got the commitment that he wanted a pension or he did n't I did n't , I did n't feel that at that point that you |
| 22 | I know he did n't I did . |
| 23 | so fortunately I was at home before he did so I thought we 'll have something quick then , just had a roll , you know , and I thought well I , i it 's not worth worrying about it and sort of |
| 24 | When , when I see he come back I thought never , he ai n't been up Kingswood already , but you have n't been up Kingswood . |
| 25 | done it , she said I was reading it here and I meant to ask you for the , she said , anyway when he come back I said have you found them out , alright , he said I 've had a go he said |
| 26 | My best friend 's lost his father and he said well I lay awake all last night thinking about it . |
| 27 | He said well I had to get fags and papers and petrol . |
| 28 | So he said oh oh said his moan and groan so he said well I spoke to Blue he said , he 's off sick he said and he gets ninety pounds a week for being at home I 've been working here all week he said , for a hundred and forty so I 'm forty pound a week better off than him ! |
| 29 | junior Colts , sorry junior Colts , and he said erm ah had a bit of a roll at the beginning and then towards the end now we 've sort of lost loads in a row so I said , he said alright I said about the same with us then I was , so I said it 's cold and he said mm yes it is rather . |
| 30 | He got a few yards down , he said so I said well have yo you have n't come round to view the house today have you ? |