Example sentences of "i [vb past] [conj] she [verb] " in BNC.
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1 | she spoke to and said we 've discussed it cos I asked whether she 'd done that , she said she 'd spoken to and said we 've discussed that we should share the work more equally and said no I 'm happy with the way things were and left it that way |
2 | I asked if she had ever been to hear Billy Graham ; a bit unlikely I thought . |
3 | I asked if she had made a separate tension swatch for the stocking stitch , to which she replied yes and that although she used stitch size 7 for the Fair Isle and 5.2 for the stocking stitch , it had matched exactly ( ? ) . |
4 | As one of the most respected figures in women 's tennis , and a member of the Player committee , I asked if she felt changes were necessary to the women 's game at the moment . |
5 | I asked if she remembered Old Red , and described meeting him in the subway , but not his current reputation , for that would have been less than tactful , as I hoped one day to marry them off , and unfair , since he had been so pleasant to me . |
6 | I asked if she needed a ride . |
7 | ‘ After she 'd stroked it , I asked if she liked dogs . |
8 | I asked if she liked living in this country . |
9 | As the woman was weeping , I asked if she cried often about this . |
10 | Erm I asked and she said that his dad sent him off to get it X-rayed and she goes , But he 's had a history with his toe poor blighter . |
11 | When you told me that Mrs Lyons was getting a divorce , I realized that she hoped to marry Stapleton . |
12 | After a while Lily began to talk , and I realized that she understood nothing of what I had said about the war . |
13 | ‘ No , just a friend , ’ I said too quickly , before I realized that she had almost certainly not been on duty when Sal was brought in . |
14 | Well I asked the girl and the she , we sort of sidetracked and when I come off the phone I realized that she had n't said . |
15 | My heart ached for her as I realised that she had joined the ranks of so many others I had known , who had watched their men fly off into the dusk , never to be heard of again . |
16 | I made it clear that I wanted our discussion that morning to focus on business matters , but I realised that she had a need to talk to someone , preferably someone discreet . |
17 | After a few seconds ' thought I realised that she meant their President , that is the former General who was dictator with the continuing consent of their other commanders . |
18 | ‘ Kelly , ’ I shouted and she turned round and shrieked , ‘ Annie , darling ’ , and we tried to fall into each other 's arms . |
19 | I tried but she sensed my revulsion . |
20 | But when I drove to London to collect her as we 'd arranged , I found that she 'd had a phone call less than an hour previously to say that Barney was ill . |
21 | I stopped when she hissed at me to shut up and let her get on with it . |
22 | Some months after I spoke to Feroza I learnt that she had had to return to Pakistan . |
23 | When I had finished and opened my eyes I noted that she had the cup in one hand and the saucer in the other . |
24 | The old lady spoke to me occasionally , but I noticed that she seemed to lapse into quiet moods . |
25 | I did not see her again until during the afternoon lessons , when I noticed that she had been sent to stand alone in the middle of the schoolroom . |
26 | I noticed that she looked a bit unhappy so I went across to her , worried that she might be a bit of a madam and would n't like to associate with the likes of me . |
27 | I just said ‘ Yes ? ’ and as I dropped the pen she 'd handed me back into her bag , I noticed that she carried at least two fat rolls of ten-pound notes secured with circular gold clips shaped like salamanders , or maybe alligators . |
28 | Again I nodded and she said , ‘ Ah . |
29 | I nodded and she burst out laughing . |
30 | I guessed that she had been blown far from her oasis , and now there was no landmark other than the wheelbarrow , not a tree , not a blade of grass , not a ripple on the plain , nor a rock bigger than my fist . |