Example sentences of "i [vb past] [conj] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you 'd done as I asked and left me alone then none of it would have happened . ’ |
| 2 | What made me finally decide to insist on this was when I realized that had you been a man , Miranda , or had I not been personally involved with you , I would n't have hesitated to ask for these shares . ’ |
| 3 | Later he became a close family friend and I envied and admired him , for he got to one remote and interesting place after another — Somaliland , Abyssinia , Kurdistan , Burma and China . |
| 4 | White continues , ‘ As I never possessed the sense of smelling , and was willing to ascertain the flavour of the liquor , I tasted and found it to be aromatic , tho ’ not very pungent , partaking of the taste of catchup and of the pickle of Spanish olives . ’ |
| 5 | I designed and built it myself . ’ |
| 6 | I rose and followed him . |
| 7 | I rose and faced her across the table . |
| 8 | I joked and teased them all until some of the heaviness lifted . |
| 9 | Anyway , I stopped and offered her a lift . |
| 10 | Such information was not highly ‘ theoretical ’ but it helped build up an objective picture of the people who went to the theatres I studied and gave me a useful corrective to people who made sweeping generalizations such as ‘ the theatre is for everyone . ’ |
| 11 | I advised and charged them not to stretch themselves beyond their line by speaking out of the [ local ] society , or by fancying themselves public teachers . |
| 12 | ( This evening — as I knew I would and could — I coaxed and bullied him , and he wrote out a cheque for a hundred pounds , which he 's promised to send off tomorrow . |
| 13 | I nodded and followed me to the house . |
| 14 | After all this time , when I begged and begged you to cut down , why suddenly say you 're going to stop ? ’ |
| 15 | I turned and looked him full in the face . |
| 16 | I turned and gave him a wave , ‘ Do n't wait up for me , I may be late . ’ |
| 17 | Finally I turned and faced her . |
| 18 | I admired and respected him , and under his touch my mind was changing . |
| 19 | I half disapproved of these costumes , they made me feel uncomfortable , but at the same time I admired and envied her , she was so original and unconcerned . |
| 20 | I hung and trimmed it . |
| 21 | Ooh I walked and walked I |
| 22 | I grinned and seized her , but she was not in a playful mood . |
| 23 | Now in the lock museum I 've taken some locks th that I collected and took them over there they used to do speed locks butted locks sidecar locks er then , as the motor trade changed from all wood frames to metal frames , other types of locks , I took there but this is what is amazing me , they , at the lock museum they highlight all the Willinghall locks which are the padlocks , which are locks er wardrobe locks , cabinet locks and all the smaller type of locks but there was the biggest industry , I mean Walsall locks are still in existence now , they made er er locks for , for , for cars , the Bloxwich lock , that was their biggest trade was er , was er the bigger locks . |
| 24 | So I lied and said I detected nothing untoward in finding a bullet-riddled boat awash in the Bahamian seas . |
| 25 | I returned and put it round her shoulders . |
| 26 | I panicked and shot him . |
| 27 | I loved and hated him . |
| 28 | I swore and dropped him , clutching my bleeding hand . |
| 29 | She smiled as I watched and copied her , carrying my tools the local way . |
| 30 | Erm , well , if you tell her I rang and give her my love . |