Example sentences of "they [vb past] i [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They realised I told a better story when I was composed . |
| 2 | They brought me down that day from Edinburgh , bundled me into a transit van with seats but no windows , handcuffed to a big quiet London lad who would n't talk to me at all and did n't even say much to the other two cops in the back of the transit just sat staring ahead and we seemed to drive all night just stopping once at some service station on the Ml , took a while to arrange everything , then they came in with a selection of cans of soft drinks and sandwiches and pasties and pork pies and chocolate and we all sat there munching then they asked me did I need the toilet and I said yes and they opened the door and it was straight over the grass into the gents ' toilets , two cops guarding the door and some men , looked like truckers , standing watching me , waiting for their turn after I 'd had my private visit ; only wanted a pee but I could n't do it even though the big lad was n't actually watching just having him standing there handcuffed to me was enough so they checked the stalls and then took the cuffs off me and I had to leave the door open a crack while I went , then back out and I see the other cop cars Christ a Range Rover and a Senator too I 'm a fucking VIP , then it 's into the van and on with the journey to London where the questioning starts ; they 're concentrating on Sir Rufus 's murder , for now , because they found a card a fucking business card in the woods near the burned cottage ; not mine that would have been too obvious but a card from a guy I know on Jane 's Defence Weekly with some scribbled notes on the back : |
| 3 | ‘ As they approached I hoped they would ask me to join them for dinner as in the old days , ’ he recalls . |
| 4 | They found I did have river blindness . |
| 5 | They believed I had to report to a camp near Dover . |
| 6 | Therefore , next time they spawned I left the eggs where they were until I had a new tank prepared for the adults . |
| 7 | They assumed I had a doctorate or something . ’ |
| 8 | and the new baby , remember when I told you about Andrew my cousin , my favourite cousin they reckoned I 'd fancied him ? |
| 9 | and the new baby , remember when I told you about Andrew my cousin , my favourite cousin they reckoned I 'd fancied him ? |
| 10 | There were many other primitives to come but by the time they arrived I knew it was just an attempt to revive attention . |
| 11 | Whilst they fished I explored the shores , haunting the hides , marvelling at the variety of bird , plant and animal life . |
| 12 | But I idiotically thought I could see Antoinette and Piers looking rather amused and I was sure it was because they felt I did n't know him as well as I 'd said . |
| 13 | ‘ They knew I had insurance because I took it out with the TSB when they gave me the loan . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ They knew I had seen Mina , too . |
| 15 | Well erm you see although I learned shorthand and typing it was better money and that was the reason I had to do it , I 've passed my exams in shorthand but er probably there were n't enough offices then to employ a good many clerks , but erm they er it was a very big fellow who used to ring the bell and the bell was on the outside , he was named Tom but I ca n't for the life of me think erm what his other name was but , erm it used to put the fear through us I can tell you if we were around the corner and we heard that bell ringing but erm they , they were a good firm to work for and , but they were strict but everywhere was strict in those days , we had to accept it but it was a long long hours , but erm they knew I had some , I , I enjoyed it and I 'd go back again only I 'm too old . |
| 16 | They knew I lived somewhere in Chicago , so they called Mayor Daley , who found out exactly where I lived , and then they located Tim and hand-delivered first-class round-trip tickets and baggage vouchers from Chicago to Bangkok . |
| 17 | I told my friends I was going to the dentist this afternoon because I knew they 'd be jealous if they knew I 'd seen Home Alone 2 before anyone else . |
| 18 | When they saw I had no presents , |
| 19 | I knew what they meant : they meant I had to look at myself . |
| 20 | Angela Flowers at the AIA ( which they insisted I called it ) opened to quite a lot of critical acclaim which really annoyed the association . |
| 21 | I was gon na say if you ai n't permanently in employment , you 're a bit silly to take that especially if the er , present climber and there 's one there they offered me said it could be two weeks or it could be two years I do n't know , so I gambler or not , I mean it depends how well you 're you are as well . |
| 22 | They thought I sent them . |
| 23 | They thought I knew someone and had been pulling strings , but I had n't |
| 24 | Their home is my home , ’ he went on coldly , ‘ and they 'd be extremely hurt if they thought I believed otherwise . ’ |
| 25 | They thought I looked flushed . |
| 26 | They thought I meant for five seconds but I made them practise holding their tone for twenty or thirty seconds . |
| 27 | Some of the neighbours knew about my interest in birds , but they thought I kept them in cages . |
| 28 | They thought I had made a huge mistake in getting rid of the old collection in preference for collecting what they unanimously regarded as ‘ junk ’ . |
| 29 | They left me alone because they thought I had hours to go . |
| 30 | " I think they thought I did n't observe all the rules of protocol — but I did n't know them … |