Example sentences of "the [noun sg] [vb past] i " in BNC.
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| 1 | The midwife suggested I go into the birthing pool as I 'd requested on my birth plan . |
| 2 | I tried to get the dog destroyed , but the vet suggested I have a re-think , so then we had it placed . |
| 3 | You must tell them on the phone after telling them the price and what it 's all about you say , Right when I come round tomorr er whenever to er strike up the deal with you I want the contract signed I need a thirty five percent of the first year 's payment as a deposit cheque . |
| 4 | So in the end , even the chairman agreed I was right . |
| 5 | not throw it at the cyclist had I ? |
| 6 | Gone are the concept albums and such thirty-minute epics as Supper 's Ready , to be replaced by shorter , straight-to-the-point material like Tonight , Tonight , Tonight and the chart hit I Ca n't Dance . |
| 7 | By the age of 23 , I 'd starred in a one-man show on Broadway and when the play closed I confronted the truth that if I was n't the star of a play I could n't feed myself . |
| 8 | And who the f-f-fantasy did I |
| 9 | ‘ Fortunately , I was given a good assessment on the first 45 minutes , and apparently the experiment proved I 'm very fit . |
| 10 | When the car stopped I knew exactly where we were . |
| 11 | When we were talking just now before the programme started I think you said that you were n't sure that you 'd had a great deal of contact with the university one way or another , but surely you 've been surrounded by university people ? |
| 12 | BELVILLE : [ desperately ] Once the Countess discovered I was married she resolved we should enter into a system devoted to Platonic Love , in which sex was to have no manner of concern … |
| 13 | Er , if we turn to the revenue split I think this underscores the recession er , and you 'll notice that there 's a much lesher lesser proportion of revenue coming from advertising . |
| 14 | As soon as the off-licence opened I bought a dozen cans of Norseman lager , hefting the packs under my arm as I went off to find a quiet corner of the station where I could guzzle them in peace . |
| 15 | When the tocsin sounded I lurched out with the others to see what was wrong . |
| 16 | In the last frenzied seconds as the boat tossed I thought Rachel held a pistol pointing at me , but then I saw it was only her glass . |
| 17 | The boss knew I was worked to death , and not wanting to lose me said , ‘ Mick , you take a few days rest . |
| 18 | I mean as I say if the queen came I would talk how I |
| 19 | The Queen knew I would accompany you here . |
| 20 | The unnatural silence in the Home showed I was last out . |
| 21 | I had once taken hold of a piece of rock , and was about to trust my whole weight upon , it , when it loosened from its bed , and I should have been sent headlong to the bottom had I not instinctively snatched hold of a tuft of grass , which grew close by it , and was so firm as to save me . |
| 22 | Dawn recalls : ‘ The consultant assumed I would terminate the pregnancy . |
| 23 | But when the winter came I could n't take it , I came back . |
| 24 | In Rachel Webb 's case this meant losing the right to see her daughter , ’ The judge said I gave up my rights as a parent the day I had my operation ’ . |
| 25 | As soon as the boy left I 'd pull him into the alley and take it from him . |
| 26 | ‘ If it was n't for the desk set I would n't have got interested in Russian art . |
| 27 | I could n't have stood the scene had I refused — and then I forgot to remove it once I started to stalk . ’ |
| 28 | the Chancellor said I 'll deal with it then . |
| 29 | All my life , he wrote , I have been preparing myself for this moment , but if I have prepared myself correctly then it is so that when the moment came I should not be encumbered with the sensation of having waited for it all my life , for such a sensation , wrote Harsnet , is too heavy a burden for anyone to carry . |
| 30 | He said : ‘ I expected six or seven calibre applicants , though others in the business said I would be surprised by the numbers to apply . |