Example sentences of "[conj] i [verb] [pron] [art] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Once I had said that I found it a lot easier to speak to her . |
| 32 | Having read what the Queen 's Speech says on matters of foreign policy , I must say that I found it a bit of a mish-mash . |
| 33 | But Jim insisted , insisted that I bought him a pint and asked me to caddie for him the following week at St Anne 's . |
| 34 | I 'd forgotten that I pay you a salary ! |
| 35 | ‘ I just want to make clear that I pay you every correctitude for what you were involved in there . ’ |
| 36 | You had a death in the family which I could understand , so I lent you a book , which you have n't returned . |
| 37 | He wanted work and to pay for the damage so I offered him a job . ’ |
| 38 | I asked her where she lived and she said Tower Hamlets , so I offered her a lift in the van . |
| 39 | After drawing a blank on Rhodes , I had to write something that justified my travelling expenses , so I made you the villain of the piece . |
| 40 | What a relief it was when a couple of hundred other leeds supporters started going crazy , so I thought what the hell and joined in . |
| 41 | After he left it occurred to me that Harrington and Lewis might also find my effort useful , so I took them a copy . |
| 42 | Choir night , so I get myself an early supper . |
| 43 | But he was always having fun so I suppose its the imagination that counts is n't it . |
| 44 | There was an elderly man about 80 sitting on a seat , so I showed him an old photograph , and he remembered the lady we were with . |
| 45 | ‘ So I owe you an apology ; I misjudged you , too . |
| 46 | All the same , heavy coughing always meant the possibility of water on the lungs which in turn could lead to pneumonia , so I gave her an injection of vitamin K , to thicken the blood , a sleeping pill , some linctus which contained a tiny amount of morphine , and also told her , ‘ Take one of these pills every morning for a week . ’ |
| 47 | I could see that she was scowling and stiffening into a Mark 2 temper , so I gave her an encouraging smile — which raised her , as I expected , to a Mark 3 . |
| 48 | There were a lot of young drunks staggering about , too — most at that noisy and unattractive stage where they might want to be your pal or pick a fight or just throw up on you , so I gave them a wide berth . |
| 49 | I was scared of them but I was n't going to let them get away so I gave them a good run for their money . |
| 50 | I went around being nice to children for a while , being a sort of modern Pied Piper , but I learnt that they 're a manipulative lot and crazy for money , literally crazy for it , so I gave them the elbow . |
| 51 | ‘ So I gave him a clip across the back and told him ‘ No ! ’ |
| 52 | ‘ Well he needed a refill so I gave him a hand to push his hand cart into Berkeley last night . |
| 53 | Brian needed to shit so I gave him a plastic bag and then left it in the bathroom . |
| 54 | He kept stealing Nigel 's food , so I gave him a bowl of his own every day . ’ |
| 55 | But Mary was out so I gave him the letter and began to tell him about the trouble at home . |
| 56 | After half an hour I was still waiting , so I gave him an experimental pull and the hook came back minus the barbel . |
| 57 | I mean once I know what a thing is |
| 58 | Once I know what the other operettas will be , I shall work with her every day . |
| 59 | There she was lying on the floor with Bonfire of the Vanities under her head and me giving her a gentle kneading — spelt with a ‘ k ’ dear — and we were getting quite absorbed when all of a sudden the door flew open and in he came . |
| 60 | ‘ And I sold them the best . |