Example sentences of "[vb past] i [vb mod] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 31 | I still felt I could do it . |
| 32 | I felt I could whizz it round the country lanes on school runs and trips up to town . |
| 33 | He seemed to like me as a person — I felt I could trust him . ’ |
| 34 | Although the piece is set in the ‘ Roaring ‘ 20's ’ , Cy Coleman 's music rarely goes into period style , but instead exploits a cod-operatic vein , going from Puccini to Piaf , with winks and nods in all directions , and superbly served by Madeline Kahn , who has the voice of a sarcastic diva and a vocal presence so strong that I felt I could see her . |
| 35 | But I felt I 'd let him down . |
| 36 | They knew I would guess they killed Sabine . ’ |
| 37 | But whatever happened I knew I would fail them . |
| 38 | The Queen knew I would accompany you here . |
| 39 | I knew I would want him to be coming home to me . |
| 40 | They all seemed pleased , as if I belonged ; but I knew I would leave them again before summer , would walk out of the brightly lit play , and go back to the shadows and solitude of fiction . |
| 41 | He nods morosely , as if he always knew I would leave him , and he tries to impress on me that I have to disappear out of sight . |
| 42 | I knew I would call you up |
| 43 | It feels good , but I always knew I would get them behind me — it was just a matter of going out there and proving myself . ’ |
| 44 | And I knew I would get it ba one , one second . |
| 45 | I knew I must leave him alone . |
| 46 | I let him have his pet , but in the end I went and tried to be nice to him ( because I knew I must get him to send that letter ) . |
| 47 | I knew I should ignore it and walk on , but I was too furiously angry . |
| 48 | I knew I should throw her to the patrol and make my own getaway , but she appealed to the chink in my armour . |
| 49 | And I knew I 'd hurt him , I know he deserves to be hurt , but there it is , I 've hurt him . |
| 50 | You knew I 'd recognize you straight away . ’ |
| 51 | Because he knew I could handle it , he knew I would n't rip him off , and he knew I 'd automatically get treated with respect everywhere I went in the world to represent the company . ’ |
| 52 | I knew I could stand it , but not the kids . " |
| 53 | ‘ I knew I could stop him if I said I was hungry , ’ he said when it was all over . |
| 54 | You took my youth , my innocence — everything I had ! — and then you flung me aside when you knew I could give you nothing … and you left me nothing ! ’ |
| 55 | I knew I could trust him implicitly . |
| 56 | ‘ I thought at first the food was a trap , but after you left the pink mixture I knew I could trust you . ’ |
| 57 | But I knew I could trust you , and that at least you would believe me . |
| 58 | ‘ I knew I could trust you , sir . |
| 59 | I just knew I could trust you . |
| 60 | When I tried it , it was so beautiful , I knew I could try it just once ’ |