Example sentences of "[vb past] [conj] i " in BNC.
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| 1 | The passport office in Liverpool issued me with a new passport , and , though I had made dozens of requests to the army for a vehicle , BBC Radio Manchester succeeded where I had failed . |
| 2 | I proposed that I teach one woman what I knew so that she could teach the others after we got more machines . |
| 3 | Then he proposed that I should marry him , |
| 4 | I shouted that I was going to call the police . ’ |
| 5 | My conscience shouted that I had to inform . |
| 6 | Night after night while I was asleep , I shouted that I was the murderer of William , Justine , and Henry . |
| 7 | I pointed out that people liked to have something to sit on but promised that I 'd leave him plenty of scope for pacing , which was the way he did his thinking . |
| 8 | I handed over my life 's savings and promised that I would give her the other nineteen and six before the year was up . |
| 9 | This demonstrated that I was not yet a legionnaire as I had not been awarded my white képi , and as such was still an ‘ engagé volontaire ’ or recruit ; it went on to say that I had one month 's service in the Legion , and that I was part of the Squadron commanded by Capitaine Duransoy , in the section of Sergeant Major Barlerin of the 1st Foreign Cavalry Regiment . |
| 10 | In a moment of optimism my wife told me not to worry and pronounced that I could live perfectly well on one lung . |
| 11 | The doctor arrived and after examining me pronounced that I had some sort of mystery virus , and there was nothing he could do for me . |
| 12 | In my case , I think it helped that I had a modest aptitude for football . |
| 13 | I also had fierce battles with Peter Rees , while Peter 's successor , John MacGregor , maintained that I was the only minister who almost walked out of one of his ‘ bilaterals ’ . |
| 14 | I mentioned this to no one for two practical reasons : one was that I loathed swimming , and if I pretended that I was still menstruating , signing the little red book every four weeks , I should be able to evade an unpleasant experience for at least one week out of four ; the other was that I feared further reprisals might be taken against me . |
| 15 | Later , when I was more familiar with the beliefs and practices of the movement and had ‘ learned the language ’ , I would interact with the Moonies as though I were one of them , and , although I never pretended that I accepted their beliefs or that I was anything other than a sociologist studying the movement , members who did not know me would mistake me for a member — the Moonies themselves were no longer ‘ translating ’ for me when we were interacting . |
| 16 | For myself , I pretended that I had left home with full approval , inventing for myself a Harrogate doctor father , fleshing out an imaginary family … . |
| 17 | I pretended that I did now , of course , so he did n't say anything else . |
| 18 | I doubted that I would find one in time . |
| 19 | I never doubted that I was on a road that led somewhere . |
| 20 | I once visited a pensioner in my village and mentioned that I occasionally like jam but never make it myself because I do not eat it often enough . |
| 21 | When I last wrote to you in January I mentioned that I hoped to be relieved of the secretarial duties of the B.A.E.C. by another member who had volunteered to take these over . |
| 22 | I mentioned that I missed my son and how I could n't see him . |
| 23 | Years later when I saw John Sayers of West New Houses for the last time before he unfortunately died , I mentioned that I was planning to start riding my bike again , and he was most amused . |
| 24 | But you see , I just went to the education officer and I say , he , he ran it , he , it , it was , it was his responsibility the Guild 's were and I went to him about a Guild matter and I said oh , erm how I mentioned that I was working and he said well where are you working ? |
| 25 | But then there was that newspaper review which mentioned that I was your wife , and Eleanor began to hear rumours about us getting back together again . |
| 26 | Normally he would n't touch a job as small as the cottage , but I once did a favour for his father , and when I mentioned that I was having trouble finding someone to do the job he volunteered . ’ |
| 27 | Then I mentioned that I had a Lawson Buford tuba solo from 1927 somewhere in my record collection and I was back in favour . |
| 28 | The idea of finding out about the , the batsman was what he did in the cricket team , so that when I mentioned that I could say |
| 29 | I mean let me mention one — the chairman mentioned that I was a rash enough to write a book on the evolution of sex . |
| 30 | It seemed to me that he was colder now , disappointed that I should have been found to have anything so hostile as escape equipment in my pockets . |