Example sentences of "[vb pp] [conj] i " in BNC.
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| 1 | My flower — the one that I remember best out of many — was gathered where I said it had been . |
| 2 | At last , the visitor interrupts Paul 's conversation and comes to the point : ‘ You , I believe , have guessed where I 'm from . ’ |
| 3 | Since those days I have sometimes wished that I had been able to record on tape the conversations I had with Gilbert Harding , who was an intellectual . |
| 4 | I 've often wished that I had stayed on and tried for university , but I was n't keen , and my family was n't the sort to encourage it . |
| 5 | I 've always wished that I never came back to this country . |
| 6 | ‘ And , for your information , I 've long wished that I 'd never heard of you — or your wretched grandmother . |
| 7 | But when she writes or herself , her tone is almost girlish : ‘ The romantic world seems to have supposed that I kissed the sculptor last week . |
| 8 | ‘ I would not for a moment have it supposed that I mean anything derogatory to Dr. Yeats … but human nature is fallible . |
| 9 | The crowd gave a good send-off to the latter when he was substituted so I suppose he did well . |
| 10 | He had me educated so I could speak for the Romanies of today — and of the future . |
| 11 | I have stressed that I am taking a particular linguistic phenomenon , deixis , and examining its occurrences and behaviour in a specific genre . |
| 12 | During the summer , and I called into the hospital on several occasions and I was reminded that I had agreed to participate in the ‘ fun run ’ and I decided it would be a good publicity gimmick and improve my chances of sponsorship if I took along and pushed him around the 10 mile course . |
| 13 | ‘ I keep being reminded that I am only 18 , but I am eager and enthusiastic to play . |
| 14 | ‘ You are reminded that I have the backing of the Chairman of the Revolutionary Command Council . |
| 15 | It 's cheered me up no end to be reminded that I do have work and a brain and something to do when I 'm allowed up again . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ I do n't like being reminded that I have not one drop of blood to link me with my family . ’ |
| 17 | I did a diploma in nursing to add to my basic nursing qualification and it was pretty much expected that I 'd be moving up into line management ( overseeing several wards ) . |
| 18 | I thought it might be drugged so I only pretended to drink it , putting the cup to my lips and setting it down again full after an interval . |
| 19 | I 'd forgotten that I 'd agreed to meet her . |
| 20 | He has forgotten that I do not drink , or perhaps he thinks I am bluffing . |
| 21 | I 'd forgotten that I pay you a salary ! |
| 22 | Have you forgotten that I was once their mother 's maid ? ’ |
| 23 | I do n't that I had n't forgotten that I gave a |
| 24 | I 'd forgotten that I 'd said that , and was , in any case , already regretting the admission . |
| 25 | ‘ Have you forgotten that I know you were involved with him six years ago ? |
| 26 | Have you forgotten that I became President through People Power ? |
| 27 | I have never forgotten that I came home to my wife and said : ‘ There 's a young man working with us and I 'm sure he is going to be a big star . ’ |
| 28 | I trust you have not forgotten that I was [ in Isse , Destouches 's 1697 pastorale héroïque ] your conducteur at Fontainebleau , when the king heard it . |
| 29 | Yeah and I 'd forgotten that I 'd spoken to her the other night |
| 30 | But the great hikes we undertake on our holidays , usually in the Highlands of Scotland , or some other bleak , wet , cold hill country that I got to know in the days when I used to go climbing by myself ( and there 's another subject we might discuss ! ) , habitually entail a complex of discomfort , exhaustion , irritation , confusion , sheer misery and intense exhilaration so closely intertwined that I shall have to leave them to be considered on another occasion . |