Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] [conj] i [vb past] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ God , would you fancy me if I said I was ? |
| 2 | You asked me whether I thought we could trust the boy . |
| 3 | On the way to the station we heard a kerbstone musician playing the concertina , and Eliot , struck by the tune , asked me if I knew what it was . |
| 4 | ‘ No , ’ she said , then she asked me if I knew anything about them . |
| 5 | He asked me if I knew anything about ley lines and I confessed my ignorance . |
| 6 | This letter is going to be devoted to my affairs in connection with Edward … the other day he asked me if I thought you would care to go for a walk into the country somewhere . |
| 7 | Well I did think about it but the Careers Officer advised me no cos he thought that you have to be really really good before y get in and he asked me if I thought I was really good and I said that well I was not too bad but and he said that he thought it would be better to concentrate on something else . |
| 8 | ‘ I did an interview with the Utah Review , this student paper , and at the end they asked me if I had anything I wanted to add . |
| 9 | He saw the radio propped on the little stool and asked me if I played it while I worked . |
| 10 | When he asked me if I played I admitted that I had done so but insisted that I really was very bad . |
| 11 | They asked me if I wanted me P forty five framed or unframed . |
| 12 | At first they asked me if I wanted my mum to go out but I said No , but when they started asking me all those sorts of questions they asked me again and I said Yes . |
| 13 | ‘ He asked me if I wanted it . |
| 14 | I washed them trainers our Johnny given me and I cleaned them for him to try and save and then them black shoes for school to save his boots for the |
| 15 | I picked up my books and stuffed them away in my old school satchel , the one my father — Tata — had given me when I won my open scholarship to St Paul 's . |
| 16 | We seated ourselves and I watched her cut her muffins into quarters . |
| 17 | ‘ I suppose you do n't trust me after I locked you in , ’ he said . |
| 18 | Fenella was half way down the stairs to meet me before I had my key out of the front door . |
| 19 | Monty promised me that I had nothing to worry about . |
| 20 | Whenever I have met him since , he has invariably reminded me that I taught him about the business ! |
| 21 | ‘ Everyone started laughing and I was concerned that ‘ Jacki ’ might feel alienated but he immediately started laughing himself and I knew I 'd signed a character who 'd get on fine in Scotland . ’ |
| 22 | LADY DAVERS : Why , Pamela , I did indeed pity you while I thought you innocent and when my brother seized you and brought you down hither without your consent . |
| 23 | ‘ You 're too proud , ’ I scolded him as I brushed his black hair . |
| 24 | ‘ One man got in and tried to strangle him but I pulled him off , ’ he said . |
| 25 | I went to punch him but I caught him with the crowbar instead . ’ |
| 26 | I do not know who told her that the doctors had refused to meet her and I heard nothing from her until after a first meeting when what came to be known as the Goodman Plan was presented to the government and the doctors had convened at Downing Street . |
| 27 | gave me an unofficial interview at his cottage , but I offended him when I said I really wanted to study French ! |
| 28 | I entered it because I thought it would increase my confidence ; once you 've walked down a catwalk in a swimsuit , you can face most things . |
| 29 | Just that I caught it as I moved my finger . |
| 30 | He rolled it between two fingers and tapped it on a thumbnail and generally fondled it as I knew he would for a good five minutes before lighting it . |