Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] [conj] i [verb] i " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ God , would you fancy me if I said I was ? |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | When he asked me if I played I admitted that I had done so but insisted that I really was very bad . |
| 4 | They asked me if I wanted me P forty five framed or unframed . |
| 5 | Oh I got them but I mean I ai n't brought them with me . |
| 6 | He has educated me in the best sense of the word and I have trusted him as I think I would trust no one else of my own sex . |
| 7 | gave me an unofficial interview at his cottage , but I offended him when I said I really wanted to study French ! |
| 8 | we rehearsed it and we rehearsed it and I mean I did n't mind they were paying the bill for and I literally with a college took up residence for several days before it in a local hotel and we went through it in every fine detail |
| 9 | We cook it as I say I mean but I do n't often go up the chip shop . |
| 10 | But to my dismay he said he 'd got a local caddie for Birkdale , and that he 'd misunderstood me when I said I 'd caddie for him anywhere . |
| 11 | ‘ So I suddenly told him that I wished I had a son . |
| 12 | But I somehow I do n't do it and I know I 'm sure it is |
| 13 | But Uncle Bill always took me on his knee and cuddled me when I said I was afraid of Captain . |
| 14 | It rather shook me when I discovered I was pregnant by you . " |
| 15 | She did n't believe me when I said I was sure it was because she was n't taking the carriage far enough over to the right , clearing the pattern selector . |
| 16 | ‘ You did n't believe me when I said I had n't distracted Simon and you would n't have believed me if I 'd told you it was your child I might be carrying , ’ she replied , her voice shaking a little despite all her efforts to project a calm image . |
| 17 | Blaming it on the Company would be just a fallback — you would n't believe me if I said I was n't drinking of that but you might believe me if I say we 'd prefer the good old British way : that nothing happened and there 's no blame at all . |
| 18 | I said I thought he was a right in fact I 've never seen Sally like it before I said I felt quite really |
| 19 | Anyway because I were there with them you see he thought it were me that had got it and I says I have n't got it . |
| 20 | Then I tried swimming , but what with the current and the fucking cassock — and then bang I got hit in the ribs like someone had kicked me and I thought I was a goner , it must be a rock I thought and I gave up and sort of passed out . |
| 21 | ‘ I knew I could stop him if I said I was hungry , ’ he said when it was all over . |
| 22 | No , I do n't want to do it but I mean I 'm not I 'm certainly happier than I have been about it if |
| 23 | I enjoyed it and I think I am a better person for it . |
| 24 | If members allowances are a hundred and eighty thousand this year which is somewhere around there , Mr may correct me but I think I 'm not too far out , we 've already upped those this year to a hundred and eighty- nine , so next year there 'll be a hundred and seventy-one and the thirteen thousand cost of this will reduce it to a hundred and fifty-eight I actually do n't think that is possible , we ca n't afford it within the terms of of the present set up , unless someone 's going to dramatically reduce the length and the number of meetings in this council , which I think is highly unlikely , I think we 've got to set a good example to our employees , I think that this would give completely the wrong message . |
| 25 | Yes , why I am asking you or I did I say |
| 26 | and she said it 's on Saturday night so I 'm sor , you know , I 'm sorry it 's short notice and erm she said I 'll ring Marie and find out , I said well you know ring her but I said I ca n't make any promises I said , I know mum should have been out Friday night and I do n't know what else she 's got on |
| 27 | My pension , if I did n't have it if I say I do n't want the lump sum , the twenty one grand . |
| 28 | I 'm not doing it for monetary reward or because I 'm asked to ; I 'm doing it because I feel I have to do it . |
| 29 | As one single mother noted about the financial support she received from her mother , ‘ it 's not very nice her doing it because I feel I should be helping her ’ ( Cohen , 1991a , p. 40 ) . |
| 30 | I 'm not doing it for monetary reward or because I 'm asked to ; I 'm doing it because I feel I have to do it . |