Example sentences of "[noun] [conj] i [verb] [pron] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | John , of Pontypridd , Mid Glamorgan , said yesterday : ‘ It was n't until I came to pay for a car at the auction that I realised what I 'd done . |
| 2 | One of my reasons for becoming involved in Westland was that I felt in some respects that I owed them something . |
| 3 | Just to be clear , the , we talked here about er the funding and the , the need not to , to let this muddy the this committee 's own highway programme and I think we we 're aware of that . |
| 4 | Cos I know what he looks like it 'll be like looking at you and saying that 's Toby cos I know what you look like as well do you think ? |
| 5 | I began to alter my standards of hospitality , offering them my pale , cold face when their music grew louder , when they began laughing among themselves and did n't take the trouble to explain their jokes to me as they had before , or repeat their words until I understood what they were saying . |
| 6 | Sometimes , we can be sitting having a quiet drink when someone will come across for an autograph and I remember who I 'm with . |
| 7 | So , for example , if I rented a tape and I saw someone I liked , I could call the central distributor for that person 's number and then we could get together . ’ |
| 8 | Like any human being , I need to earn a living and I enjoy what I do . |
| 9 | ‘ The Jockey Club are looking for action and I hope what I devise will be practical and can be implemented . ’ |
| 10 | Just tell her the names of those books and I tell you she 'll be right over . ’ |
| 11 | And what happens in actual human situations which are what get me , and I 'm going to give you three and I guarantee their genuineness you will doubt them all I have not the least fear but I guarantee you their genuineness , they come from the records of Age Concern Scotland of which I am the president . |
| 12 | Well , wait a minute , I think maybe you do need a money adviser because I know what you 're doing with some of your money , you 're subsidising your staff meals through the County Council canteen . |
| 13 | ‘ Take a seat while I get you something to drink , ’ he invited , indicating what looked like the last word in comfort in the shape of a couch — one of a pair in the room . |
| 14 | Mig Romerez did not even recognise a football when I showed him one but his exotic appearance should be enough to impress those bumpkins in ‘ The Tip ’ crowd . |
| 15 | But at the time I was so excited by my good luck that I forgot what I owed to Joe . |
| 16 | He started wearing women 's clothes , he started putting on make-up and on the last couple of times that I saw him he was pretty strange . |
| 17 | It was not until the middle of May that I discovered what it was that had so stimulated my friend . |
| 18 | All I know is that by the time we had entered into residence again that autumn , we found we had made so little progress , and had remained so vague about our aims that , one evening , Harold Mason and I , who had seen more of each other than we did anyone else in the group , resolved to abandon the project altogether ; and I therefore wrote to Eliot , from whom I had not heard further , telling him that our plan had made so little headway that I felt it my duty to tell him not to trouble himself any more . |
| 19 | ( They showed me how deep they had advanced into Russia and I showed them what we were going to do in the West . |
| 20 | ‘ That 's Derek , Selwyn and Melvin and I know what you 're thinking . ’ |
| 21 | But that 's so quickly out of date again you see the good wood cos I mean they they have new government schemes , schemes every year do n't they ? |
| 22 | Matt said afterwards he 'd half expected the whole thing would turn out to be a wild goose chase and I told him I thought the same . |
| 23 | She explained : ‘ I 'm the boss and I delegate what I ca n't do . |
| 24 | In fact as soon as I walked in I was n't allowed to go to my desk until I promised her I would get the computer out |
| 25 | A slight exaggeration but I knew what he meant . |
| 26 | ‘ D ’ , my husband , did n't accept me loving another girl when I told him I was a lesbian , but after a while he accepted me as Carla — 100 per cent . |
| 27 | Perhaps I 'll do it by process of elimination ; find out what I 'm not bit by bit until I know who I am . ’ |
| 28 | We were in a supermarket , I do n't know where it was but somewhere in the states and I told you I think they 're boast were sixty something varieties of peanut butter . |
| 29 | I saw her with black hair and I told her it was great , but she prefers to be blonde . |
| 30 | Actually the last time I was stood up on a platform and did this was in front of erm a S G T congress in Dieppe and I tell you I had to do it in French , and it was much more difficult so I 'm hoping this one will go smoothly , but I , what I 'd really like to do is begin with is offer you erm delegates and platform both , a very very warm welcome from the trade union movement in Portsmouth . |