Example sentences of "[noun] [conj] i [vb past] what [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 | 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 . |
| 3 | But at the time I was so excited by my good luck that I forgot what I owed to Joe . |
| 4 | It was not until the middle of May that I discovered what it was that had so stimulated my friend . |
| 5 | A slight exaggeration but I knew what he meant . |
| 6 | I wrote in great haste and under some excitement , from the statements to which I referred , [ Palmerston 's remarks ] and plead this as my excuse if I expressed what I did not really intend . |
| 7 | My parents ' solution was to take Ann into their bed , and Robert and I did what we could to look after them . |
| 8 | And that was the day after ( heart going bang-the-big-bass-drum 'cos I knew what they 'd say ) I tried to get a word in edgeways when they finally fixed my GCSE options . |
| 9 | I was trembling so much I kept dropping the soap but I did what she said . |
| 10 | ‘ I had worked in recruitment so I knew what I was in for : it can be a nightmare . ’ |
| 11 | I just hope that you issued him with that warning because I meant what I said — I 'll ruin him if he hurts her again . ’ |
| 12 | So cos I said to Lynn as I said what I 'll do , I 'll go slow then one of you 'll have to put it out cos there 'll be so much work to wrap up I should be taking it home with me to do it . |
| 13 | It was down at Riverside that I had what you might call my first ‘ exotic ’ sexual experience . |
| 14 | With things like art nouveau and Edwardian furniture , when David started buying them , I went and got books to get my act together in order that I knew what he was into , but with drugs , I did n't know , added to which David was very secretive and for a long time I was n't aware that he was having a problem , not necessarily from cocaine addiction , which everybody loves to tell you is not addictive , but it is in terms of the fact that you rely on feeling up to cope — you just become more and more paranoid . |
| 15 | Finally we stopped at a machine knitting company and I realised what she was shopping for . |
| 16 | He must have seen from my face that I knew what he was talking about . |
| 17 | He said : ‘ I was happy about my time but I have to admit that I walked the last two or three miles after I hit what they call ‘ the wall ’ . |