Example sentences of "[verb] i [vb past] [pron] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I picked up a fallen branch , and as he passed I struck him on the head . |
| 2 | Okay so do you want to run us through some of the things that we have n't really discussed in detail of what we 're gon na talk about in here today , specifically have we , I mean I thought something along the lines of er the nature and extent of sexual variations in English , or any other language you want . |
| 3 | It 'll slide on ca I mean I moved it into the corner so that erm |
| 4 | I mean I found it in the past , you know any infection what so ever just knocks you for six . |
| 5 | People say I kicked him in the head but there is no way I would do that . ’ |
| 6 | Before he could speak I introduced myself as a friend of the family . |
| 7 | I 'm just like my mum , when it comes down to it , That 's why I quite admired Auntie Muriel , in a guarded sort of way I 'd think , I really should try to be like her , she was so content , nothing ever fazed her , I did n't want to be a farmer , understand , but I did n't want to be like mum either , tied to a feckless man , trying to keep him and me , having to hustle all the time to stop from sinking I fancied myself on a corporate asteroid , settling down with someone who would cherish me and buy me everything I wanted Carmen and her crew had the same ideas , even if they acted like they were going to be bad girls for ever , |
| 8 | Would you believe I found it on a stall in the flea market only last week ? ’ |
| 9 | Last year you will remember I caused something of a sensation by announcing that this boat would cost £1m to build , this year it is the boat herself which is causing the sensation . ’ |
| 10 | There 's various ones I read I had one from the library , it was a big one |
| 11 | Once the fry hatched I moved them into a tank of their own . |
| 12 | ‘ I ca n't believe it … definitely the Hamlet if I want it — I 've worked with those people before ; remember I told you about the provincial-theatre year ? ’ she said , scrambling her words . |
| 13 | You know I saw nothing of the sort when I for a fortnight in a . |
| 14 | I know I saw her on the corner there |
| 15 | to get that back , that 's outlining , you know I merged something on the end that I do n't want to , it 's deleting |
| 16 | As they strutted along to Marvin Gaye 's Motown smash hit I Heard it Through the Grapevine , these wrinkled little fellows captured the hearts of American youngsters . |
| 17 | Having talked to the person making the eighteenth birthday cake about our individual requirements , we chose some suitable flowers to fit a small silver vase that was placed on top of the cake , and once the guests had gone I hurried them into the presses I had taken with me to the party . |
| 18 | I told her I had a job for Duncan and there was money in it and that was enough for her to yell ‘ Duncan ! ’ so loud I felt I heard it without the need of the phone . |
| 19 | ‘ Would n't have known you if'n I passed you in the street , ’ she said , ‘ 'cepting those eyes of yourn . |
| 20 | ‘ I thought I saw you in the crowd . |
| 21 | Er I thought I had one in the house yesterday I went , as Sheila was going erm Jackie was in her garden |
| 22 | ‘ I thought I had him in the second round be he wriggled off the hook . ’ |
| 23 | I cried out in relief and happiness : I thought I recognised him as a former schoolmate , a boy with whom I used to exchange groans about the maths problems whose solutions so frequently eluded us . |
| 24 | ‘ I thought I recognized you from the television . ’ |
| 25 | I think I got it in a shop on the where did I get it ? |
| 26 | I do n't remember what happened to the cross-over , I rather think I foisted it on a mother before I moved house . |
| 27 | I think I saw him on a bicycle . ’ |
| 28 | I think I saw it on the news thirty five thousand pounds somebody . |
| 29 | I think I caught her on the hop , for she was wearing trousers and sandals and … no , I can not remember what else … . |
| 30 | Yes , I think I caught her on the hop . |