Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] i [vb past] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Once I realized I loved her and that she loved me it became clear that I had to leave my wife . |
| 2 | When I spoke I made it clear that I intended to do something about the position of the ‘ early leavers ’ and that I thought it right that people should not suffer if they transferred their pension from one job to another . |
| 3 | The young lady in question ( who I shall call Mrs X because I am afraid that I omitted to catch her name ) began by asking me what the bad points were within the embalming profession . |
| 4 | It would perhaps have been entirely adequate if I had received it in any normal circumstances . |
| 5 | The road was wet and I kept telling him to go slower . ’ |
| 6 | Oh yes , oh yes yes erm and I 'm on about er on about , for one thing , but you 'd be surprised er it 's the biggest and most elaborate trade of any in the world , locks and keys , I say that very firmly because er there 's no limit , there 's no extent and you , there might be required anything and as I say er I er I had these locks for the asylums and that , you know and er I thought I mentioned it before , I made fifty fifty locks all different and I had to number them and keep a record of them and er I had a , you had the keys on a wire , numbered one up to fifty and they was for big , big asylums , you know what I mean and er they could go in one ward , I 'm on about places where they 'd have twenty or thirty people , you know and er there 's only one bloke could get in there . |
| 7 | M.J. talked a lot , and Donald said I encouraged her too much , and that I.C.B. was on the point of being more personal and interesting if I had let her — but I was rather shy of it . |
| 8 | I 'm thinking I ca n't believe you 're saying this but I wanted to photocopy it and show it everyone you see |
| 9 | All through the '70s I 'd wanted to be in a rock band and I ended up doing it and it was nothing like as exciting as I 'd imagined it from reading and listening to records . |
| 10 | I had n't felt like this when I 'd seen him firing the shotgun . |
| 11 | ‘ I 'm really very sorry that I had to leave you with my mother . |
| 12 | I am sorry that I had to deceive you just now ; I am from the Military Police Special Investigation Branch . ’ |
| 13 | Afterwards I would feel so guilty that I tried to make myself sick but actually , it never worked . |
| 14 | He was buoyant today , but also edgy and more authoritative than I 'd seen him for ages , when mostly he 'd been gloomy and sulky . |
| 15 | The next morning , although he felt better , his hands were shaking so much that I refused to let him shave with a safety razor and told him that a friend was bringing his own electric shaver to lend him . |
| 16 | He said that this would be unnecessary and I got the distinct impression that I should not ask any more questions about it but be content that I had got my letter back . |
| 17 | They seemed delighted that I 'd said it , and to know just what I meant . |
| 18 | In the end the man became so nervous that I had to hold his arm and literally steer him through the crowd to the right spot . |
| 19 | He looked taller than I had imagined him : it was said that the platforms on which he stood always had an elevated section in the middle to raise him up . |
| 20 | Although the story was my own , the background was very much as I had remembered it , the characters very much as I had remembered them . |
| 21 | Although the story was my own , the background was very much as I had remembered it , the characters very much as I had remembered them . |
| 22 | I often wondered if he enjoyed using my toothbrush as much as I enjoyed using his . |
| 23 | But he was clearly relieved when I agreed to accept it at his hands . |
| 24 | Well I was er seventy six when I started learning it |
| 25 | My appointment was in Alès at eleven and I wanted to give myself plenty of time to find the place , so I decided to leave straight away . |
| 26 | Tony more subdued than I 'd remembered him . |
| 27 | And that got me into the last three so I had to do it all again at the Barbican which I think was to see if I could fill that theatre with enough presence and vocal range . |
| 28 | ‘ Nicola was happier than I had seen her for months , ’ he said . |
| 29 | He looked happier than I had seen him for weeks and there was colour in his cheeks . |
| 30 | With a wry smile , Ellie admitted , ‘ It would n't have been so hard if I 'd known what he was talking about . ’ |