Example sentences of "[conj] i [verb] [adv] [prep] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Aye that was started afore I mind much about it . |
| 2 | I 'd study too , so that I knew more about everything than the cleverest professors . |
| 3 | Not that I thought much about it , why should I ? |
| 4 | I have never forgotten that I came home to my wife and said : ‘ There 's a young man working with us and I 'm sure he is going to be a big star . ’ |
| 5 | I was pleased he had n't seen the note or the tears that I left behind on my Granny 's face . |
| 6 | My precious work , my mainstay that I carried everywhere with me — even into hospital — was about to be taken away . |
| 7 | At the time I believed that I surrendered completely to him but that he did not surrender completely to me . |
| 8 | But now that I think further about it , I am not sure Miss Kenton spoke quite so boldly that day . |
| 9 | ‘ I must tell you that I quarrelled violently with your father once . |
| 10 | I would like to say that I agree completely with him about the lack of tennis action on our TV screens . |
| 11 | I was very pleased to see your interview with Nick Bollettieri about Andre in your December/January issue , and I would also like to say that I agree totally with what the other people who wrote to you said about Andre . |
| 12 | She felt a frisson of gratitude at his thoughtfulness ; then , reminded absurdly of Ethel ( who had not so much wanted to be a bridesmaid , as to be asked ) : It is not that I look forward to it , she thought , if Frank was anything to go by , but at least I would expect to be , tonight , a little irresistible … |
| 13 | IT MAY surprise readers of this column that I have never in my life voted Conservative at a general election . |
| 14 | Before dealing with the many points raised by right hon. and hon. Members , I propose to say something about Wales but , before doing that , I should point out that I have never in my life before spoken from one doughnut to another . |
| 15 | I 've got it timed so that I arrive just before your French maid number , so I do n't have to sit through all the rest of it . |
| 16 | CLR had also been a Trotskyist so I identified greatly with him . ’ |
| 17 | I noticed that she looked a bit unhappy so I went across to her , worried that she might be a bit of a madam and would n't like to associate with the likes of me . |
| 18 | I ca n't allow talk like that , so I stared coldly at him . |
| 19 | It was the left corridor I chose , and I tiptoed reluctantly down it , holding my breath , for fear of disturbing the dragon which lurked within . |
| 20 | He looked up at me and I stared hard at him . |
| 21 | And I had Avenger estate , and I done the same with that and I got away with it for ages and I what you want a do , I know what you wan na do he erm , I mean that 's that 's really sort of pushing it over the top but he got a great big sheet of polythene , he went down to ready mix and had a load of ready mix in the back of this Avenger estate , brand new he 'd only just got it ! |
| 22 | It 's not expensive to live here and I earn enough from my lessons to keep me going . |
| 23 | Blair and I followed carefully in its footsteps , mightily encouraged . |
| 24 | One hurricane was much the same as another to me after the two weeks I 'd just had , and I slept right through it . |
| 25 | I ca n't see what Andy 's doing because the man 's body is in the way , but then Andy hits into him , bowling him backwards and he shouts and I wriggle away from them ; I scramble off through the ferns on all fours and then stop and look back and the man 's got Andy , he 's struggling with him , leaning over him , folding him , pressing him down , and Andy 's breathing hard , grunting , trying to break free . |
| 26 | car conked out so Vicki stayed with the car and her who we were going to take a walk in Ruddington , and I walked home with her to get Malcolm to go over with the other car . |
| 27 | You have spoken openly with me , and I speak openly with you . |
| 28 | It was the only one I knew this morning like , so fifty miles an hour he said to me He said to me , he said to me turn left at the roundabout there was only one that was marked on the floor , only one an actual erm roundabout with concrete and I drove straight over it |
| 29 | And I said well up yours mate cos I am . |
| 30 | I began to doubt this and I said so in my talk . |