Example sentences of "[conj] i [vb past] [verb] [pron] a " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | J. decided he wanted a photograph of me , and although I did tease him a bit about this — what did he want a photograph of me for when I was there in front of him most of the time ? — at his insistence I finally went and had it done . |
| 2 | I could n't fault the descriptions , although I did find it a little irritating to be several paragraphs into each section before the actual route of ascent was revealed . |
| 3 | ‘ You will have guessed the first , ’ he resumed , masticating the thick coils of smoke , ‘ namely that I wished to inculcate you a little further in the understanding of my true nature , a little further but not too far — keep 'em guessing is my motto . |
| 4 | Saturday morning , and once again a fair and breezy day , so fair that I decided to give myself a holiday from writing , and go straight after breakfast to pick up the supplies I would need for the weekend . |
| 5 | ‘ It was then that I decided to give it a try . |
| 6 | So much , that I decided to draw you a piccy of your swish logo on our school 's Nimbus printer . |
| 7 | There were some hills around me , so I decided to build myself a little house on one of them . |
| 8 | And I think even while we 'd been in Opposition , remember no one knew whether we were going to win or not , it surprised many people when we did , there had been some sort of discreet across-the-fence interest at the professional Civil Service level in some of the concepts that we were developing and I 'd made it a point of writing the occasional pamphlet as our thinking went along to send out smoke signals to everyone including the civil servants as to what we were about . |
| 9 | By this time Desmond had nearly stopped on the flarepath and I decided to give him a wide berth . |
| 10 | The trouble was I chose the wrong product if I hoped to make myself a fortune . |
| 11 | Patterson 's eyes flickered as if I 'd given him a straw to grasp , but I pressed on . |
| 12 | If I 'd told them a tale like that then they would have had me down at the station before I could blink ! ’ |
| 13 | I felt as if I 'd handed him a loaded shotgun and said shoot . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ So the thing that I would say , if I had to give myself a brownie point , would be that I enabled her to see that she could work actively with the situation . |
| 15 | There was a silence , as if I had asked him a very profound question . |
| 16 | ‘ The shop-owner rang me and said she would n't move until I had found her a house , ’ she explained . |
| 17 | Cos I 'd got her a tube of toothpaste . |
| 18 | ‘ But I 'd sent you a cheque to cover my share of the quarter . ’ |
| 19 | Would you believe that he said I 've got to work on the aeroplane this week , I 've got the week off , I 've got to work on the aeroplane , I , you know , I shall be alright , down the airfield , er on the Wednesday he arrived to see how we were getting on , complaining like made because he had n't been able to find where the cottage was , I said but I 'd left you a detailed map , |
| 20 | I did n't deliver , to tell a lie , but I did tell you a slight wrong thing . |
| 21 | I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for giving way , because I had misunderstood him a bit . |
| 22 | Trying to escape by going to the only other bar in Woodstock , where I was chased around a table by The Psychedelic Furs because I had given them a bad review in a music paper . |
| 23 | Yes , oh Rocket , for the first few months I had him , after he was rescued , and he was so protective of me , because I 'd given him a good home and never , never hit him in the face . |
| 24 | Because I started doing it a long time ago |
| 25 | I sold my hair because I wanted to give you a present . |
| 26 | Corky 's taking an age typing them all in — even slower since I threatened to give him a good lashing ! |
| 27 | Pedalling up to the office in the mornings , with the bike wheels crunching on the thick white frost , I would arrive with bright red cheeks and breath coming out like steam , and once the Met Officer commented , after I had given him a cheerful , early morning smile , ‘ You do n't know what a difference it makes to your face when you smile ! |
| 28 | It was a time before I began to understand her a little better and realise that a lot of this was actually a sort of ‘ attention-getting ’ — a bit of theatre just to see how people would react — to manipulate situations a little . |
| 29 | She had nagged me to accept it , but now she behaved as though I had done her a disservice by doing so . |