Example sentences of "[be] [verb] [conj] i [vb past] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I had the strong feeling of help having been given so I clasped my hands and said a prayer , half mentally , half vocally , of thanks to God . |
| 2 | PS : Things are not too good at home — your Mother is well , but the house has been repossessed after I lost my job . |
| 3 | I 'd better bring you up to date on what 's been happening since I saw you . ’ |
| 4 | Unless I mean this hedgehog could have been done if I left it could n't it ? |
| 5 | You 're suggesting that I damaged your car deliberately . |
| 6 | I said , you 're joking and I said they sell the house to you |
| 7 | I 've been wondering if I knew you . ’ |
| 8 | I am praised because I held it by the tail . ’ |
| 9 | The cous cousins Margaret and Joan have been found and I told you we found Tony while we were still on with Malcolm who was looking for him . |
| 10 | Gazza reacted angrily as he explained : ‘ I 've just been told that English journalists are saying that I threw my bib down because Zoff said I was out of the side . |
| 11 | She 's been crying and I sent her home . |
| 12 | ‘ I should be mortified if I thought I 'd missed a chance to do him a mischief , but it 'd be a cold day in hell before I 'd make a spectacle of myself in the market place . ’ |
| 13 | He said it was clear to him you were pining away , and that you could only be saved if I took you away and made love to you for the rest of our lives . ’ |
| 14 | Well I 'm blowed if I saw it on , on that receipt . |
| 15 | I was going to be moved whether I liked it or not . |
| 16 | I 'd be anchored where I reckoned she 'd get a little shelter from the bay in which she lay , but with a gentle south-westerly and no sign of any break in the weather , I was n't worried about her , and took the easiest line ashore . |
| 17 | I had nothing further to do with Sally but she did n't seem to be bothered when I passed her in the street without speaking . |
| 18 | Not that I 'm complaining because I realized they had a job to do , but they were all firing their questions at once , and I do like to give a civil , considered reply . |
| 19 | I was n't completely heart-free during those years ; sometimes I allowed myself to be fooled that I loved someone , but when it came to the point of saying " yes " to anything final there was always the small honest inner voice which jeered " For life ? |
| 20 | Very very good Ian erm excellent voice , remind the prospect as to why you were gon na be asking and I thought you were very good there erm i in fact you were that good that you were actually offered to contact before you even asked |
| 21 | ‘ I 'm crying because I promised I would die unmarried ! |
| 22 | My ship might just be able to outrun theirs , but it could n't outrun the fusitron blasts that would be fired if I tried it . |
| 23 | It was a ploy of Lord Darlington 's to stand at this shelf studying the spines of the encyclopedias as I came down the staircase , and sometimes , to increase the effect of an accidental meeting , he would actually pull out a volume and pretend to be engrossed as I completed my descent . |
| 24 | He once said he thought inheritance should be banned and I asked him if that meant I should leave all our money to his brother ! ’ said his father . |
| 25 | The ideas which I had conceived of that noble university were realised when I saw it … |
| 26 | The kids were mortified but I thought it was a real hoot . ’ |
| 27 | With the onset in the later stages of unmistakable labour pains in my lower abdomen all doubts were resolved and I knew I had to do something about it . |
| 28 | She were laughing when I showed her that letter I got , cos she got one the same morning , , she said , and it said , and you can go round and talk to him . |
| 29 | She was being strangled and I pulled him off . |
| 30 | ‘ John Flanagan decided changes were needed and I lost my place . |