Example sentences of "i [vb past] [subord] " in BNC.

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No	Sentence
1	She laughed and continued , ‘ Piers has been keeping me entertained while I waited for you .
2	A difficult moment for me occurred when Phil Collins came on the show , simply because what I knew but he did n't , was that he was going to be my first guest on This Is Your Life the following week .
3	This left me staggered as well as very satisfied .
4	‘ You never knew how messed up I became after we broke up .
5	I asked before Werewolf could say anything .
6	So I asked whether , at the end of that job , I could work four days a week , and I was favourably surprised at the reaction I received .
7	I asked whether he thought he had the same difficulties as his father :
8	I asked whether they did not find it inconvenient , living so near the French border , not to speak French , but they said not .
9	I asked whether the unification of Germany was an issue .
10	That reminds me : I asked whether he 'd heard anything within a few minutes of seeing young Hamnett , hoping he 'd say a shot , of course , which really would have been too good to be true .
11	I asked whether we should work together or whether we should fight … it will be your decision , Holly .
12	Pursuing the notion of building sex education into the curriculum , I asked whether they would not be embarrassed to talk about sex with a teacher they saw around all the time .
13	I mentioned at the beginning the idea of a classless society , now I do n't know what you think of the er the idea of a classless society , it 's something that the th th Prime Minister erm er er talked about when he , when he took office and I asked whether you think it 's possible to have , we if you think a classless society is possible at all , whether you think it 's desirable .
14	When I got to the station they read the charge against me , charged me with it and I asked whether I was getting bail .
15	I asked whether , in their experience , the user got , at the end of the loop in figure 1 , the system he wanted/expected .
16	I asked whether I could come along too ; and Balvinder agreed .
17	I asked whether the Prime Minister stood by the assurance that borrowing requirement would not increase to pay for tax cuts , now or in future , under any Government of which the right hon. Gentleman was leader .
18	In an intervention during the Home Secretary 's speech , I asked whether he had consulted or heard from the Prison Governors Association about the Bill .
19	When I asked whether the hon. Lady had the leave of the House to speak again , there was no objection .
20	she spoke to and said we 've discussed it cos I asked whether she 'd done that , she said she 'd spoken to and said we 've discussed that we should share the work more equally and said no I 'm happy with the way things were and left it that way
21	I asked whether that conception would justify these practices , by providing an attractive picture of law 's point , if it fit well .
22	You do n't , that 's why I asked whether Richard could join your committee so that he could voice to you the things he tried to explain to me which I think are
23	I asked while cutting up a British Telecom van — rather niftily I thought .
24	I asked although I had already decided that Harvey was a little drunk .
25	I asked when they 'd gone .
26	In November , I wrote to him pointing that the formal period for consultation was ending and I asked when we might hear his response to the Green Paper .
27	I asked when we were munching again .
28	So I asked if I might go through it again and try some of the ideas he talked about .
29	When I asked if they could make me an identical one trimmed with black fur and beading instead , they were horrified but they agreed in the end . ’
30	How many times had my heart sunk when I asked if we could go somewhere or try something new in our poems and he had answered with the excusing phrase ‘ I guess not ’ ?

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