Example sentences of "[to-vb] [pron] [conj] i [vb past] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Fenella was half way down the stairs to meet me before I had my key out of the front door . |
| 2 | ‘ One man got in and tried to strangle him but I pulled him off , ’ he said . |
| 3 | I went to punch him but I caught him with the crowbar instead . ’ |
| 4 | I do not know who told her that the doctors had refused to meet her and I heard nothing from her until after a first meeting when what came to be known as the Goodman Plan was presented to the government and the doctors had convened at Downing Street . |
| 5 | So many people ply me with drinks in the D and F these days that I tend to remember them as I saw them , in a blur . |
| 6 | ‘ They said they had a gun and stuck an object into my side , threatening to shoot me if I did anything stupid . ’ |
| 7 | He asked me if I knew of anyone to replace her and I told him no . |
| 8 | You will recall , however , that before you vanished from our lives you entrusted me with the notes you had kept while working on the Big Glass and the Green Box , telling me I could do what I liked with them , and adding , in your usual sensitive way , that I could always use them to wipe my arse if the paper decided to sack me and I found myself really hard up . |
| 9 | The therapist did n't attempt to persuade me that I had nothing to fear ; instead , every week I sat in her calm , warm room and talked about my family , my friendships , my feelings about myself , my ambitions . |
| 10 | That was n't the case with me , I just wanted the opportunity to do something that I knew I could do . |
| 11 | We did ask Dorothy to do it after I did it for four years , but she was n't keen and I had to go on . |
| 12 | I thought the doctor had forgotten to draw back the curtain , and I was just about to do it when I heard his voice . |
| 13 | ‘ Perhaps I 'd be able to contribute something if I knew what you were talking about . ’ |
| 14 | And my brothers used to ride it , so I used to ride it and I rode it for miles ! |
| 15 | I wanted to run it because I thought it was the only way we stood a chance . |
| 16 | Nicola seemed to fancy me and I fancied her . |
| 17 | On my first day of school my mum kept trying to wake me but I pretended I was asleep because I was so nervous , eventually mum knew that I was playing a trick . |
| 18 | ‘ He wanted to see it and I showed it to him . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ Leith never said anything about agreeing to marry you when I saw her in the — ’ Travis left his own unhappy thoughts to start to exclaim . |
| 20 | It 's not cos she 's it , cos she 's like that you know I bought her summat , when ours were not , not very old , I did n't know what to get her and I bought her an ornament , she says oh I wish people 'd stop buying me ornaments I 've got too many , has to dust round them I thought you 'll get sod all next year |
| 21 | I was forced to have it because I smashed my face up in an accident |
| 22 | I was sure the triptych mirror was one of her own treasures and I opened it carefully to see myself as I brushed my hair and applied a quick dab of lipstick , the red paint which marked me as a Westerner as surely as my blue eyes and blondish hair . |
| 23 | And I used to take them as I wanted them and I cleared the lot . |
| 24 | Jamila asked me to touch her and I rubbed her between the legs with Vaseline according to her instructions , like ‘ Harder ’ and ‘ More effort , please ’ and ‘ Yes , but you 're making love not cleaning your teeth . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ That was the way I tried to show you that I loved you , ’ Julius answered in a low voice . |
| 26 | Regardless of the circumstances , or how I felt , or how much I needed to tell you that I loved you ? ’ |
| 27 | They were to tell him that I loved him … |
| 28 | I 've told him for years , but I did n't want to hurt him because I loved him . |
| 29 | I was too meek to tell her that I wished I was . |
| 30 | I went to tell her that I loved her . |