Example sentences of "['s] [noun sg] [conj] i [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I waited for her to bring up the subject of Graham 's murder because I knew she would have been very upset . |
| 2 | My father said the 17-horse power would use too much petrol , but it gave me a year 's pleasure before I swopped it for an A30 van . |
| 3 | I was so frightened by the blind man 's violence that I obeyed him without question , and took him into the room where the sick captain was sitting . |
| 4 | In anger she wrote : — whatever you have a mind to do Ellen it is not for you to dictate Oreste 's future and I confess I was disturbed to have you write as though he were your son and not mine , which he is and you know you can not keep him and that it would be wrong . |
| 5 | I was so carried away by the wisdom of my hon. Friend 's question that I found it necessary to repeat it . |
| 6 | The Tories , I resigned on principle when somebody suggested I could join a women 's committee and I said I thought |
| 7 | I did n't bother with a changing table , but we bought a new cupboard for Rachel 's room and I changed her on top of that until she got too big . |
| 8 | In gratitude for what I thought God had given me , a second chance , I ignored Leon 's boredom as I talked him through the files — just as I was ignoring Muriel 's messages to call her — and I ignored his rarely appearing at meetings with agricultural reps and men from the Milk Marketing Board ; ignored his non-involvement with any of the humdrum things essential to the running of a place like Sleet . |
| 9 | But it explained the 100-franc note I 'd seen at Ma Scamp 's and , come to think of it , the wad of francs I 'd spotted in Bill Stubbly 's wallet when I met him in the bank . |
| 10 | I think that that is over optimistic , I can not be confident that there will be any local authority provision at all , it seems to me that this particular provision is really vital to Paul 's education and I think it right to ensure that it is available . |
| 11 | I was talking , yesterday as it happened , to the chairman of another very large children 's charity and I asked him how his , the spend , the annual spend of that charity was distributed between the work of the charity , the purpose of the charity and the support functions and he said about eighty twenty . |
| 12 | My dad 's Cypriot and I think he meant what he said . |
| 13 | As Colonel Parker said ‘ I 'm Elvis 's manager because I say I am , and Elvis says I am ’ . |
| 14 | The bolting is clearly against the BMC 's policy and I think it is extremely unlikely that the BMC 's committee of management will accept any kind of amendment to that policy . |
| 15 | But I have often asked myself what it is that drew me to Sibelius 's music and I think it is that he is a composer who can not really be compared to anyone else . |
| 16 | I was even more impressed with the jacket 's performance when I wore it next to my skin — it has an antibacterial finish to the fleece which makes it suitable for this purpose . |
| 17 | I heard Daffodil 's voice before I saw her , so that when Filmer came past the door of the bar I was bending down with my head below the counter as if to be tidying things there . |
| 18 | Jon Speelman , England number two , believes the chances are 55–45 in Karpov 's favour but I think it closer . |
| 19 | ‘ I have such confidence in Edgar 's love that I think I could kill him , and he would n't blame me for it . |
| 20 | Erm John 's Dream the National Playwright 's Network actually wrote back to me and said they 're quite happy to read your plays for a fee erm but I intend to re-write that before I put it in er for a reading erm Oh , I I sent a poem called Pleasure to Woman 's Weekly in June last year and I suspect they were actually planning to use it but they 've had a New Year 's clear-out and I got it back yesterday . |
| 21 | I started doing the teacher 's cause because I thought I 'd like to teach . |
| 22 | It will be more than my life 's worth if I let you get away again . ’ |
| 23 | This is the Co Colonel 's statement and I think it is very appropriate . |
| 24 | No , well I mean , it were n't as though I had n't put a payment in it were just that it probably was this taking Tracey 's book and I marked it onto Tracey 's , er , Tracey 's book . |
| 25 | Erm I could also support Chris 's resolution if I thought it was realistic to hope for an adequately funded public transport system in , in the foreseeable future . |
| 26 | I , I reckon I should , I should kick , I 'm gon na kick Richie 's arse when I see him . |
| 27 | I Children 's World and I got I got books . |
| 28 | I tooted Armstrong 's horn as I passed him , but he did n't wave . |
| 29 | But it means that she , she has a , a week 's holiday and I think she 's back for about three weeks and then breaks up again at school |
| 30 | There are a couple of the procedures now that in the light of this morning 's discussion that I think I can certainly circulate what are done , but they wo n't in , by any means now be final , and I also received this morning from Richard some discussions . |