Example sentences of "[noun sg] [conj] i [vb past] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Therefore , Patterson was a bigger wig than I 'd had him down as . |
| 2 | A woman 's number was at the bottom of the Time Out piece and it was with some feelings of fear that I decided to ring it , not knowing who or what I would find . |
| 3 | ‘ Bebeto was more reluctant than I was , but the president and I managed to persuade him , ’ said the midfielder . |
| 4 | So er there was this poor girl sitting on this seat and I 'd seen her there and so , there was a nice lady sat they said er they took the Redditch train off the thing and put this Shrewsbury on . |
| 5 | You , erm , I use buses and cars and I use a bike as well , er , er I think that , we used to have a car and I stopped using it , I used it , we had it when the kids were small and I found it really good for getting them around and it really was necessary to young mothers but their big now and I do n't have to chauffeur . |
| 6 | They were reading it down the tape and I had to tape it all . |
| 7 | It was a great statement of friendship and I wanted to thank him , but appreciated he would be offended . |
| 8 | I remembered a night by the river when daylight faded , darkness fell and the moon rose at once with a new light and I had thought I understood everything and that everything was good . |
| 9 | I mean , I did n't drive the minibus until I 'd driven it without passengers . |
| 10 | Y'know I did n't drive the minibus until I 'd driven it without passengers . |
| 11 | I could n't have got the same effect if I 'd fictionalised them . ’ |
| 12 | I felt disillusioned , stale and cynical and I wanted to take a break before I started taking it out on the callers . |
| 13 | ‘ But , unfortunately , this undesirable side to your brother 's character only came to light after I 'd hired you . |
| 14 | I subsequently choked on my tea as I 'd heard it was 250,000 . |
| 15 | I promised to tell him all about my murder when I 'd written it . |
| 16 | I felt totally drawn into the piece as I recognised struggled I 've had with my own mother and my feelings of shame , and fear , talking about sex — the terrible silence that develops which no one attempts to break down for fear of the pain ‘ that ‘ conversation would bring ’ . |
| 17 | Perhaps I was sent to the chippie , or café up the street to fetch cigarettes , or lemonade , or to go at full haste and deliver a note to one of his girl-friends ; or maybe he simply wanted to chastise me for something I had done , as for instance when I inadvertently got him into hot water by mentioning to Mum that I had seen him with a girl ( an infamous young woman ) after he had faithfully promised not to see her again , ever . |
| 18 | I did n't tell your mum that I 'd got it on you see she said now all that I 've been saying ! |
| 19 | As , only a few months ago , she very charmingly killed a similar measure that I had introduced I doubly welcome her support now . |
| 20 | At the end of each day my pillow was so soaked in saliva that I had to wring it out on the floor . ’ |
| 21 | and that 's what and I completely the checkout girl because I , I know her quite well , we always have to guess the same one , we have a bit of a laugh and I said do you want to be erm part of a national survey on s this English er on spoken English and she said oh , alright , so I said there you are your on |
| 22 | But I said I would not become a cabbage and I did survive it . ’ |
| 23 | But I said I would not become a cabbage and I did survive it . ’ |
| 24 | My master , of course , ambled along like a child and I had to keep him away from the rufflers , those former soldiers looking for easy pickings , the mad Abraham men who danced naked pretending to be insane , the cappers who begged for money and attached horse-locks to the outstretched arms of people stupid enough to give it . |
| 25 | Fortunately the aircraft maintained a perfect climbing attitude while I tried to sort it out , I reached for the elevator trim wheel ; one glance told me it was in the normal position . |
| 26 | And I felt worse , as I stumbled away , remembering Gharr 's laughter when I 'd struck him . |
| 27 | First , internal Cabinet Office files suggest that Mr Attlee 's engine room was not quite as clean a machine as I had portrayed it . |
| 28 | I had mine in kitchen and I kept knocking it over every time I opened up |
| 29 | ‘ Oh techniques of surveillance , when you 're sitting alone in a car you move into the passenger seat , make it look as if you 're waiting for the driver to come back … the trouble is , I never got a posting where I had to use it . ’ |
| 30 | point of order , the point that I made make it on this side is that we are not against the expenditure . |