Example sentences of "[noun sg] [conj] i [vb past] [subord] [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1 Erm there was a , I mean there was a lot of friction , I mean , I mean I 'm really lucky to have the strength of a friendship that I did because you know , if , I would n't have got , you know where I am , sort of without it , I think .
2 An almost full moon filtered through racing clouds to give a pale light and I watched as he pulled on his rubber seaboots and slipped out of the room .
3 As an inspector , there was one particular PC that I detested because he was a dodger in my opinion and gutless , and when he put reports in , I would repeatedly scrub across it : ‘ No further action ’ .
4 As I turned I saw no mark that the Incas had left on this landscape , beyond the forty-five terraces leading up to the thatched hut that I counted before they all became a blur .
5 He went off at a steady trot and I thought as I had done so often that there could n't be many noblemen in England like him .
6 No really , and er , so I , I do n't feel quite such a fool as I did when I started to speak .
7 Is he oppressed by the same obscure shame that I felt when I read the letter ?
8 Tommy 's bus was the very first form of public transport that I encountered because he came every Wednesday to the head of the dale to take us to Barnard Castle .
9 Erm yes , job and I thought if I get steel wool
10 Last week if you remember I was talking about the primary concern of the state , a concern er which is paramount is a concern for its security and I said if you remember that there was an approach er toward the study of international politics called realism which stressed the importance of what has been termed the power security hypothesis .
11 No that 's part of the the windows washing but I 'll quickly washed over them just to spruce them up a bit but I thought if I put Mrs in that , is she driving , or is she not ?
12 It 's a difficult decision but I knew if I married out there , well , there is a certain loneliness , yet going back to English life is unsatisfactory .
13 We had then a small dining-room at the top of Number 1 l , which my wife and I used when we were alone .
14 ‘ If Brian Clough is still interested in me he will want to know if I cope as well during a bad spell as I did when I was enjoying a purple patch and scored 11 goals in 14 games earlier in the season . ’
15 Oh a penny that I stole cos she was worried because all her
16 Manchester City ! ’ he said , continuing the chant which was so like those I had heard at Manchester 's Maine Road ground that I marvelled when he said he had never been to England .
17 and I tore this paper and I said if you 're gon na have a wee wee then do it wee on me , so I said , up your
18 The boat moved away from the island and I waited until it was out at sea .
19 Well my Lord as I said as I said at the beginning I think the both Mr and myself considered that it might er assist your Lordship considerably if you have some time now to read er the witness statements and the reports from the expert which are in bundle three and indeed erm .
20 I will certainly reiterate fully the message that I delivered when I visited the north-west a few days ago .
21 Mind you I would n't recommend having them next door like I did when I lived in South London .
22 He was saddling a fat brown cob and I stared as he led the little animal out , climbed stiffly on to a box and mounted .
23 My man and I separated when I was 60 .
24 ‘ I remember the first thing that I said when I found out was ‘ Right , I 'm never getting married ’ , ’ says Christien .
25 However , the warmth of the reception and the encouragement and I received as we travelled the length and breadth of this country , across to the ‘ Emerald Isle ’ and into Belgium was truly appreciated .
26 An artificial log glowed in the manorial fireplace and I wondered whether she was admitting that it was n't really very nice now , and how often Syl felt it as an obligation to take his mother for drives around the countryside .
27 I found coming into Suffolk from Hertfordshire I had n't heard the , any East Anglian dialect before at all erm I did n't find it difficult , there were only two cases and I can remember thinking there were two people er , one of whom is still alive , er who I had great difficulty in understanding and I thought when I can follow both of them without any difficulty I shall know I really belong .
28 So I said well I 've never been in the situation but I said if it , if it was , if I was in that situation I , asked to see the manager or person in charge , make an offer to pay for any damage that was done and if that did n't suffice then I would say well I am the care officer for a Mencap home and the only thing I can do is say will you er get in touch with my boss and it 'll have to be sorted out from Head Office and she said perfect , you could n't do anything better , then she give me all different things that we 've gone into the next day and the patient 's done everything down the bed , what would you do ?
29 at the cost of single glazing and our price is usually by fifty percent cheaper than the bigger national companies because we do n't advertise and we 're a trade com company and I wondered if we could offer you a free quotation , no obligation whatsoever to buy ?
30 A few TV companies came and went ; it seemed very dark when their harsh lights had gone , but gradually my eyes got used to the gloom and I knew if I looked round I would see comforting , familiar faces , as people took their seats in the rows of chairs in front of the altar .
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