Example sentences of "[prep] [pron] [conj] i [vb past] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Sorry to haul you off , girl , ’ Mr Hollins said in a low voice , ‘ But I reckoned it would be more comfortable for everyone if I got you out afore they had to start making excuses . |
| 2 | knew exactly that he was talking about me and I thought what ? |
| 3 | oh yes he said I 've worked it out those extra hours I 've paid you for them but I thought you actually worked for them for nothing and I 've just given you a bonus |
| 4 | I unlocked the passenger door of the Transit for them but I thought it best not to open it for them or offer them a hand up and in . |
| 5 | ‘ I climbed upon the science train because it was the only door that swung open for me after I got my degree . |
| 6 | And we decided to get lots of copies for all our friends that we have n't seen for a long long time so I asked if they could do them for me but I thought they would be back by now , well they should of been back ages ago actually ! |
| 7 | I suspected it last night , and you confirmed it for me when I touched you in the lift on the way up to the restaurant tonight . |
| 8 | You were happy for me when I changed my religion should n't we be happy for Rosie ? ’ |
| 9 | but erm I said to her over there , I said er , well excuse me I said er da er er a doctor , I , I said took a urine test for me and I said I want to know that I , if he knew the results ? |
| 10 | The man had pity for me and I shot him ! ’ |
| 11 | did he say for me and I thought I was going to go |
| 12 | ( This was very strange for me and I found it hard to talk about . |
| 13 | I was distracted with grief this time , torn by guilt , and Eric had to look after me while I acted my part to perfection , though I say it myself . |
| 14 | Gareth took a step or two after them and I called him in an explosive croak , ‘ Gareth , ’ and he stopped and turned immediately and came back , bending down . |
| 15 | Teacher : You were coming towards me and I thought you were going to run me over , Peter . |
| 16 | ‘ I was aware of players from both sides running towards me and I shouted I would clear it . |
| 17 | I dare say it 's silly of me but I thought we 'd wait till the coast was clear , so to speak , ’ she ended , smiling at her own accidental pun . |
| 18 | It shocked the life out of me when I realised you were a virgin . |
| 19 | More than sixty years after the event , while watching a child of his own try out his first steps , he suddenly stated in reminiscence and satisfaction to his most intimate Spanish friend , ‘ I remember that I learned to walk by pushing a big tin box of sweet biscuits in front of me because I knew what was inside . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ The bike skidded on past ahead of me and I followed it in to the side of the road . |
| 21 | Walking out of the Ladies , I suddenly saw Mum 's face in front of me like I saw it in the dream — sinking , drowning in bubbling mud — trying to spit the oozing slime out of her lipsticked mouth but the more she spat it out the more slithered in … |
| 22 | There are about fourteen roads , streets , crescents , avenues , walks , and squares all called whatever it was you told James , and I visited number fifteen in all of them before I realized I 'd been had . |
| 23 | I remember a go , a go with some of them that I thought I could do , but realised I ca n't do , do you know what I mean ? |
| 24 | We left 406 in October 1943 , and that was the last I heard of them until I received my Spring 1991 issue of Air Mail when I spotted that 406 Sqn were having a 50th Anniversary Celebration and Reunion in earlyh May at Shearwater Forces Base , Dartmouth , Nova Scotia . |
| 25 | I meant to be fond of her but I found her tiring . |
| 26 | takes the mick out of her and I started him |
| 27 | ‘ I 've — er — seen quite a bit of him since I met him when he called for you that time , ’ Leith managed , the ever-present ‘ if you value your job ’ threat there in her head again . |
| 28 | ‘ I did n't see any sign of him when I passed his house , ’ said Ianthe . |
| 29 | I did n't think there were any prints on the other rounds , and there ca n't be any of mine because I handled them in gloves . |
| 30 | I was going to tell him what he could do with his job but I thought better of it an' I took my cards all polite like . |