Example sentences of "[vb pp] [conj] i [verb] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.

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1 I 've come and I 've took my boots off and poured the bloody rain out .
2 But now Ellen the time I have long awaited has come and I write to tell you that an Italian maidservant by name of Gigia who is travelling home to Florence having been in Scotland with a family who are friends of the Brownings is to come to you to collect Oreste and take him to Liverpool where she will be joined by Mr Ogilvy and from whence they will sail for Italy .
3 ’ ‘ I would n't have come , ’ said the soldier , who would not have missed it for worlds , ‘ I would n't have come if I 'd known there would be Druids squashing and glooming .
4 eighty nine thousand , I need another go round and another thousand pound and I 've won because I 've got me two thingybobs
5 You may have caught me doing this some of you may have have noticed that I try to force meself not to and it 's something to remember .
6 But I 'd already decided that I had to see you again , spend some time with you , and this was one way of doing it . ’
7 It was so carefully written that I 've read it three times and I do n't think it says anything .
8 I would not like it to be said that I had had my mother put away . ’
9 I WAS really only a bystander in the tragedy of young Mr and Mrs McLeod ; it was not really my business , although it could be said that I had known them both — had seen them about — for most of their lives .
10 Of course it is easy to look back now and say , well , would anyone have noticed if I had left my shoes lying around the changing room instead of buckling them up inside my satchel when I changed into my gym kit for classes with the Butcher ?
11 It could be argued that on occasions I 've taken on things which probably I have n't done as well out of financially as I might have done if I 'd done something else .
12 ‘ What might I not have done if I 'd had my own clubs for the first two rounds ? ’
13 And when I 've expanded and I 've told you then I then come back to my ending and I say , okay so what I 've done I 've told you about three aspects of flying , about the safety of it , ab about the costs involved in taking part in flying and about the enjoyment you 're gon na get out of flying and I hope that I 've persuaded you that you will come along on Saturday to take part , and that 's the ending .
14 I had a little money saved and I began to use it up .
15 He says : ‘ I 'm not motivated by money , otherwise I would have quit after I 'd made my first eight million dollars , which was enough for me .
16 Had you phoned well I did n't know if you 'd phoned after I 'd rung you , or before I 'd rung you .
17 I said what he 's given and I 've repeated it back to him .
18 Was he annoyed cos I 'd taped it ?
19 ‘ Now I 've been told that I 've lost my place and I 'm very disappointed . ’
20 I went back again and was told that I had to send it off myself for repairs to the address on the guarantee card and pay £4 postage and insurance .
21 This was the most overwhelming experience I had ever had and I wanted to understand it .
22 Er I think our position is that we provide as you know , air defence through a layered system er of air defence aircraft and missiles and the simple truth is that in the light of the changes in the strategic er setting , particularly er as it affects U K air defence , we have decided that the provision of a medium defensive layer , that is the M sound system to which you refer , is not a high priority at the moment and the programme is therefore being postponed and I have to emphasise it 's not been abandoned .
23 It was actually obvious that a burglary had occurred but I refused to take it in .
24 He said : ‘ I 'm delighted with the work he has done in training and the commitment he has shown when I have asked him to play . ’
25 It will probably be understood that I wish to make my remarks in the context of the Scottish agricultural scene .
26 Her daughters have however been contacted so I agree to keep her company until they arrive .
27 I spoke not to an individual child but to the head of school in Hatfield where the scheme was piloted and I have to say he was , he neither rhapsodised nor condemned .
28 B , retired persons that was the right answer , right , B , retired persons was the right answer , now some of you put D , anyone not gainfully employed and I did think I 'd explained it clearly
29 one of them thingies , one of them jacks , and then you 've got one of them , I do n't even , I do n't know what they 're called but I 've seen it before
30 ‘ I 've stopped because I had hoped you 'd give me an explanation . ’
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