Example sentences of "[subord] i [vb past] [pron] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | and that was my Barclaycard number in case you want it although I ordered it through the thr phone I made out that so that I could read it off on the telephone I did n't even erm I did n't even assemble it I just looked and I saw it does n't chop I thought it would chop things but does n't , it only grates Looks as though it had been out before , you know , you look at this ! |
| 2 | ‘ I was n't going to unroll the damn things , ’ continued Lydia , ‘ so I banged them in the oven , humming insouciantly the while and served them up all bubbling hot . |
| 3 | ‘ I did n't want him — I did n't want him to come near me — so I locked myself in the bathroom , with Gary-I did n't know what else to do . |
| 4 | I was called away to the hospital so I left her at the house waiting for Nigel to turn up to collect her . ’ |
| 5 | Although it was late and Mr Edgar was tired after his journey , Joseph insisted , so I took him to the master 's room . |
| 6 | Vera 's not back from lunch , so I kept it at the desk . ’ |
| 7 | ’ So I waltzed him across the road and put him in a doorway and left him for somebody else to find . |
| 8 | It rang while Elizabeth was in the field and I picked it up and someone spoke to me , but I can not speak , so I tore it from the wall and then no one could speak to me . ) |
| 9 | I was told they sent for a nurse who came at me with a needle so I grabbed her by the breast and threw her down on the hors d'oeuvres . |
| 10 | ‘ Your tea is ruined so I threw it in the bin . |
| 11 | I had n't been out for a long time , so I did it for the relaxation , really ! ’ |
| 12 | Sally Curtiss , the Circle 's membership secretary , is here , so I entrusted her with the annexe key . ’ |
| 13 | Once I met him in the West End and we went to the pictures . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ Once I met him in the local pub , ’ Patrick Newell recalled . |
| 15 | Erm , thought it would be nice at handicrafts afternoon and then we could throw the handicraft meeting open to anybody if I told them at the meeting before were going to have it . |
| 16 | If I contacted him on the same number that I contacted you |
| 17 | I would n't have known him if I met him in the street . |
| 18 | I would n't cos I , I ca n't if I saw you in the street I do n't know you I could n't be , I could n't be attracted to you . |
| 19 | Then I 'd er erm a friend come in in the afternoon and er ca n't remember if I had anybody in the evening or not . |
| 20 | By the way , I 'm sorry if I dropped you in the soup just now . ’ |
| 21 | I do n't know if I passed her in the street |
| 22 | Thereafter , if I passed him in the corridor or on the staircase , those eyes registered no recognition . |
| 23 | If I kicked him on the shin I bet he 'd limp away and not even glance to see who 'd done it . |
| 24 | But I fancy that if I found myself on the field of Waterloo with a foot missing , or in a dentist 's chair without benefit of anaesthetic — a future form of laudanum — or faced with a work-situation in which my family were slowly being starved and degraded , then my conclusions might reasonably be the same . ) |
| 25 | I think these 'd probably be better if I did them on the one you suggested for |
| 26 | The tragedy unfolds through wonderful music — from the tentative If I Loved You to the final tear-jerker You 'll Never Walk Alone . |
| 27 | If I hit it with the chair-back … |
| 28 | The vermouth was dark red , and I wondered what my mother would do if I poured it on the mushroom-coloured carpet — very slowly . |
| 29 | ‘ Alex felt that if I selected him for the Poland game , he should play and try to help us get the result before announcing his retirement , and that was Bryan 's intention . ’ |
| 30 | I did n't realise how clear her speech was until I heard it on the tape . |