Example sentences of "i [conj] i [verb] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 've always ai n't I when I 've done summat , if I 've been sawing or banging , making a noise I 've always stopped at ten |
| 2 | I though I 'd seen you somewhere before . ’ |
| 3 | I must admit at this stage I though I had cracked it but I should have known after so many years of breeding fish , success is not guaranteed . |
| 4 | It seemed to me that I had become what my parents had wanted me to be , and I was getting no thanks from either of them for my efforts . |
| 5 | It took ages to dawn on me that I had to find something else to do with my time other than music . |
| 6 | The first few hundred hours of thought made me regret my bet ; but the second couple of thousand convinced me that I 'd played it right . |
| 7 | It appears to me that I have collected his and everyone else 's quota of the annoying little bastards , so I return to my trench , wrap myself up , and sleep fitfully until I am awakened to take my turn on guard . |
| 8 | It was important to me that I did tell them individually because on their own I felt I could get their attention and having to explain why I felt like this , but more than that , I wanted them to fully understand that all of a sudden I was n't a lesbian whose name was Carla — I was still Carla , except that I just had different feelings . |
| 9 | It seemed to suit me and I seemed to suit it and I felt comfortable . |
| 10 | I love the songs they write for me and I try to make it look that way in the style in which I deliver it , ’ she added modestly . |
| 11 | They had done so the first time they got water for me and I had assumed they would continue . |
| 12 | Something happened and she just said it , then she hit me and I had to hit her back . |
| 13 | I think that 's why I like children — because there was always somebody smaller than me and I had to do everything for them really when I was younger — feed them , change their nappies … |
| 14 | But they lied to me and I had to do it in English . |
| 15 | Eventually a headline from The Sun 's sports pages leapt out at me and I had to try it : Frog 's Legs . |
| 16 | No , no I , I do n't know how but there was two cars that was , that was er behind me and I managed to avoid them but I do n't know how . |
| 17 | And he 's he 's turned over this and just gon na slap one on me and I 've turned my head and gone like that and he 's fucking caught me right on the fucking lips ! |
| 18 | I 'm afraid of dogs , but a rage the like of which I 'd never known before — and rarely since — took hold of me and I wanted to kill it , rip it limb from limb and tear at its throat with my teeth . |
| 19 | I did n't think I had a chance of getting a job but Workington took the gamble with me and I want to repay them . |
| 20 | ‘ This is a big chance for me and I aim to take it . |
| 21 | But it , it did n't worry me and I liked to think I can go about my daily life and not be frightened , and I am not gon na be frightened to go out at night . |
| 22 | I 'm not sure whether he would have taken action against me if I had realised I was already in his book . |
| 23 | He asked me if I 'd screwed her . |
| 24 | ‘ You did n't believe me when I said I had n't distracted Simon and you would n't have believed me if I 'd told you it was your child I might be carrying , ’ she replied , her voice shaking a little despite all her efforts to project a calm image . |
| 25 | ‘ Doone asked me if I 'd left your jacket and boots in Harry 's car . |
| 26 | It was the sort of look between us which would have started alert interest in me if I 'd spotted it between others , and I thought I was hear to losing my grip on what I was supposed to be doing , and that I 'd better be more careful . |
| 27 | He asked me if I 'd had anything to eat today . |
| 28 | And if he asks me if I 've seen you I 'll tell him as fast as I can . |
| 29 | So tell me if I 've told you this before . |
| 30 | but I hope it was the the gist of it , and I 'm sure someone will correct me if I 've got it wrong . |