Example sentences of "i [vb past] [adv] [verb] [pron] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And I read that book and erm Marie , erm said said that they 've got new ones so that so that , excuse me , she 'd been talking about I 'd just made myself a pie I could n't eat any of it ! |
| 2 | ‘ Come in here a bit , ’ she suggested as they came to her room , ‘ I 'd better tell you a secret . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ I think I 'd better tell you the whole story right from the beginning . ’ |
| 4 | I suppose I 'd better offer you a drink now that you 're here . ’ |
| 5 | I 'd better give her a ring , I suppose . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ I 'd better give her a hand or she 'll sulk . |
| 7 | I think I 'd better give you a course of broad-spectrum antibiotics . |
| 8 | but I mean you do n't think erm cos he said to me he said oh I suppose I 'd better buy you a Christmas present and I said yeah buy me something that I 'd use . |
| 9 | ‘ But I still used to pose on the bike for publicity purposes , ’ she 'd say archly over her tea and Eccles cakes , ‘ until the varicose veins started to show through me silver tights and Flaherty said I 'd better call it a day and let them find themselves another pin-up girl . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ Constable Aplin and I came here to ask you a few questions about a certain matter . |
| 11 | " I came here to give her a present . |
| 12 | I came out to get myself a drink and stepped on the edge of the bar of the block , taking a big chunk of skin out of my foot . |
| 13 | I popped in to see what the form was , and to find out if I 'd been fired as a house-sitter . |
| 14 | I needed it because when I finally disentangled myself from Zaria 's legs ( another advantage noted : no claws ) , I padded over to see what the noise was . |
| 15 | When I went up to investigate it the floor caved in beneath me and I fell into the middle of all those nasty plants . ’ |
| 16 | I think about it a hell of a lot you know , not with morbid fascination but because everything that I went through gave me an inner strength and I am frightened to lose it . |
| 17 | And a call came over the radio that there was a problem with one of the pumps downstairs , so seeing I had nothing better to do at that time I went downstairs to give them a hand . |
| 18 | The evening ended with a Pirate Play and I went home thinking what a wonderful concert , as it probably was for an elementary school having no spare cash . |
| 19 | ‘ I saw him when I went down to make myself a cup of tea , just letting himself out the door he was . ’ |
| 20 | I did not think it a good book , but I shall always be grateful to it . |
| 21 | In looking back at my records I notice that I did not send you the enclosed form which I have now completed . |
| 22 | Because the first one was quite small I did not give it the full ‘ advance ’ treatment that I usually do . |
| 23 | ‘ No , Constanza , ’ Ludovico replied , ‘ I did not give you a shock . |
| 24 | You came here once before asking questions and perhaps I did not give you the best answers . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ I did not find it the most co-operative of neighbourhoods , ’ Morton said wryly . |
| 26 | I did not understand what the man was doing , but I wanted to be near the fire . |
| 27 | And he had once elicited from her the statement , ‘ I did not have what the English refer to as ‘ a good war ’ . ’ |
| 28 | And that was also why I did n't leave you a note explaining what we were up to as Jeff told me to . |
| 29 | By now I did n't care what the soldier thought . |
| 30 | I did n't pay them no heed at the time , because in this town somebody is always looking for somebody . |