Example sentences of "i [vb past] [adv] [verb] [pron] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I think I 'd better tell you the whole story right from the beginning . ’ |
| 2 | I popped in to see what the form was , and to find out if I 'd been fired as a house-sitter . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | When I went up to investigate it the floor caved in beneath me and I fell into the middle of all those nasty plants . ’ |
| 5 | In looking back at my records I notice that I did not send you the enclosed form which I have now completed . |
| 6 | Because the first one was quite small I did not give it the full ‘ advance ’ treatment that I usually do . |
| 7 | You came here once before asking questions and perhaps I did not give you the best answers . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ I did not find it the most co-operative of neighbourhoods , ’ Morton said wryly . |
| 9 | I did not understand what the man was doing , but I wanted to be near the fire . |
| 10 | And he had once elicited from her the statement , ‘ I did not have what the English refer to as ‘ a good war ’ . ’ |
| 11 | By now I did n't care what the soldier thought . |
| 12 | The letters lying there on the mat did n't exactly look as though if I did n't open them the world would stop . |
| 13 | I sent , I did n't send him the originals I sent a copy . |
| 14 | Oh I did n't do you the |
| 15 | From time to time Mr Salmon used to read to me from his morning paper , but as he could never find a mention of the Royal Fusiliers I did n't discover what the old man was up to . |
| 16 | I am worried as well about the way you asked me where I went after we 'd arrived in Oxford because I did n't tell you the truth then either , I went to Holywell cemetery and went to the grave of a friend of mine . |
| 17 | Yeah that was alright I w I did n't tell you the truth when we said that , sorry ! |
| 18 | but there 's there 's something I did n't tell you the other day |
| 19 | Yes , well I did n't tell you the best part ! that was the best part ! |
| 20 | But I did n't show them the robot animal . |
| 21 | I did n't show you the , the grade and the stage curves because we all know what they look like but what I 'm saying is that by doing the count provides us with additional information on this group of patients . |
| 22 | We 've had a few lazy laughs in the past , and I knew he carried clout , but I did n't give him the respect he deserved . |
| 23 | ‘ And I did n't give you the chance to put things straight , ’ she murmured . |
| 24 | ‘ I did n't mean it the way it sounded . |
| 25 | I did n't believe it the first time either . ’ |
| 26 | I did n't say what the license is . |
| 27 | ‘ Nothing in this marvellous list ’ says Milton ‘ was as fine as Eden ’ and of course it hurts him to say it , and I do n't think it 's far fetched to detect that hurt and pain of that great sacrifice that John Milton is making in the rhythm when we read ‘ Might with this paradise of Eden strive ’ , or in the fact that he ca n't stop there , because I did n't — as you will have realized from Bentley 's comment — I did n't read you the whole passage . |
| 28 | It was good to be sitting down with a family for dinner even though I did n't understand everything the Frenchman and his wife were talking about . |
| 29 | And it 's something to do with getting the num the , the system so you 've got zeros in and I did n't understand what the heck it was on about . |
| 30 | Still pleased as punch from selling an exploding lager can , I went on to boost sales of an elephant 's trunk nose design and a Woody Allen mask but I did n't ask what the young man wanted THAT for . |