Example sentences of "a [noun] [conj] i [vb past] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It did n't never have a jinx when I had it . |
| 2 | I remember seeing a cable and I thought it was a telephone cable so I was n't worried . |
| 3 | Right well just that er it 's been resolved a bit since I handled it cos er got this meeting set up which I do n't know whether , whether you need to come , it 's on the second of February |
| 4 | I had an actor once who was condemned to hang for stealing a sheep — or a lamb , I forget which — so I got permission to have him hanged in the middle of a play — had to change the plot a bit but I thought it would be effective , you know — and you would n't believe it , he just was n't convincing ! |
| 5 | But the cook was in fine form and they seemed to be thawing a bit when I left them chattering away in Greek with Denholm sitting among them and not understanding a word they were saying . |
| 6 | Course , I 'ad to 'ang about a bit until I saw yer go out , and afterwards I met 'im at the Elephant an' Castle . |
| 7 | " I want to please you and you 're not a bit as I expected you to be . " |
| 8 | Even a sentence like I finished mine tomorrow morning can be contextualised so as to present itself in the guise of a jocular paradox : |
| 9 | I said we 'll try this shop , I said at least have a look and I said we 'll go round to the other 's , I said he made he 's mind up when he walked in , . |
| 10 | ‘ I have n't slept under a roof since I started my journey . ’ |
| 11 | She said it was a remnant and I thought I 'd make a box for the sale . |
| 12 | Then I , I put it in a saucepan and I stewed it the next |
| 13 | He asked me for a light and I offered him one of my Gauloises . |
| 14 | As a result when I awoke there was no positive proof that all this had not in fact happened , and that it did not belong to a mental lapse from which I had recovered . |
| 15 | Asked by police what had happened , Mr Graham said : ‘ He attacked me with a hammer and I stabbed him . ’ |
| 16 | [ reading ] " I always thought my young master a fine gentleman as everybody says he is , but he gave these good things to us with such a graciousness that I thought he looked like an angel . " |
| 17 | So , for example , if I rented a tape and I saw someone I liked , I could call the central distributor for that person 's number and then we could get together . ’ |
| 18 | In fact , I only met one decorator … a young couple wanted to buy a piece and I offered them a discount as they had n't got a decorator - at which she drew herself up and said : ‘ We are not married . |
| 19 | Mig Romerez did not even recognise a football when I showed him one but his exotic appearance should be enough to impress those bumpkins in ‘ The Tip ’ crowd . |
| 20 | My wife had determined that I must swop my old bike for a car after I told her of an encounter with an old pupil of mine as I was toiling up the hill by the power station in Haughton Road , Darlington . |
| 21 | But I hesitated only a second before I accepted his gift excitedly . |
| 22 | I came to England when I was 9 , that would have been in 1961 , and that 's when I saw the world for what it 's all about , I was still a child but I saw it , the black and white thing , it was a reality . |
| 23 | I was never aware of being frightened as a child because I saw his fits many times . |
| 24 | You were just a child and I knew there was nothing serious between you . ’ |
| 25 | I did a double-take before I realized he 'd been talking to me . |
| 26 | He went into a cubicle and I thought I should follow him but he pushed me away , locked the door and left me standing outside . |
| 27 | He opened a door into a corridor and I followed him down it . |
| 28 | and I thought , it came out erm , incorrect pin number , please remove your card , I thought at least I 'm getting it back you know so I whipped it out , I said to mum , I 'm gon na have to pay for this with a cheque , I said , I ca n't get the cash out , and she , she said why , and I said I , I forgotten my number , I was getting in quite a panic cos I knew I did n't have it written down anywhere at home . |
| 29 | ‘ I intended a salad but I thought you might have missed out on lunch so we 've got grilled lamb chops with minted potatoes and glazed carrots . ’ |
| 30 | All at once I was gusted along , and really felt : a heartbeat when I saw him , a warmth when he touched me ; I smelt the flowers he bought me and the spicy perfume he put on his skin . |