Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] [vb past] i " in BNC.
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| 1 | With respect to the embalming [ of ] Bodies , the methods that were commonly practised could , I know , have no effect ; at that time I read a good many Books upon ‘ Balsamation ’ but got very little instruction from reading these : according to my own Idea the best way would be to preserve the Body for some time that putrefaction should hardly be able to take place , & that it should gradually get rid of its moisture , & that , when it dried , it should have such imbalming juices in it , that it should resist putrefaction , & the insects at the same time be either kept off or destroyed : I set out with this Opinion & thought that something must be thrown thro' the whole Body : the when the Body was preserved , my Idea of getting rid of moisture was , to place the Body in some strong absorbent substance , & that substance which proved best I thought was Paris Plaister & I thought I could lay in a common Coffin such a quantity of Paris Plaister as would take out all the moisture & then I thought the Body should be rather in a wooden case than a leaden one because the Wood would assist the Absorption . |
| 2 | I read everything I could find about France ( since France was my dream country , where I felt I 'd been meant to be born and grow up … ) and developed a particular passion for the French Revolution , reading all the Scarlet Pimpernel books , the story of the first Madame Tussaud , forced to model the guillotined heads , and everything that I could find that would bring it all to life . |
| 3 | ‘ For six years you have dogged me wherever I went and now you have turned up here , where I thought I had found a safe haven . ’ |
| 4 | And I do n't where I got I gave him quite a good sermon which I thought was y know quite erm to try and help the situation and he said I 'd give them er my conditions . |
| 5 | Knowing this , I was still impotent , for I had nothing to put in its stead , no one to turn to for advice or support , and I had learned for myself nothing of life except that I was bad at living , and that where I loved I met only rejection and disaster . |
| 6 | Or I thought I heard these words , for Captain was growling so fiercely , I was n't sure . |
| 7 | See my dad likes videos and things like that but he wa he , I know he likes aftershave , he likes that Old Spice and that so I thought well I 'll get him something like that or I thought I sort of saw cos I 'm going shopping Saturday , I 'm trying to get it all Saturday if I can . |
| 8 | Yes , why I am asking you or I did I say |
| 9 | or I found I preferred men instead . ’ |
| 10 | Erm , Philip or somebody gave me the level premium . |
| 11 | We went through many dark passages until we reached a door , where she left me , taking her candle with her . |
| 12 | Tired and confused after the journey , I followed the servant into a large building , where she left me in a sitting-room . |
| 13 | The lady prioress glowered at me , shrugged , and with ill grace took me back to her own chamber across the cloister garden where she poured me the smallest goblet of wine I had ever seen . |
| 14 | She was so beautiful that I just melted and we went to this tiny little room , where she washed me . |
| 15 | If I 'd found out where you went I 'd have caught you at it . ’ |
| 16 | It was you , Nadine , come here to leave this letter where you knew I 'd be bound to see it . |
| 17 | . She said when she comes to kiss me good goodnight I let her kiss here but she said I ca n't have her cuddling me or she said I think of him all the time . |
| 18 | Well , I decided really , or we decided I suppose to er link it to the festival . |
| 19 | The cops saw me where they thought I should n't be , so they got curious . |
| 20 | They accused me of going to hit one of them with it … they put me in a police van and took me to Victoria Barracks where they kept me for two hours . |
| 21 | The gunner of the Fox gave me the final two fingers and I knew the third finger was coming up which meant the " K " gun would be right in my starboard earhole , I put my finger lip and gave the impression I was going to land , whereupon all the Foxes — by this time four or live of them — were given a signal by the leader , and they all turned on their backs and headed where they wanted me to follow . |
| 22 | Where they gave me meat and drink . ’ |
| 23 | Ever since then , whenever I left a job or anyone gave me a present , I was given more of the same . |
| 24 | I kissed the rose , and that night , in bed , I placed it where he desired me to . |
| 25 | ‘ He escorted me to his lodgings , where he treated me with every kindness , and dried my clothes whilst I managed a few hours sleep . ’ |
| 26 | He 'd like the power and he 'd like knowing he had me where he wanted me . |
| 27 | He took me in his arms and carried me downstairs to the library , where he put me in front of the fire , and gave me a glass of wine . |
| 28 | Where it ended I forget . |
| 29 | said I 've got to get this one back for her mum or whatever said I 'm in a hurry then I met some guy on the field , talking to him and er |
| 30 | or what did I ascribe to him ? |