Example sentences of "[conj] [vb past] i [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cos I remember once when they asked me at work to deliver the annual speech you know the man that asked me he says er , you know , they 've gone round everybody else and nobody else would do it and would I do it , and I said good lord , that were my first reaction , and I realized like all the company secretaries lo lord , so I did very well there |
| 2 | Now that disappointed me I know , because I knew from where I stood , that the stuff was practically worthless . |
| 3 | No the only thing that consumed me I was looking to see if there was anyway that material from the seat could be used to sort of target us for a mailing system or something like that |
| 4 | ‘ It was their manner that told me they had to be taken seriously . |
| 5 | At first I did n't believe her but there was something in her eyes that told me it was true . |
| 6 | " I sorry , " he said once again , in a hopeless voice that told me I had n't convinced him . |
| 7 | Yeah It was n't that it was n't the lumps that bothered me it was the uhum , the fact that the edges just does n't stay down . |
| 8 | Above all it was the thought of Lily that tortured me I had promised to write every day . |
| 9 | Karen came and asked me I says alright . |
| 10 | I 'd been in there four months and they came and told me they 'd gone to America . |
| 11 | When my master summoned me and told me you had written to him , at first I was angry with you for betraying my and I blessed you . |
| 12 | I said he came and told me you know |
| 13 | Everyone in the whole marine department just threw up their hands in horror and told me I was crazy , I did n't know the first thing about ships , the whole marine fleet would fall apart . |
| 14 | He came back the next day and gave me another £1.2 million and told me I could spend it in any way I wanted . |
| 15 | ‘ But the boss used to give me some right stick and told me I was no good to him lying in bed or on the treatment table . |
| 16 | ‘ But the boss used to give me some right stick and told me I was no good to him lying in bed or on the treatment table . |
| 17 | One day the screw came up and told me I had a visit down in the solicitor 's ; I went down and this man presented himself as a court welfare officer . |
| 18 | One night he drank a lot of whisky and told me I was gone off . |
| 19 | I was interviewed by the Sudan Agent in London who gave me lunch at his club , and told me I would be called before a selection board when I came down from Oxford . |
| 20 | His friend held my other hand and told me I 'd been brave . |
| 21 | Martin came in and told me I was supposed to be upstairs , Steve was has gone into where I was so |
| 22 | With a firm grip on my hand , she pulled me away from a display of hi-tech gadgets and told me I was not going to be a millionairess . |
| 23 | ‘ After Nicholl was sacked Ian Branfoot took over and told me I had no future under him . ’ |
| 24 | Has anyone rung up and told me I 've won a million pounds ? |
| 25 | He seemed rather surprised and told me it was painful , but gave in . |
| 26 | He wrote and told me it was on the cards . ’ |
| 27 | Anyway , Jennifer phoned the next morning and told me it was all over . |
| 28 | The result was that very soon indeed afterwards my father came with a very sad but kind face in to the room where I sat alone and told me he was sure I should not do that sort of thing again . |
| 29 | When I said I was a feminist he became abrupt , as if his time was precious , and told me he could n't help me . |
| 30 | Stopped me and told me he 'd let him go to St Francis Xavier 's . |