Example sentences of "[conj] [vb past] i [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ W-was there a car crash — or did I dream it ? ’ she asked softly . |
| 2 | You see , you know I was talking to you earlier about , about punchlines basically , but I ca n't remember the words I was using for it , times like by the way , right right , or did you know or did I mention to you do you follow me , a lot of key lines that you can think on that you use |
| 3 | Why was n't you in registration or did I tell you about the blooming black board ? |
| 4 | Why was n't you in registration or did I tell you about the blooming black board ? |
| 5 | Or did I post it ? |
| 6 | Many a wet day was passed in this way for he let me help him , or did I hinder ? |
| 7 | Yes er somehow they , they 'd , they 'd got it , or was it or did I have to fill in a a census form just at the time when Paul was with me ? |
| 8 | Or did I put a picture or ten ? |
| 9 | Or did I put it in this one ? |
| 10 | Tell me was I dreaming or did I see a sketch on T V where there 's a car driving round , down the road being chased by the police and the driver said to the passenger er here take this and he says what 's that for and he says it 's to steer the car , presses a button and the car splits |
| 11 | Or did I buy them as odd presents for people who might like them ? |
| 12 | Or did I get the answer wrong ? |
| 13 | Or did I get that wrong , too ? ’ |
| 14 | Or did I get seventy ? |
| 15 | Somehow that made me tell lies . ’ |
| 16 | Alec wore a navy-blue romper suit — the outfit of a French workman , or indeed that of some little new-wave narcissist at a C. L. & S. screening It was the sight of him in his issued clothing that made me sense just how far he had fallen . |
| 17 | This presented a thought that made me shudder with fright : this awesome , eerie world-apart in the dead of night , unbearably cold , no moon or stars , merely the moan of the mysterious gods beneath the ice … |
| 18 | The first I new was Chris 's sudden , shocked screaming , with an urgency that made me drop what I was doing and run across the room to the open verandah . |
| 19 | I suppose it was the expression on his face that made me scream . ’ |
| 20 | It was a reunion at Bath that made me decide . |
| 21 | Cos it was in with the electric bills , and I did n't want that , and that was one of the advantages that made me decide to have here , cos I knew that the heating was in with the rent . |
| 22 | It was only the thought of this poor baby in me that made me stir at all and get myself to a friend of Ferdinando 's who is in the way of knowing all the business of the street being a wine-merchant and visited by all . |
| 23 | It must have been the totality of the situation that made me feel that heaven was very near and the invisible clearly seen . |
| 24 | ‘ You tied up a little bit towards the end , ’ said Ron , and that made me feel good . |
| 25 | As we stepped out of the plane at Madrid airport the heat hit us like an oven , and that made me feel very good indeed . |
| 26 | ‘ Gosh , that made me feel so much better — being told the whole world is in recession ! ’ |
| 27 | The audience were a comic 's dream and when Dennie came back on stage and whispered ‘ two minutes to count-down ’ I ran off to applause that made me feel like Mike Tyson . |
| 28 | The g was less , and that made me feel at home . |
| 29 | Knowing that made me feel closer to Steffi and the other players . |
| 30 | I immediately backtracked , and he said with a sorrow that made me feel guilty , ‘ When push comes to shove , nobody wants me . ’ |