Example sentences of "[conj] i [verb] she " in BNC.

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1 She was still sitting where I left her ; that was a good sign .
2 At 5pm that day I went along to Anouska Hempel 's very individual and attractive showroom at 2 Pond Place , Chelsea , where I saw her really lovely couture collection , for which she derived the inspiration from Eastern Europe .
3 I had no such skill , but I was learning , and it was an infinite satisfaction to keep Joanna moving , and going where I wanted her to go , with the sweep .
4 I 'd be anchored where I reckoned she 'd get a little shelter from the bay in which she lay , but with a gentle south-westerly and no sign of any break in the weather , I was n't worried about her , and took the easiest line ashore .
5 Figure 5 Diary record of behaviour sequences Source : M. Herbert , Working with Children and their Families ( London : Routledge/British Psychological Society , 1988 ) or I ask her to do something and she ignores me or says , ‘ I wo n't ! ’ .
6 ‘ I keep in touch with both my sisters and my brother 's wife — she rings me every week or I ring her : And my niece and nephew — well , life would n't be worth living without them .
7 She was strangled all right , or I suppose she was .
8 The nomes exchanged meaningful glances , and the kind of meaning they were full of was : She 's fooling herself , but it 'd take a braver nome than me to tell her .
9 I kept my eyes open over the next few days and although I saw her sitting in the window she never appeared outside .
10 ‘ I do n't believe it , ’ I said , although I knew she had boyfriends .
11 I was the prime suspect this time because of the Golden Syrup job , and although I knew she did n't have any proof , nothing I said made any difference .
12 Although I take her on short trips to the shops , she ca n't cope with going too far from the house .
13 She 's well known in diplomatic circles , and she 's quite right in all she said at dinner , and although I contradicted her , there are strange rumours of war going around .
14 If I may erm we , we , we , we did attend er er er a briefing and myself and James , unfortunately Margaret was unable to be present on that day , although I think she 's had a separate briefing or there is a separate briefing being proposed .
15 Oh she has enough certificates to of gone to teachers ' training college , now that , I always feel although I think she 's quite happy now , but for myself , for myself and I 'm always er tempted by the fact that they always have twelve weeks ' holiday you know , I mean in one go the teachers
16 I would never have dared speak so , but she was quite unselfconscious , although I suspected her of an intention to shock — to shock me as much as anyone .
17 She would n't take a groom with her although I warned her that the fog might come down later . "
18 Again , although I visited her regularly , taking little presents ; remembered her birthday and saw to it that her sons did the same ; looked after her once when she was ill ; and respected my husband 's love for her , I did not take much notice of her suggestions : ‘ My mother seems to think …
19 You see , although I love her so deeply , I know that Rosamund would not make a good wife for a missionary . ’
20 ‘ I knew that Alan liked the odd drink but it was n't until we were living together that I realised her was more or less an alcoholic , and violent with it . ’
21 It was n't until she was really ill that I realised she was mine and I loved her more than anything .
22 I wonder if it 's one of those things that I mean she 's reading the story aloud , I wonder if you were reading that story as as well
23 as I say she 'd have everything down , I think I , she definitely needs a big house , but not only that I mean she has to put everything up like
24 She says that I said she looked like a bloody parrot .
25 My dear mother 's statement years ago that I deprived her of her fur coat and that I was n't much to look at — she once actually pronounced me ugly — bit deep .
26 ‘ Jane , my darling , it 's not because she 's mad that I hate her .
27 When she first came she ate so much so often that I thought she had worms , but she settled down to a very moderate appetite , so the worming tablet the vet .
28 er , it got that bad that I thought she was taking the piss out of me .
29 I felt then that I understood her .
30 I said that I understood she came from the Continent , and she told me that she was born in Denmark .
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