Example sentences of "[noun pl] [pron] [vb past] [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1 Unfortunately , I wrote to him in rather a hurry , and did n't take copies of the notes I sent him .
2 I never ceased to be astounded by how quickly and thoroughly he absorbed the notes I gave him . ’
3 The following is summary of notes I showed you today , I do n't think Rob was in a receptive mood ! :
4 the reasons I said I I I I could go along with that approach as well .
5 In fact it 's one of the reasons I brought you here . ’
6 I was then granted unconditional bail , in spite of the fact that the magistrates knew all about the cocaine , which was one of the reasons I thought I 'd never get a sentence .
7 I hope Verlander appreciates the skills I taught you . ’
8 hours I told him that this glimpse
9 After a few attempts I found I was turning like Robby Naish for the first part of the turn , then falling in on the inside of the turn .
10 After the first couple of minutes I thought we were going to be in for a really entertaining game .
11 Now three minutes I told you it was three minutes did n't I ?
12 When we first talked about our star signs I said they made us — ’
13 He was sitting there with his head in his hands ; he did not rise when the train passed ; he made no movement ; he did not give a glance at the signs I made him ; and for a long time as the train was carrying me away , I watched his little motionless , grief-stricken figure , lost in the desert , an image of my own despair .
14 Well that 's what I 've been saying to dad as well , I said the times I said we 've had cheques come back !
15 so we started called her lip , but that happened before I got there so , as I got there it just like , as I joined got in with the regulars it started to peter out a bit , but I got fooled with a couple of times I thought they were taking the piss , alright Lynn how you doing , you know , still .
16 I could n't tell you how , but it I , cos you 'd , I do n't want nothing , but when I did , I 'd got ta use my ingenuity to get something that I could get one or two or a dozen or ten off , you know what I mean , and I got ta make it and a lot of times I made it out of wood which was easily er you know treated .
17 She was continuously moulting as she grew her feathers , and however many times I hoovered I could never get it all .
18 Several times I saw him look to see how many pages more he had to read .
19 Perhaps it was just the times I saw him in the Div II Championship year and the season after that .
20 The awful , abrupt finality of a man pitching forward , so easily , so arbitrarily terminated — the convenience of it to the killer : they were things to which I could never become habituated , however many times I saw it .
21 At times I felt I was just a kind of palimpsest , or a blackboard that could always be wiped clean to make room for his own work .
22 In the later stages of Metaltronix I had a guy work for me who had a tube engineering degree , but that kind of knowledge still does n't teach you about designing — the times I asked him to design certain circuits and he 'd just stare at me !
23 At times I reckoned we were lucky to get three .
24 ‘ Once I heard her start singing the songs I knew it had to be her , ’ he says .
25 I suggested what songs I thought we should do and Nick and Mick ( Cave and Harvey ) said , ‘ That 's stupid … ’
26 The worse thing I 've ever done is wax for my legs I did it once mhm
27 He 's talking about the time I approached them at Leeds Poly and asked them why their logo featured women 's breasts rather than the species-ist cow 's udders I made them change it to .
28 Things are now too simplified and Arnason dodged all the traps I set him to reach the drawing haven .
29 The windows were obscured by curtains , but if I strained my eyes I thought I could make out the shadow of a figure standing behind them , never moving .
30 At a meeting of the Cairngorm Club he told a hushed audience ‘ For every few steps I took I heard a crunch as if someone was walking after me but taking steps three or four times the length of my own .
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