Example sentences of "[coord] i [vb past] [pron] " 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 | The next thing is er on the agenda we 've got the or I thought we had . |
| 3 | Or I thought I heard these words , for Captain was growling so fiercely , I was n't sure . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Or I thought it was . |
| 6 | Oh customers or I thought you said gostermers |
| 7 | ‘ He was still nice , or I thought he was . |
| 8 | PS JOANNE … could you send me your fax number again if you still need the telegraph thing , the number you gave before is wrong — or I copied it down wrong . |
| 9 | You talk about spoilt rich middle-class kids over here , but the truth is if Steve or I saw their houses , we 'd probably think they were lower lower lower middle-class . ’ |
| 10 | He said our flight had been delayed and he 'd spent the time in the bar , and then added , rather unconvincingly , that some woman had insisted on ‘ plying Phaeton with liquor ’ as he put it , but there was a hollowness in the way he said it , and I do n't think either Gill or I believed him for a moment . |
| 11 | Yes , why I am asking you or I did I say |
| 12 | or I found I preferred men instead . ’ |
| 13 | In I gave the book to him or I gave him the book , him would normally be considered thematic in FSP theory . |
| 14 | But I swear to you , nor Farquhar nor I blinded you . |
| 15 | And me ate them all |
| 16 | Catherine and me gave you Coke and I gave you loads this morning . |
| 17 | It was a way of escape and I buried my nose in their fragrance . |
| 18 | And I copied it over It all compiled first time . |
| 19 | I used to love riding , but I went over a jump seven years ago and the horse stopped , but I kept on going , and I fractured my back , so I thought , I 'm too old for that . |
| 20 | I did n't know and I hid from them in the semantics lab when they came to shrink me , and I sold myself to someone who did n't know how to do it . |
| 21 | ‘ And I sold them the best . |
| 22 | ‘ But if you got that for this place and I sold my apartment , together we 'd have enough money to get married and buy — ’ He broke off , a flush appearing beneath his tan as he realised he was pushing her too far along the relationship path and could also be sounding mercenary . |
| 23 | He was angry about the comments , denied making them and I accepted what he said . |
| 24 | ‘ In fact , Ursula and I accepted his invitation to go over to Macau with him and Cavell Fielding on Tuesday evening for dinner and a spot of gambling in one of the casinos , and a very enjoyable few hours they were too . ’ |
| 25 | Both my husband and I accepted it as a part of our way of life . |
| 26 | As you know , you have always had my warm personal support , and I accepted your decision with deep regret . |
| 27 | The coffee hit the spot , though , and I drank my way through the whole pot and threw in a couple of cigarettes for good measure . |
| 28 | I did n't know him very well and I despised him for being well behaved and creeping around telling stories about me . |
| 29 | Henri and I sheltered them for a while , but of course it was very risky with the Germans billeted everywhere except the smallest cottages . |
| 30 | He himself repaired it , and I re-repaired it . |