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

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1 I thought it was n't fair that I should begin to show when I was barely into my fourth month , and I got angry with my clothes , as if it were their fault that I pulled them out of shape .
2 It was precisely because the measures in the social chapter would have damaged first employment prospects and secondly our competitiveness against Japan and the United States that I found them unacceptable .
3 One of my reasons for becoming involved in Westland was that I felt in some respects that I owed them something .
4 now I , I have seen foxes and I mean they are they are now in built up areas are n't they ?
5 We are very grateful for their support and their continued interest in our programme and I think they were er conscious of the fact that Vice President Pandolfi was coming here and so they have contacted him saying how essential they think it is that the work should continue here .
6 They were built with me in mind and I liked them and got a couple from Fender .
7 ‘ Alex picked up a pair of her earrings and asked : Will Mummy mind if I wear them
8 ‘ Alex picked up a pair of earrings Monica had given Rachel for her 21st birthday the other day and said : ‘ Will mummy mind if I wear them ? ’
9 Chatham has attractions and I think they would try and carry on , but the impact of the injunction sought on their businesses would be very significant and the probability must be that they would have to cease operations .
10 I heard the ambulance and the police cars and I saw them putting the man into the ambulance and trying to resuscitate him and driving away .
11 In fact , I only met one decorator … a young couple wanted to buy a piece and I offered them a discount as they had n't got a decorator - at which she drew herself up and said : ‘ We are not married .
12 Yeah they went down in convoy car and I think they , four or five cars went down there
13 They do n't understand about spies and I expect they eat merchants . ’
14 Now the only thing I would criticize that for is that , quite often , your councillors , and you all know , think they are all wonderful words and I think they all think that they 're the Churchills of of of of our local council , but actually what they say is a load of boring old twaddle .
15 Foreshadowing the pressure his party will exert on Labour , Mr Ashdown said at a news conference in the National Liberal Club in London yesterday : ‘ I think they 've got to get down off the fence and I believe they will . ’
16 Foreshadowing the pressure that the Liberal Democrats will exert on Labour , Mr Ashdown said at a news conference in the National Liberal Club in London yesterday : ‘ I think they 've got to get down off the fence and I believe they will . ’
17 I 'd love to have a look mind cos I bet they 're all , you know , small .
18 The dark fields in front of the castle were covered in what seemed to be pinpricks of light until I realised they were men carrying torches , streaming towards the main gate .
19 ‘ They had tasted blood and I feared they would attack someone else .
20 They snapped like burned-through twigs and I threw them away .
21 er well there 's one there that 's a continual er it is American , well it 's an American style programme but I mean they advertise all kinds of things from all
22 Well , I was bailed on a charge of fraud but I feel they 've got something else up their sleeve .
23 I tried to take some pictures but I scrapped them , they did n't come near to showing how I felt . ’
24 I tried to take some pictures but I scrapped them , they did n't come near to showing how I felt . ’
25 Erm , I do n't like long titles , and er , and erm , and I am wary also of the public protection words because I think they do infer , as , as was stated quite clearly at personnel , they do infer that the Chief Fire Officer 's somewhere in there as well , and he is n't .
26 One has to try and explain what it is we are about and why we 're doing it and , if necessary , perhaps point out a few distinctions that may exist , for instance , between the professional and the amateur scene , not that I like using those words because I think they 're fraught with all sort of potential misunderstandings .
27 I left right , right , I ran off I jumped out the car because I heard them driving round the corner
28 I 'm growing them for the wedding , they 'll have to get cut because I break them .
29 And I thought they were going to the meeting er on Friday because I knew they were both off
30 With this fancy in my mind as I watch them pass , sometimes in that delusive light of Venice those ships seem to blur before me and I see them transmuted into vessels of the past .
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