Example sentences of "[noun] [conj] i [verb] i " in BNC.
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| 1 | One of Crossman 's cardinal convictions was that Britain was run not as a democracy but as an oligarchy — and that view of his was perhaps partially reflected in my own youthful outburst against the essentially incestuous relationship between politicians and journalists that I thought I had discovered even within the people 's party . |
| 2 | My whole life is casual wear so I spose I get more ‘ mileage ’ out of the Leeds kit than yer average user ! |
| 3 | I only had four laps practice so I suppose I did all right finishing sixth . |
| 4 | The way people talk over here is pure poetry and nobody is really using that in songs so I thought I 'd have a go . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ I 've got so many pictures that I thought I 'd have a clear out ’ , she explains , surrounded by the sale items which represent months of hard work . |
| 6 | ‘ I 've got so many pictures that I thought I 'd have a clear out ’ , she explains , surrounded by the sale items which represent months of hard work . |
| 7 | The working party on Equal Opportunities that I said I would convene ? |
| 8 | As I was applying to art school I needed a reference so I told Vivienne that I thought I 'd ask Malcolm , since he was my employer . |
| 9 | ‘ Away , ’ came the enigmatic reply and I knew I would learn nothing more until I arrived . |
| 10 | I am general secretary of a small road running club and I know I am not alone in thinking that the increase in regional affiliation fees for 1992 is excessive . |
| 11 | Because I had seen my young brother-in-law and I says I 'm gon na be like that then , did n't fe er feel any of this er at that time . |
| 12 | I think once you 've refined the area of search and I think I agree with Mr on this , there are two or three key criteria . |
| 13 | The thing is , it 's a vicious circle , it 's Catch 22 really , 'cos I used to have a good self-employed business , going painting and decorating and I used to have a good clientele and that and I found over the years that , when it became harder and harder to score and the prices rocketed and all that , it got out of hand , out of proportion , that I was spending more and more time off the job than I was on the job , looking round to get the stuff and I found I was unable to carry on working without the drug , because I just felt so bad and I could n't climb ladders and I thought I was a danger to myself and anybody else that I had working with me , y'know . |
| 14 | This is something we said we were going to discuss at a time in the future and I thought I 'd stick it on and see how much time we 'd got left . |
| 15 | In anger she wrote : — whatever you have a mind to do Ellen it is not for you to dictate Oreste 's future and I confess I was disturbed to have you write as though he were your son and not mine , which he is and you know you can not keep him and that it would be wrong . |
| 16 | actually we , mm , at some length and had a few ideas , erm I 've got an appointment with someone at the Arts Council in a couple of weeks that the Arts Council 's got a new fund called erm consultants in research and I thought I 'd make a bid to see if we can get someone |
| 17 | So we 're watching that programme , Is this Your Last Cigarette ? or whatever it were called last Sunday on the telly and I thought I 'm stupid cos in six month 's time I shall say I could have packed up six months ago . |
| 18 | I drive many buses as well as cars and I find I 'm very aggressive in cars , but when I 'm sitting high up in the seat of a mini bus looking down on every one your not so aggressive , you feel well I 've got the right of way , nobody 's going to argue with me . |
| 19 | and he went straight back to his study and I thought I 'd go and see him because my parents had gone |
| 20 | I mean I think it 's the class thing as well really , because I can remember when I was erm leaving school erm and I went to the careers erm teacher for my interview and I said I 'd like to be a journalist and she looked at me and I came from a very poor working class background in Tottenham , and she said ‘ I 'm sure you could be a secretary or a shorthand typist if you really tried ’ . |
| 21 | I 'd done my apprenticeship and I knew I could do a good job . ’ |
| 22 | I know who I am in the car and I think I am as determined as anyone to fulfil my own potential . |
| 23 | I mean I had them in my erm handbag and I think I must have just chucked them out this morning |
| 24 | They 've got it at the Law College and I 've I 've spent some lunchtimes fiddling with it and thinking I want ! |
| 25 | ‘ We returned from our holiday in Hungary and I felt I must write to you . |
| 26 | The reason I am interested is that at that time I was off work for six months and I suspected I had the illness . |
| 27 | I beat him once in the 1988 Olympics and I know I can beat him again . ’ |
| 28 | She said it was a remnant and I thought I 'd make a box for the sale . |
| 29 | Lord Hulton was waiting at the entrance and I thought I had better warn him . |
| 30 | I cried after the girl had gone and he seeing my distress and I explaining I feared your anger he put his arms around my neck and comforted me and said he was sure his real mother could not but love her sister and believe she had acted for the best . |