Example sentences of "[noun] [conj] i [vb past] 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 | 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 . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ 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 . |
| 4 | ‘ 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 . |
| 5 | The working party on Equal Opportunities that I said I would convene ? |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | ‘ Away , ’ came the enigmatic reply and I knew I would learn nothing more until I arrived . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | and he went straight back to his study and I thought I 'd go and see him because my parents had gone |
| 13 | 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 ’ . |
| 14 | I 'd done my apprenticeship and I knew I could do a good job . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ We returned from our holiday in Hungary and I felt I must write to you . |
| 16 | The reason I am interested is that at that time I was off work for six months and I suspected I had the illness . |
| 17 | She said it was a remnant and I thought I 'd make a box for the sale . |
| 18 | Lord Hulton was waiting at the entrance and I thought I had better warn him . |
| 19 | they wanted me for the whole day of Friday but I said I 'm sorry I can only do you half day if you 're interested , they were , they were desperate . |
| 20 | I stopped going after six months because I felt I 'd resolved my immediate problem , and it had become a drag and an effort , largely because I had a problem with the silences . |
| 21 | A few months after I left I met someone else and we had a wonderful relationship for a few months , but then guilt reared its ugly head and Marie persuaded me to go back because I 'd left her with two children . |
| 22 | It was only when I looked up to my right and saw the board that I realized I had come to the right place . |
| 23 | I started off the way I write every album — wrote a couple of songs , got a feel for the music and called up the musicians that I thought I could do the songs with . |
| 24 | Then there was the women 's clothes shop at Number 133 with its dresses in the window that I felt I would never be able to afford . |
| 25 | And that was the film with the scene of the boy coming into the bar that I said I thought of when I saw Boy coming in sometimes . |
| 26 | It was n't until I underwent hypnosis that I realised I was still a Catholic . |
| 27 | And I said no , I was going to , she said I think you have , she said , because you 've moved the ballerina and I did I listened to it . |
| 28 | One man who took early retirement at 61 thought , at the time , that the advantage of early retirement was ‘ The fact that there are so many young people out of work and I thought I 'd done a lifetime 's work and might as well leave it for the young ones . ’ |
| 29 | He went into a cubicle and I thought I should follow him but he pushed me away , locked the door and left me standing outside . |
| 30 | The Tories , I resigned on principle when somebody suggested I could join a women 's committee and I said I thought |