Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] i [vb past] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Also , I believe I made it clear that I knew what I wanted from a partnership with a sponsor and was precise and convincing in my presentation . |
| 3 | It was so clear that I knew I 'd been blind . |
| 4 | I made it clear that I wanted our discussion that morning to focus on business matters , but I realised that she had a need to talk to someone , preferably someone discreet . |
| 5 | ‘ You 're so slim that I thought you might be one of those women who are on a perpetual diet , and I dislike intensely dining with someone who eats like a sparrow . ’ |
| 6 | I am afraid that I told him to go away and not be silly . |
| 7 | Its complete lack of any taste was so nauseating that I spat it out and decided to eat the rest of the bread by itself I was finishing this when there was the sound of boots in the passage again . |
| 8 | But I was young and Scottish and I thought I was the greatest . |
| 9 | So , I played this and I taught myself and I had , I played at England and all over for oth , a ladies team , played a on a man 's team and er , the we , the west and that , . |
| 10 | she told them that , that 's mine , she told them that I did n't think much of this and I thought it was a rip off |
| 11 | I knew this and I knew it was a weakness in him and I should not put up with it . |
| 12 | Er the market traders er are up in arms about this and I found them er in the process of trying to get a petition together but it it was n't put together right , they were just getting people to sign blank pieces of paper . |
| 13 | But at least my goals were clear and I knew what I wanted . |
| 14 | This time he seemed ill at ease and jumpy and I noticed his face was slick with perspiration when he spun to greet me . |
| 15 | I had explained this to Aunt Louise , who enjoyed her bath and filled it almost to the top ; but she took no notice , becoming affronted and resentful if I reminded her . |
| 16 | And God was faithful and I passed my exams . |
| 17 | We concluded by singing the carol O Come all ye Faithful and I gave them a blessing . |
| 18 | wrong if I said who is heaviest of the two of you ? |
| 19 | I felt my hand touch something feathery and I pulled it out to see what it was . |
| 20 | I never understood this until I realized he meant that his characters ' uselessness , indolence and longing were typical of the adults he knew when he was a child . |
| 21 | So I went rushing round to a friend of mine who fortunately had some and I said I want to see your walking , and I was much comforted to discover that they do actually use all six legs . |
| 22 | However , a few newspapers were interested and I found myself giving about a dozen interviews . |
| 23 | Driving to Glasgow I wondered how easy it was to get lost and end up in Wales or Norfolk or somewhere , but once it began , it was so exciting and I saw one could n't get lost , not even if one tried . |
| 24 | So I told them what I would do , but once again I 've never been in the situation but this is what I 'll do , said as if they were me own parents make them as comfortable as I could while I 'll cleaned up and give them a bed bath or if they could shower , shower them and erm and get everything back to normal as quick as possible , fine , that were all fine she , and then as , as I got up from it they all said thanks a lot Joy it has been great you really have been great you 've made it easy , we 've got an easy day in front thanks to you , you know you 're bubbly and all this and then when she phoned me on the Sunday she said hello Joy it 's Sue here and I , I said will you let me know one way or the another cos I said I hate being left up in the air |
| 25 | She looked at me unsmiling and I opened my mouth to protest that I was the last person in the world to take such a thing for granted , that I was the only person in the world who held a low opinion of sexual experience . |
| 26 | and it was quite tasty and I thought I 'd stick it in there |
| 27 | Well er as I say , I 've always been a union member but then when I was self-employed it was different and I kept me fees up for a , to somewhere I do n't know what it was , but er when er yes , when er I was coming to come on me own and I went down the locksmith 's to see about it and they said er , what did they say now , they said you could n't do that , whatever it was , and er we 'll have to do this and that and the other . |
| 28 | I could n't have gone to a better place because they 'd got most parts of the country and one thing and another and I fitted their bill to a tee . |
| 29 | I brought the duck I do n't want the duck so I said to her I got the duck but after good girl and she you 're alright with one thing and another and I said I told her I said I said to her when we were over there I said look , look you 're right if you like again so er warden came round |
| 30 | We put on a few and I knew I was finishing , so I thought I would try to go out with a bang by breaking the pavilion window in the Long Room . |