Example sentences of "[conj] i [verb] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I opened my eyes eventually and took the compass out of my jeans pocket , where I 'd stowed it to have hands free for standing up . |
| 2 | I did n't dare return to the-place where I 'd killed him because I could easily arouse suspicion . |
| 3 | Later I saw blood on my hand where I 'd grabbed him . |
| 4 | Blood ran from his face where I had cut it , but I had fought too many fights that night . |
| 5 | ‘ Oh techniques of surveillance , when you 're sitting alone in a car you move into the passenger seat , make it look as if you 're waiting for the driver to come back … the trouble is , I never got a posting where I had to use it . ’ |
| 6 | I stacked the papers carefully and replaced them where I had found them . |
| 7 | I remember standing in the dinner queue and all these kids coming up to me , asking me if it was true , where I had got her from and what I was doing with her . |
| 8 | Where I 've wet it what 's it done to it ? |
| 9 | where I 've dropped it for , well then , it 's the toilet brush you see , I 've been going like this with the toilet |
| 10 | or I 've lost it on t' way running for bus . |
| 11 | And er this is what I do , Well I used to do jobs round here for a while or I 've chucked it up now aye . |
| 12 | Erm so we wish to thank them all , or I wish to thank them all very much for all their hard work and support they 've given me . |
| 13 | Now I feel so embarrassed and wish I did n't have breasts at all , or I try to hide them with baggy T-shirts . |
| 14 | I do n't know what 's happened lately — the machine has either taken notice and chosen to behave or I have mastered it at last , because I have managed to finish two sweaters this week ! |
| 15 | And one thing we will learn from it I think , if we 're honest with ourselves , and we put , and try and save up and have a piece on the end there , but the one thing I think we will perhaps come to , and the one conclusion we may come to , is the fact that whilst we , we do live in this world and I absolutely agree that if somebody says , look I need to see a new as well , I need to see you now , or I need to see you tomorrow , that 'll be difficult , O K , and that 's the immediacy of the business . |
| 16 | I , I have n't actually got to be in at any time except I did say I 'd be in at half nine . |
| 17 | except I forget to put it on and then he twiddles , twiddles with the er |
| 18 | Although I had seen you , Frankenstein , for only a few moments , I knew that I belonged to you . |
| 19 | I hated the hoop of diamonds which , although I had washed it , looked somehow dirty . |
| 20 | I was grateful for the radio he had borrowed from the farmer , although I had to play it almost inaudibly , so as not to disturb him . |
| 21 | He says the fans are rather less impassioned than elsewhere in Italy , although I had to tell him that once , when Trevor Francis missed a penalty for Sampdoria , his car was bombarded and his son , Matthew , was struck by a stone . |
| 22 | And although I had disappointed her by going into ‘ trade ’ , I was still the son of the house . |
| 23 | Although I 've said I 'm happy with how I look , it does n't mean there 's nothing about myself I would n't like to change . |
| 24 | Ca n't say I 've learnt much although I 've started it again and again in the last two years . |
| 25 | ‘ And you know , I 've never said this , although I 've thought it a lot : you 've always been kind to me all down the years . |
| 26 | Although I 'd had me doubts before , I will admit . |
| 27 | Although I keep pulling it up and throwing it in the dustbin , it keeps coming back . |
| 28 | ‘ It 's been a lifelong ambition of mine to beat him but at the big jump before Ballyboley Corner , Joey whizzed past me and although I tried to catch him again and take a tight line at Ballyboley he had just too much experience and he held on to beat me . |
| 29 | Changez and Jamila sat apart , and although I tried to catch them looking at each other , I can guarantee that not a single surreptitious glance was exchanged by the future bed-mates . |
| 30 | Most people ignored this commandment , although I have heard it said that Pike was to be seen with a compass on a number of occasions , trying to align himself correctly . |