Example sentences of "[conj] i [verb] [pron] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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1 | That 's that 's it until I know or I know what I 'm actually looking for in it I can run around chasing me tail all day which |
2 | 'Cause when you hurt yourself or I touch you you go crying to mummy saying that daddy 's hurt you do n't you ? |
3 | Open it quickly , or I warn you I shall burst ! ’ |
4 | We had to pay er there was two lots of erm tyres , there was one set of buses were fitted with and another one with or I forget which it was there but I know those three were involved at some time or other and we used to record the mileage , send it off to them , showing what each bus ran during the month . |
5 | He thinks nothing of staying up till two or three o'clock in the morning in casinos , although I tell him it 's very , very bad for one 's constitution to have irregular hours . |
6 | Although I advocate what I have called a ‘ philosophical ’ approach to particular subjects , I believe that this must be attempted through the study of the subjects themselves . |
7 | I mean , I let him spend all that money on me , and although I told myself it was fair , it was n't . |
8 | I 'm also concerned that if they went down School Lane , although I think it you know I understand they 've got to go to Norwood Gardens and things , that with the car park at The Plough now being blocked I mean School Lane at peak times for schools is a nightmare . |
9 | Although I did what I could to try to conceive a girl , I could n't be sure that I had . |
10 | ‘ Not , of course , that I realised what he 'd done then . |
11 | ‘ It was only when the doorbell rang and two more couples joined us that I realised what he had in mind . ’ |
12 | John , of Pontypridd , Mid Glamorgan , said yesterday : ‘ It was n't until I came to pay for a car at the auction that I realised what I 'd done . |
13 | It was n't until later that I realised what it was . |
14 | Let me tell the hon. Member for Bolsover ( Mr. Skinner ) that I heard what he said about this matter on Thursday , and I agree with him . |
15 | ‘ The truth is that I fought what I felt for you for as long as I could , and even after we made love I told myself that I wanted you , desperately , but that you meant nothing more to me than an object of desire . ’ |
16 | I fancied that I knew what he was thinking ; much like what Jack would have thought . |
17 | With things like art nouveau and Edwardian furniture , when David started buying them , I went and got books to get my act together in order that I knew what he was into , but with drugs , I did n't know , added to which David was very secretive and for a long time I was n't aware that he was having a problem , not necessarily from cocaine addiction , which everybody loves to tell you is not addictive , but it is in terms of the fact that you rely on feeling up to cope — you just become more and more paranoid . |
18 | He must have seen from my face that I knew what he was talking about . |
19 | The Guv'nor told me to ride Ile de Bourbon in the big race telling me that I knew what he could do and that win was the biggest of my career so far but I 'll always remember Lester who had finished nearly last padding disconsolately into the weighing room and asking me ‘ Did you know your horse had improved so much ’ . |
20 | The difference is that I knew what I wanted and he did not . |
21 | 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 . |
22 | Well , everyone seemed to think that I knew what I was doing with a computer , so the shifts , the picket shifts were left up to me , any facts and figures needed , databases , addresses were left up to me . |
23 | In fact I was sure that I knew who it was , and I thought Mala must be too . |
24 | He started wearing women 's clothes , he started putting on make-up and on the last couple of times that I saw him he was pretty strange . |
25 | And it is with every confidence that I tell you I am sure that this young couple will have a very happy marriage , and I would ask you to join me in wishing them both a long , happy , and prosperous future together . |
26 | And I think you know me well enough by now , Bella , to know that I get what I want . ’ |
27 | I know , I know , I know I should n't be angry cos it 's not , you know , obviously you 're not gon na think every time someone says they fancy you you 're not gon na think oh God he 's lying , there 's no reason , you should n't ever think that I mean what they 're doing now is just making you into a paranoid wreck . |
28 | ‘ Fine — just so long as they understand that I mean what I say . ’ |
29 | By that I mean what he thought the girl was worth to him . |
30 | I believe it was on this ride that I sensed something I had not felt since the time I took my French classes in London : a sort of exhilarating separateness . |