Example sentences of "[conj] i [vb past] [noun] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'd left school in 1976 , I was unemployed and it all happened through a drama group at the Royal Court Theatre where I met people who were out . |
| 2 | I never took them far from home , although I told Nonni I intended to in order to prevent her accompanying me , inventing expeditions to the common where she might tear her stockings on the brambles , or to the recreation ground which was a mile away , too far for her to walk in high-heeled shoes . |
| 3 | That I told Oliver I 'd put them down the waste-disposal and the phone went silent , and when I finally said , ‘ Are you still there ? ’ he just answered , ‘ I love you , ’ and hung up . |
| 4 | I lied about everything : the size , style and location of my home ; the possessions and social pursuits of my parents ; and I even omitted to mention that I had sisters who went to ‘ inferior ’ schools . |
| 5 | The ride started and each time that I passed Mum I waved . |
| 6 | Clare was a student of mine , you know , and I was naturally distressed by the circumstances of her death , so I offered Heather what sympathy I could . |
| 7 | ‘ So I told Mervyn I 'd come and see if you were all right . ’ |
| 8 | Yet once I started work I became increasingly absorbed . |
| 9 | Right up there and wheel him back and our Annie 'd say , Yeah and I 'd wheel him as well . |
| 10 | He was n't sure who I was talking about and I had difficulty myself in recognising this creature of so many years before . |
| 11 | and I thought god I 've got to do something , I 've looked in the mirror and I though Gill this is disgusting , you know , it really is |
| 12 | And er she picked screwdriver up , well she thought it were a pen and I thought God she 's got a screwdriver and she 's gon na stab me and I put thirty plus thirty four |
| 13 | For some decades , working for TDC had been a family tradition , and I met officials who were proud to be third generation prison men . |
| 14 | I mean my dear , I said to Paul , Paul yesterday was was babbling on about if Karen would take him back and I said Paul I shall be extremely displeased if you ever leave this house to go back to Karen , you know o after only being with me for something like three or four weeks , I said you 'll never come back again I said I 'm not going to be messed about like that ! |
| 15 | I 'll see you , phone you one day in the week , I saw the post lady coming up the drive and I said to Henry who 's that , he threw himself against the top window so there was indeed someone coming up the drive , tore into the dinning room , picked up his tennis ball , raced back to the window and wow , wow , wow , with his ball in his mouth , and I said Henry you 're really going to frightened off intruders with a ball in your mouth , I said . |
| 16 | I need it under a microscope , it 's so , and I said John you ca n't write that small , but she said write small and I said but , that is ridiculous |
| 17 | So we go down Jenny 's and er the door knocked and I said Christ it 's Lynn . |
| 18 | Some of the men asked questions and made comments , also in sign language , and I asked Kalchu what they were saying . |
| 19 | ‘ Then we had a chat on the phone last week and I told Nigel it would be a new adventure for him if he joined our team and that we are all looking forward to his racing in America . |
| 20 | ‘ I 'm a Muslim fundamentalist , but if I had a knife and I saw Rushdie I would n't kill him , I 'd talk to him . |
| 21 | ‘ I 'm bringing the group over from Conway House and I promised Belinda I would ask you . ’ |
| 22 | I heard many a rumour in Suffolk pubs of Germans dressed as British soldiers turning up on the shoreline , and I found locals who insisted that Churchill had visited the area in November 1943 and inspected some American bomber bases . |
| 23 | However , in the meantime it was a daunting thought that if I took promotion I would have to give up the job in which I was most happy . |
| 24 | ‘ These days everyone uses computers , and I did n't want to look an idiot if I told people I did n't have a clue how to work one ! ’ |
| 25 | I think actually it would be a good idea if I met Steve we er did a er a list of what wants doing , exactly what wants doing . |
| 26 | If I had children myself they 'd get the best of gear . |
| 27 | ‘ If I had children I 'd swear on their graves . |
| 28 | If I had time I would like to make a collection of the many stories there are about great conductors because I think there is much to be learnt from them . |
| 29 | I could n't do that , I mean , I had responsibilities and if I had time I 'd remember what they were . |
| 30 | If I had , if I had room I 'd have nothing , toaster and that I hate it all |