Example sentences of "[conj] i [vb past] [adj] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And erm and I made the point that I tipped all your lot out of I said what and I had n't let them go in the classroom and I said it 's a new thing but I said they got their coats on they 're too macho to wear them that 's their problem , you know ! |
| 2 | But I must n't let you run away with the impression that I spent all my time lounging around the pool . |
| 3 | And there were never any fights that I had that I can remember between men and women or anything like that . |
| 4 | The nineteenth-century physiologist , physicist and psychologist , von Helmholtz , who contributed substantially to every discipline that he engaged in , described the process thus : It was always necessary , first of all , that I should have turned my problem over on all sides to such an extent that I had all its angles and complexities " in my head " and could run through them freely without writing … |
| 5 | " Great-grandfather , you must know already that I did all I could to stop Kim taking the gibbon , " he said , whispering aloud in the hope that his fervent words might be audible to his father and grandfather standing a few feet away . |
| 6 | You 'll notice that I gave that one a miss , because I had erm , so much more pressing things to do . |
| 7 | They were a little startled to see two hippies and a Paki walk in ; there was some conversation on the subject and several glances in our direction , so I made sure we did n't eyeball them and give them reason to get upset . |
| 8 | I perfected the technique of entering my bedsit without anyone hearing me or noticing me , but eventually it became impossible to stay there ad infinitum without paying my rent , so I took all my military kit and some clothes and set myself up in the changing room at the barracks . |
| 9 | This behaved in the same way as the first unit , so I took this one back and got a third … |
| 10 | But I had made up my mind that I must not get emotional , so I hid all my feelings . |
| 11 | OK , mate , it 's only my fun , but Jack and me heard that one our last term at school . |
| 12 | So anyway I cancelled that one and I got another one this morning . |
| 13 | When Stuart and I heard this we got up and looked for the nearest exit . |
| 14 | and I had another one , you know one of them with sponges on ? |
| 15 | you see I 've got one in the front room and I had this one put in so then I say if I am in the kitchen , I say , I lift up the receiver , hello , and hear who it is and then I , I say hang on while I get round the chair and then you see I sit on the arm of this chair and talk because er it 's difficult to stand too long |
| 16 | That one God could be Three made no sense to my logical or visual mind , and I made that my main , and most genuine stumbling block . |
| 17 | But he 'll go on applying the skills learnt on those days in the Nottingham library to a wider cricketing canvas , and using that cast accumulated knowledge to enlighten others — not least the thousands of schoolchildren who visit Trent Bridge in parties each year : ‘ Last season we had several hundred children through on the day when Derek Randall needed one run to complete his 20,000 for the county — and I made certain they all knew about the landmark . |
| 18 | I would have the food in my hand — hence all the effort to make her take food from me at home — and I made sure she could see it , however much I loosened her leash . |
| 19 | And I made sure it was where it could n't be missed soon as she brought her cup out to the kitchen . |
| 20 | And I made sure I blabbed a bit to her , even contradicting in inessential details some of the earlier relations to the Colonel , so that he might think he was getting better quality intelligence this way . |
| 21 | It 's questions and answers , I do n't know , I 've forgotten , I , I , I only opened it up and had a look at it at Christmas and I thought thirty something pounds for that , a load of rubbish , I do n't know what it is . |
| 22 | and I discovered that one was missing |
| 23 | The powder was a pretty strong absorbent mixture and I felt sure it would do the trick , but a week later Mrs Rumney was on the phone again . |
| 24 | I could not understand why Hindley , who hated him , would want his company , and I felt sure it would have been better for all of us if Heathcliff had never come back . |
| 25 | He was one of those people who are instantly popular , and I felt sure he must know and relish his power over others , the power that only exceptional physical beauty can give , especially when it is allied with intelligence and strong animal magnetism . |
| 26 | I 've been through it all before , and I felt sure you were going to get hurt . |
| 27 | when he , when they do discover it , when he does discover it for himself , he thinks , hey , I can do this and I invented this myself . |
| 28 | They were used to being the pet of the house , and so whenever I went to my uncles , both dogs never seemed to take their eyes off me and their big mouths were always gaping wide , showing long sharp teeth , and I knew fine they 'd like to sink them into me . |
| 29 | she had erm , e , Sean bought it round there and I picked that one cos the other one was same as the one he already had . |
| 30 | Maxine asked me a number of the usual questions , and I answered each one in turn hoping to set her mind at rest . |