Example sentences of "[conj] i [vb past] [pron] [pron] " in BNC.

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1 I mean , I let him spend all that money on me , and although I told myself it was fair , it was n't .
2 Although I did what I could to try to conceive a girl , I could n't be sure that I had .
3 ‘ Not , of course , that I realised what he 'd done then .
4 ‘ It was only when the doorbell rang and two more couples joined us that I realised what he had in mind . ’
5 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 .
6 It was n't until later that I realised what it was .
7 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 .
8 ‘ 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 . ’
9 I fancied that I knew what he was thinking ; much like what Jack would have thought .
10 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 .
11 He must have seen from my face that I knew what he was talking about .
12 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 ’ .
13 The difference is that I knew what I wanted and he did not .
14 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 .
15 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 .
16 In fact I was sure that I knew who it was , and I thought Mala must be too .
17 I hoped that by knocking-off time I 'd be able to say that I knew someone who had finished it .
18 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 .
19 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 .
20 It may seem stupid , but it was n't until years later , when we were in Morocco , that I understood what he was trying to tell me then .
21 Her voice was very earnest , as though it was desperately important that I understood what she said .
22 Peter Noonan has been patiently waiting in the wings for six years , and finally , whether it was seeing Terry so happy , realising that she was n't getting any younger , or the fact that I told her I was thinking of getting married , sh — ’
23 When you asked how Tom and the children were , you must have thought it odd that I told you what Tom , and Alison and Cheryl were doing without really mentioning Peter .
24 He still listened , but now I do n't think he was hearing me , not believing that I meant what I said .
25 One of my reasons for becoming involved in Westland was that I felt in some respects that I owed them something .
26 This is particularly noticeable in Between ; indeed she herself says ‘ it 's really with Between that I discovered what I could do with language ’ ( 1989e:83 ) .
27 It was not until the middle of May that I discovered what it was that had so stimulated my friend .
28 Just believe me when I say that I had nothing whatsoever to do with any of this .
29 It was down at Riverside that I had what you might call my first ‘ exotic ’ sexual experience .
30 I answered him with lies , happy that he was so interested after I 'd been certain that he 'd never say a word to me : I told him that I grew it myself , my family grew it , and it was everywhere like green grass and empty milk bottles in London ; it was really amazing hashish. wherever I threw its seeds it sprang up like flames leaping into the air .
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