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 . |