Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] i [vb past] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | It was so clear that I knew I 'd been blind . |
| 3 | I made it clear that I wanted our discussion that morning to focus on business matters , but I realised that she had a need to talk to someone , preferably someone discreet . |
| 4 | ‘ You 're so slim that I thought you might be one of those women who are on a perpetual diet , and I dislike intensely dining with someone who eats like a sparrow . ’ |
| 5 | I am afraid that I told him to go away and not be silly . |
| 6 | Its complete lack of any taste was so nauseating that I spat it out and decided to eat the rest of the bread by itself I was finishing this when there was the sound of boots in the passage again . |
| 7 | But I was young and Scottish and I thought I was the greatest . |
| 8 | But at least my goals were clear and I knew what I wanted . |
| 9 | This time he seemed ill at ease and jumpy and I noticed his face was slick with perspiration when he spun to greet me . |
| 10 | I had explained this to Aunt Louise , who enjoyed her bath and filled it almost to the top ; but she took no notice , becoming affronted and resentful if I reminded her . |
| 11 | And God was faithful and I passed my exams . |
| 12 | We concluded by singing the carol O Come all ye Faithful and I gave them a blessing . |
| 13 | wrong if I said who is heaviest of the two of you ? |
| 14 | I felt my hand touch something feathery and I pulled it out to see what it was . |
| 15 | However , a few newspapers were interested and I found myself giving about a dozen interviews . |
| 16 | Driving to Glasgow I wondered how easy it was to get lost and end up in Wales or Norfolk or somewhere , but once it began , it was so exciting and I saw one could n't get lost , not even if one tried . |
| 17 | She looked at me unsmiling and I opened my mouth to protest that I was the last person in the world to take such a thing for granted , that I was the only person in the world who held a low opinion of sexual experience . |
| 18 | and it was quite tasty and I thought I 'd stick it in there |
| 19 | Well er as I say , I 've always been a union member but then when I was self-employed it was different and I kept me fees up for a , to somewhere I do n't know what it was , but er when er yes , when er I was coming to come on me own and I went down the locksmith 's to see about it and they said er , what did they say now , they said you could n't do that , whatever it was , and er we 'll have to do this and that and the other . |
| 20 | ‘ I was afraid if I saw you I would n't be able to keep my hands off you . |
| 21 | I could have hugged my Mum that day for saving the harmonium but I was afraid if I did she would push me away . |
| 22 | Cos I used this look , I said that erm I 'd re I had represented his father in an accident case some years before and I was acquainted with the family in a casual way , and I said this may suggest , because he was saying you can make up and you can , this is a bit when you can use your imagination , and I said this may suggest that his father , you know he 'd like , because it the way he says that , I 'd represented his father , I was acquainted , you know maybe that he knows he 's used to that kind of erm behaviour from the family , you know , and he knows what Eddie 's like his fa I do n't know I might be completely wrong but I used my imagination there . |
| 23 | I was at once interested but I did my best to suppress the instant flicker in my eyes . |
| 24 | He looked offended but I guessed his idea of discretion was swapping his length of lead pipe for a rubber truncheon . |
| 25 | She continued : ‘ I am 70 years old but I felt I must make this sacrifice for them , even though the constraints on me in the future are very great . ’ |
| 26 | I got out of the car and ran to my front door , my mum answered the door , she looked quite different but I gave her a massive cuddle and went indoors . |
| 27 | Oh aye , it is painful but I thought it 's not going away so I 'd better go and see about it . |
| 28 | With large numbers this can cause even worse handling and registration problems than for paper , and even , perhaps , extra complications if a disk turns out to be corrupt ( ‘ It was OK when I handed it in . ’ ) |
| 29 | It got broken when I dropped everything last night . |
| 30 | The overall effect from the picture was that if you got any closer you would be engulfed in fire ; I was staggered when I saw it . |