Example sentences of "[noun pl] [conj] i [verb] i " in BNC.
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| 1 | One of Crossman 's cardinal convictions was that Britain was run not as a democracy but as an oligarchy — and that view of his was perhaps partially reflected in my own youthful outburst against the essentially incestuous relationship between politicians and journalists that I thought I had discovered even within the people 's party . |
| 2 | The way people talk over here is pure poetry and nobody is really using that in songs so I thought I 'd have a go . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ I 've got so many pictures that I thought I 'd have a clear out ’ , she explains , surrounded by the sale items which represent months of hard work . |
| 4 | ‘ I 've got so many pictures that I thought I 'd have a clear out ’ , she explains , surrounded by the sale items which represent months of hard work . |
| 5 | The working party on Equal Opportunities that I said I would convene ? |
| 6 | The thing is , it 's a vicious circle , it 's Catch 22 really , 'cos I used to have a good self-employed business , going painting and decorating and I used to have a good clientele and that and I found over the years that , when it became harder and harder to score and the prices rocketed and all that , it got out of hand , out of proportion , that I was spending more and more time off the job than I was on the job , looking round to get the stuff and I found I was unable to carry on working without the drug , because I just felt so bad and I could n't climb ladders and I thought I was a danger to myself and anybody else that I had working with me , y'know . |
| 7 | I drive many buses as well as cars and I find I 'm very aggressive in cars , but when I 'm sitting high up in the seat of a mini bus looking down on every one your not so aggressive , you feel well I 've got the right of way , nobody 's going to argue with me . |
| 8 | The reason I am interested is that at that time I was off work for six months and I suspected I had the illness . |
| 9 | I beat him once in the 1988 Olympics and I know I can beat him again . ’ |
| 10 | They used to be Bangor fans but I think I have won them over to Glentoran . ’ |
| 11 | I stopped going after six months because I felt I 'd resolved my immediate problem , and it had become a drag and an effort , largely because I had a problem with the silences . |
| 12 | A few months after I left I met someone else and we had a wonderful relationship for a few months , but then guilt reared its ugly head and Marie persuaded me to go back because I 'd left her with two children . |
| 13 | I started off the way I write every album — wrote a couple of songs , got a feel for the music and called up the musicians that I thought I could do the songs with . |
| 14 | A storm arrives from the west , the snow falling so thickly in a few minutes that I fear I will lose my way . |
| 15 | Mr Bell was dismissive of the criticisms , commenting : ‘ I have managed to get through campaigns without knowing the names of my opponents and I think I will be reasonably successful this time , too . ’ |
| 16 | I 've done my exams and I think I 've done well in them . |
| 17 | ‘ I was bumped on to the rail six or seven times and I think I would have been in the first four but for that , ’ he said . |
| 18 | A nurse came in and asked for my X-rays and I remembered I had forgotten them . |
| 19 | It 's not simply a matter of defying conventions although I admit I have been strictly brought up and I think it would break my parents ’ hearts if ever they came to know I was living with a man who was not my husband . |
| 20 | ‘ The plant has been neglected for a few years so I thought I 'd give it some plant food and water and to my astonishment this was the result , ’ said Margaret . |
| 21 | I liked York very much , because it was set round a lake and it was the first one I went to , but I must say of the other modern universities that I know I would say that Sussex was erm was the other best one that I 've been to and the one that I felt most comfortable and happy . |
| 22 | I liked York very much , because it was set round a lake and erm it was the first one I went to , but I must say that of the other modern universities that I know I would say that Sussex was erm was the other best one that I 've been to and the one that I 've felt most erm comfortable and happy in . |
| 23 | I know my body bulge is in the wrong places and I know I have signs of ageing , I was reminded even this morning by a close friend about my grey hairs , which I do n't give too hoops about |
| 24 | ‘ I am capable of setting myself targets and I know I have the self-discipline to attain them . |
| 25 | She was saying four years four years and I said I 've not had it four years |
| 26 | I 've gained a great deal of experience these psst two and a half years and I think I could manage a stud farm quite easily now . |
| 27 | And he said : ‘ I 've been in a state of panic on a snooker table at various times during the past two or three years because I knew I was n't playing well . |
| 28 | I was 24 and had been married for four years before I discovered I was a lesbian . |
| 29 | I do n't know about other artists but I know I have this urge to chronicle everything . |
| 30 | Asked how personal development had been affected , responses reveal improvements in self-confidence , social skills and aspirations : ‘ it has given me extra confidence to speak at meetings , e.g. community council , community association meetings ’ ; ‘ it has brought out skills I never new I had ’ ; ‘ I have learned to work closer with people since I joined , which is a new experience for me , and become more tolerant of people 's attitudes and ways ’ ; ‘ I am more aware of my own attitude towards my group ’ ; ‘ it has given me more confidence in my own ability to learn new skills ’ ; ‘ made me do things that I thought I was not capable of doing ’ . |