Example sentences of "[noun sg] i [verb] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Before they gave me a bike I had to earn it , I had to work in the garden . |
| 2 | ‘ It does n't say anywhere in my contract I have to make them feel good , too . ’ |
| 3 | She was being a bit of a weed and in any case I went to cheer her up in the first place . ’ |
| 4 | Any meaningful stretch of language , of any extent , like the or in case I 've thrown it away or the s in a plural like chairs . |
| 5 | My private idea , which I hardly dare mention in case I 've got it all wrong , is that you were copying the style of some book or other to see if I would recognize it . |
| 6 | Leaving such miscommunications aside , though , it is still true to say that we search for confirmation , and I have found myself reluctant to make the telephone call or write the letter of sympathy in case I have heard it wrongly or been given the wrong information . |
| 7 | That long white robe I had seen him in that night was a sort of hospital gown . |
| 8 | it 's all I said no it 's not I said I paid me first er payment I said wrote it down on one of those papers |
| 9 | Like a flash I had laid him all out on the ground , |
| 10 | I want you to be happy , even if your happiness is not derived from me , and the heritage I have offered you . ’ |
| 11 | I 've got a new toy I want to show you . ’ |
| 12 | I goes mum I 've heard it all before ! |
| 13 | She could have her Mum I heard call her at home to make sure , if anything had happened , so |
| 14 | mum , mum I want to sing it |
| 15 | Mummy mum I want to put it over , I want to put it down |
| 16 | Oh thank you I wondered where it went and I thought oh shit I 've lost it . |
| 17 | I catch a piercing look I 've seen him give other guys ; Gregory , when he would n't jump a six-foot gap on the fourteenth storey ; Nick , when we learned about his drinking . |
| 18 | ‘ And yes , of course I wish to marry you , and do you think , my dearest love , that , as Matey would say , we have both been struck by the asylum mop , we are carrying on so wildly , and shall I ever be sane again ? |
| 19 | Of course I 've made him a pie — why should n't I ? |
| 20 | And of course I 've seen her blazing in that dress of hers when she kicked off against someone . |
| 21 | Of course I 've seen it , I 'm on his mailing list . |
| 22 | I must have stood next to them in the Tube , passed them in the street , of course I 've overheard them and I knew they existed . |
| 23 | I was bitterly ashamed of what I was doing , or letting people do to me , but also of course I got to like it , and even crave it , in a manner of speaking . |
| 24 | Which I really I went to Amos and I did n't like it but of course I had to stick it . |
| 25 | But of course I had to remove him from the field . ’ |
| 26 | For example , when we were recording this album at Eel Pie Studios , Pete Townshend 's amp was sitting in a corner , so of course I had to try it ! |
| 27 | ‘ Well , ’ he said to himself , ‘ of course I want to touch them . |
| 28 | ‘ Oh , Jack , of course I want to see you … ’ |
| 29 | ‘ Of course I want to kiss you … there . |
| 30 | ‘ Of course I want to meet him , ’ Cora-Beth had said before Aubrey 's arrival . |