Example sentences of "[noun prp] [conj] i [vb past] [pron] " in BNC.
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1 | It was on one of these weekend trips to Regina that I wrote my first outside interview for the paper — an interview with John Philip Sousa . |
2 | David and I did have conversations about it and I told David that I thought he should get an accountant , or that he should ask for an account from Tony if he had questions about where money was going . |
3 | It was precisely because the measures in the social chapter would have damaged first employment prospects and secondly our competitiveness against Japan and the United States that I found them unacceptable . |
4 | No sooner had I equipped Gillian and her Squire with a cup of Formosa Oolong than I asked her how old she was , what she did , and whether her parents were still alive . |
5 | As I was applying to art school I needed a reference so I told Vivienne that I thought I 'd ask Malcolm , since he was my employer . |
6 | Tony said no , Jamie finished with Neil and I got my flowers |
7 | When we lived Earthside , Lollo and I tried everything : zeta-powered bikes , dune zoomers , no-grav gymnastics , the lot . |
8 | Richard and I thought you had settled so nicely ’ — as if I was some sort of jelly — and then , ‘ Well , if you really want to , I suppose it would be nice for you to earn a little pin money . ’ |
9 | After lunch , Bernice and I armed ourselves with black plastic dustbin liners and we made a concerted attack on Billy 's room . |
10 | Josh and I planned it yesterday evening , did n't we , Josh ? |
11 | After Ann and I abandoned our assault on Canisp , we visited Traligill , and when another snowstorm swept down the mountain , we scuttled to safety in a convenient cave . |
12 | He 's taking a few days ’ vacation out there , right now , so Pat and I thought it would be a good idea to let Fred Klepner stand in . |
13 | Now , Pat and I found ourselves nervously waiting to be let in . |
14 | Ya see , I just flew in from the States and I took your British Airways — my all-time favourite airline — and you know what they did ? |
15 | My father sent me the cheque , needless to say , so David and I thought we 'd better get married because that was the reason he sent the cheque . |
16 | I was reading with my five-year-old son David and I asked him : ‘ What do we get from cows ? ’ |
17 | One look at Meadowbrook and I knew he was hopeless for us . |
18 | ‘ We returned from our holiday in Hungary and I felt I must write to you . |
19 | And I looked at Sue and I said you know she 's got twenty jobs erm two cleaning and |
20 | Jack , Willy , Rex and I took ourselves off to the Lamb Inn for lunch and put away as much ale and steak and kidney pie as four young men could desire . |
21 | Hassan , who was usually with him in Abu Dhabi as well as England , manoeuvred into the rear seat of the Mercedes and I took my place beside the young son who had long since graduated into a licensed driver . |
22 | Some years later , Hellen and I met her again in Hong Kong , where the impresario , Harry Odell , had brought her for a concert . |
23 | they wanted me for the whole day of Friday but I said I 'm sorry I can only do you half day if you 're interested , they were , they were desperate . |
24 | We got turned over last Saturday but I thought we showed great character out there today . ’ |
25 | As far as I 'm concerned , I went to Hector because I knew him and I knew he 'd let me have a boat cheaply , and I 've used it since then — since the fifteenth — for pleasure , and now to come over and look my people up . |
26 | And I thought they were going to the meeting er on Friday because I knew they were both off |
27 | Cos I come in on the Friday after I picked her up from school . |
28 | ‘ I did n't know about Bella when I married her ; and I was an innocent abroad where women were concerned . |
29 | Now I 've learned , I 've been since Saturday as I told you and I 've , I 've learned how to make a good question . |
30 | ‘ Will you write Charles Napier that I made his man Moncrieff a lieutenant , ’ Keith wrote , ‘ and I am now obliged to invalid him to prevent his being dismissed by a court martial . |