Example sentences of "[coord] [conj] [pron] [vb past] i " in BNC.
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| 1 | Or if anybody told me , I mean I would n't and talking in confidence about their private life or |
| 2 | ‘ And I spent an hour greeting my guests , making a speech and ensuring the entertainment was fully organised for the evening , while I was trying to make up my mind whether your refusal to put in an appearance was because you cared for me — or because you hated me . ’ |
| 3 | I wonder whether he thought it was just the way the English talked , or whether he thought I was peculiar … |
| 4 | I believe that day implanted in me a life-long craving for barbaric splendour , for savagery and colour and the throb of drums , and that it gave me a lasting veneration for long-established custom and ritual , from which would derive later a deep-seated resentment of Western innovations in other lands , and a distaste for the drab uniformity of the modern world . |
| 5 | He said cos I used to keep the house tidy he said I 've been the in the army June an he said I can I can run a household he said but we and then working the shifts I do he said and go up the horses and that he said I just do n't get time to do it ! |
| 6 | ‘ Jeff told me he 'd had a word with you about me and told you I had lots of experience teaching English to foreign students and that you wanted me to come and do the job . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ It was not Mrs Greville 's word , ’ said Sally-Anne , goaded unwisely into further indiscretion , still trying to break free , ‘ it was your handwriting — the same that told me that I was the light of your life and that you loved me dearly . ’ |
| 8 | Once I realized I loved her and that she loved me it became clear that I had to leave my wife . |
| 9 | Kelly Johnson had just left and so they asked me to join . |
| 10 | The professors realized that I was doing very important work , and so they gave me my own laboratory . |
| 11 | Speaking through Hosea , God himself sums up the lesson of Israel 's failure : ‘ They were filled , and , being filled , grew proud ; and so they forgot me . ’ |
| 12 | Actually I was so anxious to have him that I would have said anything — but I did put my marriage first , I made that choice , and although it meant I had many , many years of frustration as an actress , I 'm not sorry I made that choice . |
| 13 | And although I knew I must hide my feelings , must never allow myself to hope , I also knew that while there was breath in my body , I would always love him . |
| 14 | Whenever Mackie was n't actively helping Tremayne she stayed close also to Fiona , and although I tried I could n't dislodge the underlying anxiety in their eyes . |
| 15 | Well he , he , they were on their way to Norwich but they stopped off at Ipswich for a lunch , you see , and er I had , I looked after them , so , so that it should n't interrupt the other girls behind the counter or , or the waiter who was looking after his regular customers in the dining room , you see , er and so I used to erm and once I had I remember there was six black doctors came in and er and I was glad because it was nice to move about and instead of sticking in the office typing and then going out all alone , you see , while the Manager was on the district , you see , I liked it and er anyway that was a long time ago . |
| 16 | " I was on teams with older girls and if they drank I would follow suit , " she explained . |
| 17 | We make all our decisions together and if she wanted me to pack it all in I would . ’ |
| 18 | I thought it was a bit of a cheek seeing as I 'm due here mornings but I 've nothing against Mrs. Schofield and if she wanted me I was n't above obliging . |
| 19 | ‘ No , ’ he said , ‘ and if I had I would n't spend it on that . ’ |
| 20 | And if I had I would n't lend it to anyone as rotten damn patronizing , stupid and heartless as you . ’ |
| 21 | If they have got something cooking , and if I found I did n't like it when it came , I 'd tell them to get stuffed . |
| 22 | I do n't , and if I did I should have to suppose Providence to be the devil … ’ |
| 23 | ‘ Mr Wyatt , I do n't have Garry Turner 's address , and if I did I would n't keep it among my underwear , ’ she said desperately ; the sight of her intimate things in his hands was sending strange shivers down her spine . |
| 24 | I do n't Stephen and if I did I definitely would lend it to you . |
| 25 | You could interrogate me , at least , and if you thought I was a double agent you could put a bullet in my head . |
| 26 | And you should n't ask me — it 's a leading question and if you asked me that in court the judge would intervene and tell the recorder to strike it out ! |
| 27 | And if you phoned me early in the year it must have been just after we got the V W. |
| 28 | When I was sure he was alone , I followed him into the bank and while he queued I read a leaflet to see if I qualified for a home mortgage . |
| 29 | He talked rather obsessively about those times , and while he talked I was overwhelmed by feelings of desolation : this no man 's land made me uneasy . |
| 30 | one of the lads at work come up says there 's a disco on March twenty eight and before I said I 'm already booked , I said yeah , he says er how much do you charge , I told him and I says well if you let me have confirmation as soon as you can and a deposit of ten or fifteen pounds as soon as you can |