Example sentences of "[vb past] [pron] i [verb] [adv] " in BNC.
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1 | Karen came and asked me I says alright . |
2 | When I got them I became more worried . |
3 | And when he passed me I did not like to look at his face because it was dark like the shadows of the hill , and when he reached the door he laughed and I did not like to hear him laugh , and when he reached the yard he stopped because Beuno was there and he said to him , ‘ She 'll be all right now . |
4 | Potato smacked you I do n't think he did . |
5 | A man entered who I had not seen before . |
6 | Even if I found one I do n't know how I 'd use it . |
7 | All this was prompted by a week in Spain where I encountered something I have n't experienced in years — fresh air — and it 's quite gone to my head . |
8 | Well I found him I know where he is I 've got his personal home phone number . |
9 | Yeah I seen her I know just now . |
10 | And the next time she mentioned it I brought up church . |
11 | As I approached it I reached out my talons to land and perhaps the prey I was holding obscured the view for I should have seen sooner what had been put on top of the post by Men . |
12 | It all underlined what I 'd always believed — that Famlio had grown to big , scattered and over-confident , and could be eluded by someone who was small , concentrated and clever . |
13 | She in fact demonstrated what I have elsewhere argued ( Watson 1987 : 14 – 16 ) is at the basis of all education worthy of the name — a quality of five-fold respect , namely for oneself — a proper self-affirmation ; for all other people as persons like oneself ; for the total environment in which we find ourselves , both natural and cultural ; for beauty , delighting in experiencing a sense of awe and wonder ; and finally respect for truth which , however difficult to attain , needs to be like a beacon beckoning us forward . |
14 | One point he made which I have rarely seen put forward so well : that the audience can not be expected to follow any profound drama at all levels at once , and that there may be certain aspects which remain beyond the audience 's comprehension altogether . |
15 | Gospel truth , gospel truth I talked to I er wrote to them yeah , and I told them I do n't want that that 's out that is . |
16 | I looked at loads and told them I did n't like any and I wanted to wear just black . |
17 | I told them I did n't like their techniques . |
18 | " I sorry , " he said once again , in a hopeless voice that told me I had n't convinced him . |
19 | And something told me I had n't behaved too well . |
20 | After the receptionist picked herself off the floor she told me I had better call in the fire brigade . ’ |
21 | There was a printed card fixed above the doorbell which told me I had about ten minutes before visiting times were up . |
22 | Terry rightly told me I went down the wrong I was looking for names rather than the dots . |
23 | ‘ But Mrs Aitken told me I 'd just missed him , so I got her to make me a cup of coffee . ’ |
24 | Cos he thought I 'd , I 'd smoke it , I was smoking and he did n't like it and then erm he told me I do n't wan na talk to you any more , blah , blah , blah , all that rubbish . |
25 | And if anybody says you should be calling him Uncle Adam you can say no I do n't need to because he told me I did n't alright ? |
26 | I suppose Stella told you I took over from Richard St Ives . ’ |
27 | Of course , I told you I had too much on my plate to be able to continue our correspondence , and I hope this is the reason you stopped writing . |
28 | In the full , serious voice again , Andrée said , ‘ I told you I tease hard . |
29 | ‘ I told you I 'd never heard of him . ’ |
30 | ‘ Well , what did you expect ? ’ she bit out , ‘ I told you I 'd never cooked before ! |