Example sentences of "[vb past] i [verb] [adv] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My Houy master was very interested in me , and as soon as I could speak the language , he asked me to explain where I had come from . |
| 2 | But I mean they actually do work , er ten percent gross yield and erm if you asked me to explain how they get the ten percent , I 'd have to use some notes they gave to me cos it 's , cos it 's complicated , but they use derivatives , and they buy in er in the shares and options market , and erm the company I 'm thinking of actually own the shares , but you take options on them , and they take commission on the options , they also take dividends , er and by the time you 've read the , the , the spiel , it sounds a bit like you 've fitted all these petrol savers to your car and you 're driving to Nottingham , and the tank overflows , it 's that sort of |
| 3 | The cleaner upstairs , she asked me to find out what kind of cakes everybody liked cos she 's buying every single person an individual , like you know , a single cake for everybody . |
| 4 | But let me make it immediately clear what I mean by this ; what I mean to say is that Miss Kenton 's letter set off a certain chain of ideas to do with professional matters here at Darlington Hall , and I would underline that it was a preoccupation with these very same professional matters that led me to consider anew my employer 's kindly meant suggestion . |
| 5 | Some of them became my friends and have remained so until the present day , but the sheer earthy mass of them made me realize how my few months of married life had changed me . |
| 6 | She made me put on my suit and collar and tie . |
| 7 | I realized I knew almost nothing about his background . |
| 8 | Then she helped me put on my white satin dress , after which I pulled on my shoes . |
| 9 | Course , that was did n't want to come and she said oh they asked for it in so I just pretended I did n't I 'd handed mine in and did n't say anything like , you know in ca like , cos I had to go and get them yesterday . |
| 10 | ‘ He told me to lay off you , as you 'd saved his life , ’ she announced baldly . |
| 11 | Be interesting cos you can hear exactly what they 're saying , mm I say people like Simon and Doreen who do n't erm televise much and you 've got the telephone you told me do n't you ? |
| 12 | Er the delivery part it was more the cluster but the overall delivery allowed me to prepare how I was going to be standing er how to get the audience in contact with me the eye the eye contact and also the way I spoke . |
| 13 | Cos Irene says give me a ring I says no , I says that 's it , I said I 've already made the arrangement once and it backfired I says so I 'm not doing it no more . |
| 14 | ‘ You heard me say how it felt as though I were in a bad dream , unable to wake . |
| 15 | Oh , I feel quite pleased having cleaned everywhere and popped I feel like I can embroider the rest of the day now |
| 16 | The next day Errol called me to see how I was . |
| 17 | this way we started I started here I wrote in here S equals some function of T. |
| 18 | And he came over and took me did n't he ? |
| 19 | So you never felt I mean presumably you never felt that yourself and therefore and also perhaps if you 've never come across Fair enough . |
| 20 | Well I looked at that and I thought I thought well I 'm , I 'm sure it 's quarter to and checked on mine . |
| 21 | I looked in my the other day and I thought I thought now I have n't got it now . |
| 22 | I have seen my right hon. Friend the Member for Chingford being poisonous or venomous , but neither poison nor venom did I detect when he raised a fair , sensible and extremely important matter that needs to be debated frankly and fully on the Floor of the House without the sort of ignorant , absurd and childish platitudes that we have so recently heard . |
| 23 | Did I mess up your plans by being in the wrong place at the wrong time ? ’ |
| 24 | Did I say where I was ? |
| 25 | Only later did I wonder why it had been so important to tell Helmut I was returning to London . |
| 26 | I did I wonder how it works |
| 27 | Did I know where you were living now ? |
| 28 | He said he 'd just come back from Amsterdam and he had tried some and said it was great and did I know where he could get some . |
| 29 | Communication soon became virtually impossible and a rope tangle forced me to take off my dachsteins briefly . |
| 30 | And I said I said so I told her the registration and she gave me the room number but she said . |