Example sentences of "[vb past] i [vb mod] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ If you were n't already so bruised and battered I 'd turn you over my knee and make sure you had nothing to laugh about . ’ |
| 2 | I just made the whole bed and then realized I 'd put it on the wrong way . |
| 3 | I knew it was n't going to be easy , as it was so very much his world , but I realized I must do it soon , because the longer I delayed , the longer I felt I would go on doing so — like facing up to the ashes . |
| 4 | I realised I could race them keeping them and me fit . |
| 5 | " Whatever it cost I would face it . " |
| 6 | When we got married I promised I 'd give you everything you want and so I will . |
| 7 | But just because I promised I 'd make you a rich widow , do n't think you 're going to get rid of me yet . |
| 8 | how tight Mike was going to be with you know having to look after Paul and all the rest of it I promised I 'd take him to Snetterton market and he could have , he was going to buy some records . |
| 9 | Yet , strangely , even as he approached I could tell he would not harm me . |
| 10 | ‘ I was aware of players from both sides running towards me and I shouted I would clear it . |
| 11 | ‘ I asked for it , ’ Flavia said , ‘ the teasing and all , after the way I pretended I could get you a taxi . ’ |
| 12 | By a miracle I found I could do it : standing upright on the pedals and pedalling with all my might I reached the road , where Nora was waiting for me . |
| 13 | But against all my expectations , the longer he kept away , the more I found I could hack it . |
| 14 | It 's difficult to explain , but a part of me never really believed I should see her again , even after what they told me at the theatre . |
| 15 | I believed I could do it . |
| 16 | Well , let me tell you , ’ she flung at him acidly , ‘ you 're a bygone species , you 're on your way out , and if you do n't turn that wheel and head us back the way we came I 'll see you in gaol for this faster than you can say pieces of eight . ’ |
| 17 | I reckoned I could blackmail him into a job . |
| 18 | Coming upon me as it did , however , in the midst of such a busy period , I could not afford to let it preoccupy me unduly , and I thus decided I should resolve it at the earliest opportunity . |
| 19 | I decided I should try them at a rave . |
| 20 | I decided I 'd make him laugh , so the house was shaped like a penis . |
| 21 | Then , over breakfast , I decided I 'd keep it to myself . |
| 22 | ‘ Aye , ’ said Jake , ‘ I swore I 'd get him one day — I strung 'im up yon old oak and lit a bonfire under 'im . ’ |
| 23 | Were getting into an area which I think is a whole different programme and before this programme started I might tell you we were having a little er discussion amongst ourselves whether or not er zoo 's were good for animals and I suppose there is a discussion about whether prisons are inevitably going to be degrading because of , because of what er , what , what a prison represents which is a curtailment of freedom , but we do n't have time in this programme , so that 's another one for next year , can I ask you , we 've , we 've touched a lot of basis and it must be frustrating that we ca n't pursue er to the end some of the things we 've er , we 've picked on , but can I ask you a couple of final questions , as far as you know have you committed a crime ? , button one for yes and button two for no , as far as you know , I mean we have n't got time to go into what they might be so your perfectly free to be very honest and honestly reveals that three people are n't quite sur , oh yes there they are |
| 24 | Also , once we started I 'd find it very hard to stop , and you may perhaps have forgotten I was due to race today ? ’ |
| 25 | I ca n't remember what I did , I went I 'll show you what I did I went |
| 26 | I felt I should warn you . ’ |
| 27 | I felt I should include them in the list if only so that you could see the limited choice at present available . |
| 28 | I felt I must congratulate you on your recent issue featuring a wonderful picture of doggie megamum Poppy and her beautiful litter of puppies . |
| 29 | So perhaps I felt I must tell you all this , now , before I know you better , so that I can tell it you without too much confusion . |
| 30 | ‘ I felt I could do it better with myself . |