Example sentences of "[vb past] i [vb mod] [verb] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | I just made the whole bed and then realized I 'd put it on the wrong way . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | " Whatever it cost I would face it . " |
| 4 | ‘ I was aware of players from both sides running towards me and I shouted I would clear it . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | But against all my expectations , the longer he kept away , the more I found I could hack it . |
| 7 | I believed I could do it . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Then , over breakfast , I decided I 'd keep it to myself . |
| 10 | Also , once we started I 'd find it very hard to stop , and you may perhaps have forgotten I was due to race today ? ’ |
| 11 | ‘ I felt I could do it better with myself . |
| 12 | I still felt I could do it . |
| 13 | I felt I could whizz it round the country lanes on school runs and trips up to town . |
| 14 | And I knew I would get it ba one , one second . |
| 15 | I knew I should ignore it and walk on , but I was too furiously angry . |
| 16 | Because he knew I could handle it , he knew I would n't rip him off , and he knew I 'd automatically get treated with respect everywhere I went in the world to represent the company . ’ |
| 17 | I knew I could stand it , but not the kids . " |
| 18 | When I tried it , it was so beautiful , I knew I could try it just once ’ |
| 19 | But this time I knew I could use it , even if I could n't think exactly how . |
| 20 | I could take it and Barry knew that I knew that he knew I could take it . |
| 21 | " I 'm sorry , Mr Grout , but I thought I ought to mention it . |
| 22 | ‘ When you first came in to look around I half thought I ought to mention it . |
| 23 | Cos I was sort of like listening to my music and it was , I think it was about half eight , nine o'clock cos I 'd only got some homework done for ne , to do for next Tuesday , so I thought I 'll leave it |
| 24 | No er I thought I 'll leave it till tomorrow and then |
| 25 | So I thought I 'll have it cut to this length . |
| 26 | So I thought I 'll take it to Iris ' and er because we 're always talking so |
| 27 | Cos I thought , I thought I 'll take it out , I finished that tape , this is a new one . |
| 28 | Well I thought I might accompany it with another equally short poem , which is also about a child . |
| 29 | I thought I might do it like that . |
| 30 | She thought I might find it … helpful . |