Example sentences of "[vb pp] and i [vb past] [pron] " in BNC.
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1 | He got straight back on to the divan and lay with his eyes shut , as if I should n't have come and I felt I ought never to have come ( especially without telling C ) , and I felt as well that it really was a bit much , a pose . |
2 | Lisabeth 's eyes clouded and I knew I 'd done enough . |
3 | With the onset in the later stages of unmistakable labour pains in my lower abdomen all doubts were resolved and I knew I had to do something about it . |
4 | His voice was muffled and I thought he was trembling . |
5 | She was being strangled and I pulled him off . |
6 | I rushed him to hospital and the doctor asked how it was done and I said he 'd fallen over on the step . |
7 | yeah , well I was there the other day and erm the bell went and nobody sort of moved and I thought I think , I know , you know , so I got up and I washed me cup of tea like , you know , they looked at me as if you know oh there 's a keen , but I mean I do think it 's important to do that , because not only that it 's not fair for the |
8 | How do those issues get decided and I thought there 's no sensible answer . |
9 | That 's right , made a cup of coffee and that and then , he was , just came back and she said you have n't finished , he said yes , she said I did n't hear you knocking , oh no he said , well I built it all , you know , it 's all ready made and I built it ready for the bolts and , oh I thought you would of been knocking , I 've got some knocking here you know |
10 | Yeah and bus stopped and I said it was going to cos we |
11 | Both waders immediately filled and I caught my breath as freezing April waters began to stimulate sensitive nether regions . |
12 | So if I started off with a half X squared and I differentiated it I would get two times a half times X |
13 | ‘ John Flanagan decided changes were needed and I lost my place . |
14 | The teams praises were duly sung and I drew my fair share of the applause . |
15 | Erm I said well yeah he said every day you been saying er I 've been asking you what appointments have you got and I said I 've got two this afternoon and two tomorrow morning . |
16 | The Seekers readily agreed and I did my interview to go with it . |
17 | The scene shifted and I found myself at the head of a stairwell , aware that yet another place might be reached but only by somersaulting over the banister and walking my feet down the opposite wall as one might descend a defile in a crag . |
18 | It was superbly performed and I found it enjoyable , although it did seem to hark back to an earlier period of American modern dance . |
19 | I waited a thousand years for my introduction , then the curtains opened and I found myself centre-stage . |
20 | cos a man called and I caught him instead . |
21 | She has got in ( and out of ) problems with drugs , alcohol and a quasi-religious cult : ’ I was brainwashed and I gave them an enormous amount of money , ’ she says with a shrug . |
22 | Only three boys understood and I got them to explain in Arabic to the rest . |
23 | Er , I hoped I 'd made clear that if the profits of Pearsons erm er not only if they went down but even if er , there was only a small erm , increase in earnings per share er next year that the the directors ' salaries would be very considerably reduced and I thought I 'd already made that erm , er , directors ' erm remuneration total take home pay would be considerably reduced thought I 'd already made that point . |
24 | I realized that the seats were numbered and I collected my bags and went in search of my proper seat . |
25 | The cous cousins Margaret and Joan have been found and I told you we found Tony while we were still on with Malcolm who was looking for him . |
26 | But that 's gone and I said I ca n't run in at half past five when you get home from school and chat to you because Nev will be coming at six and I do n't want to be there all that often when he 's there erm it 's just you know it 's just happened . |
27 | Yes , and she phoned me and she said I feel as though I dropped out of the bottom of the world she said , you know , I just do n't see anybody , I said well of course you were working on Mondays , you see she used to have Mondays to herself and I would often go round on a Monday afternoon and , we , we could talk , but that 's gone and I said I ca n't run in at half past five when you get home from school and chat to you because Ned will be coming home at six and I do n't want to be there all that often when he 's there erm its you know , its just happened and I also thought to myself and I 'm probably going to move a lot further away then Fen Lane . |
28 | I was gon na say er somebody told me that he 'd left and I thought it was you cos nobody would . |
29 | ‘ She was complaining at not being able to get through because my number was engaged and I said I 'd been talking to you . |
30 | With a final burst of furious rain , the sky cleared and I dragged my bag along the road in blinding sunshine . |