Example sentences of "[det] [noun] [conj] i [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I hate to think how much money I have paid over to Anglia Gas if I 'd known what I was into I could have walked into that house then and I could , while I had all that money before I gave any away I could have said , right , I 'm going to have to spend that , that , that , that and that and I would have done it and it would have I would 've been alright because I would n't have had things going wrong ! |
| 2 | ‘ Yes , that money that I took to the taxi rank this morning . |
| 3 | I figured there were a whole lot of answers inside that building and I figured that like or not there had to be a back entrance to it somewhere . |
| 4 | ‘ For the sake of her memory I would n't have hesitated to bring you crashing down from that pedestal if I 'd discovered anything damning about you . ’ |
| 5 | And , miraculously , there was little resistance and I stared in disbelief as the great organ disappeared gloriously and wonderfully from sight I was right behind it with my arm , probing frantically away up to the shoulder as I rotated my wrist again and again till both uterine cornua were fully involuted Ben I was certain beyond doubt that everything was back in place I lay there for a few moments , my arm still deep inside the sow , my forehead resting on the floor . |
| 6 | Speaking of which , why did n't you marry that lieutenant when I told you to ? |
| 7 | I told you everything I did that afternoon but I did n't bother to mention I fell asleep . |
| 8 | One is I do n't know whether any , any of you noticed but come to that part when I reached this book , and the whole load of jokes on this page are topical they 'll be appreciated by the audience at the time . |
| 9 | Do you con will you continue that story that I listened to a week before cos I was n't here last week |
| 10 | He would n't want to waste his time chasing that story if I 'd already done it , and I can get a story into print more quickly than the British magazines he supplies . |
| 11 | Not often the same policeman , and I gained that experience when I found the way that they were examining property , the way they attended to accidents and street disturbances and they were pretty tough customers and I learnt a lot . |
| 12 | I was fond of that duvet because I thought it was hers . |
| 13 | I knew nothing about that deal until I played some recent demos of the things that eventually became ‘ Workbook ’ . |
| 14 | Hundred and two minutes each tape and I sat and watched them yesterday . |
| 15 | After that Nellie and I became close friends and so did her Mum and my Dad . |
| 16 | I have kept the books of this branch since I retired from banking , five years ago . ’ |
| 17 | It was a remark of this kind that I found particularly heartening . |
| 18 | He has another story that I liked and inevitably it concerned Alex Higgins , that brilliant player who has wasted his talent so often , but who has been one of the greatest stars and the source of endless tales . |
| 19 | I never reported this story because I did n't believe it . |
| 20 | I went into this field and I sat there and cried for hours in this pouring rain and I suddenly thought to myself , ‘ This is ridiculous , this is no good — you 're not meant to be an actor , you 're meant to be something else — a comedian . ’ |
| 21 | In this way , I amused myself for some minutes until I turned my head a fraction and discovered that the old lady was watching me . |
| 22 | He arrived this afternoon and I sent him off to rest . |
| 23 | Had it in the bedroom when I was a kip this afternoon and I switched the battery off , so it does n't work very well with the battery off ! |
| 24 | I told my friends I was going to the dentist this afternoon because I knew they 'd be jealous if they knew I 'd seen Home Alone 2 before anyone else . |
| 25 | So we 've been down there a few times but I said to you did n't I ? |
| 26 | I only saw Stephen a few times before I went back to prison . |
| 27 | You were right about him being mentioned in the Eye ; appeared a few times and I got the cuts up … ’ |
| 28 | ‘ I did n't know Mr Jacobsen was in this play until I arrived here today . ’ |
| 29 | I persuaded her to come on this course because I thought it would be a change for us both . ’ |
| 30 | In fact , barn owls are reckoned to be one of the hardest breeds to hand-rear and train , and they are n't recommended for beginners — though I did n't know that then , What I did know was that I 'd probably lost the battle with this owl before I 'd started : I suspected he would be impossible to train , but I was so hooked on the idea of having my own bird that I could hardly drag myself away when I was looking at him . |