Example sentences of "[subord] i [verb] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I opened my eyes eventually and took the compass out of my jeans pocket , where I 'd stowed it to have hands free for standing up . |
| 2 | I did n't dare return to the-place where I 'd killed him because I could easily arouse suspicion . |
| 3 | Later I saw blood on my hand where I 'd grabbed him . |
| 4 | Blood ran from his face where I had cut it , but I had fought too many fights that night . |
| 5 | ‘ Oh techniques of surveillance , when you 're sitting alone in a car you move into the passenger seat , make it look as if you 're waiting for the driver to come back … the trouble is , I never got a posting where I had to use it . ’ |
| 6 | I stacked the papers carefully and replaced them where I had found them . |
| 7 | I remember standing in the dinner queue and all these kids coming up to me , asking me if it was true , where I had got her from and what I was doing with her . |
| 8 | Where I 've wet it what 's it done to it ? |
| 9 | where I 've dropped it for , well then , it 's the toilet brush you see , I 've been going like this with the toilet |
| 10 | I , I have n't actually got to be in at any time except I did say I 'd be in at half nine . |
| 11 | except I forget to put it on and then he twiddles , twiddles with the er |
| 12 | Although I had seen you , Frankenstein , for only a few moments , I knew that I belonged to you . |
| 13 | I hated the hoop of diamonds which , although I had washed it , looked somehow dirty . |
| 14 | I was grateful for the radio he had borrowed from the farmer , although I had to play it almost inaudibly , so as not to disturb him . |
| 15 | He says the fans are rather less impassioned than elsewhere in Italy , although I had to tell him that once , when Trevor Francis missed a penalty for Sampdoria , his car was bombarded and his son , Matthew , was struck by a stone . |
| 16 | And although I had disappointed her by going into ‘ trade ’ , I was still the son of the house . |
| 17 | Although I 've said I 'm happy with how I look , it does n't mean there 's nothing about myself I would n't like to change . |
| 18 | Ca n't say I 've learnt much although I 've started it again and again in the last two years . |
| 19 | ‘ And you know , I 've never said this , although I 've thought it a lot : you 've always been kind to me all down the years . |
| 20 | Although I 'd had me doubts before , I will admit . |
| 21 | Although I keep pulling it up and throwing it in the dustbin , it keeps coming back . |
| 22 | ‘ It 's been a lifelong ambition of mine to beat him but at the big jump before Ballyboley Corner , Joey whizzed past me and although I tried to catch him again and take a tight line at Ballyboley he had just too much experience and he held on to beat me . |
| 23 | Changez and Jamila sat apart , and although I tried to catch them looking at each other , I can guarantee that not a single surreptitious glance was exchanged by the future bed-mates . |
| 24 | Most people ignored this commandment , although I have heard it said that Pike was to be seen with a compass on a number of occasions , trying to align himself correctly . |
| 25 | ‘ No , not Rhoda Brocklebank , although I have seen her , in fact she has helped . |
| 26 | Although I have said I do not mean to commend particular hotels or restaurants , I am compelled to break that rule here , just once , and say that Saint-Jean does have the only restaurant anywhere in the Pyrenees to which the Guide Michelin invariably gives two rosettes for its food . |
| 27 | Although I have to confess I 've already been working on it . |
| 28 | Although I have to confess I wondered why he kept telling me about you . |
| 29 | And he looks a lot better for the change , although I have to tell you that by the time I had grilled him for an hour and tested him out on the snooker table I did notice that he reached for a cigarette . |
| 30 | ‘ Liverpool Football Club will never leave me , although I have left them . |