Example sentences of "[subord] i [vb past] [pron] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | But although I asked myself the question , I knew the answer . |
| 2 | After drawing a blank on Rhodes , I had to write something that justified my travelling expenses , so I made you the villain of the piece . |
| 3 | What a relief it was when a couple of hundred other leeds supporters started going crazy , so I thought what the hell and joined in . |
| 4 | I went around being nice to children for a while , being a sort of modern Pied Piper , but I learnt that they 're a manipulative lot and crazy for money , literally crazy for it , so I gave them the elbow . |
| 5 | But Mary was out so I gave him the letter and began to tell him about the trouble at home . |
| 6 | I know my father would raise a terrific stink if I told him the Headmistress had grabbed me by the hair and slung me over the playground fence . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ Tell me , ’ he complained , ‘ what would be your reaction if I told you the moon just fell out of the sky ? ’ |
| 8 | As I believe that you both did , when you were my age — if you can remember so far back — but I knew you would prevent me from doing so if I told you the truth . ’ |
| 9 | Well if I knew who the hell Dawn 's brother was ! |
| 10 | ‘ You would n't come out here if I sent you the money for the air ticket , would you ? ’ |
| 11 | Well I suppose I 'm sure Adrian wo n't mind if I paid him the day after or a week after or something . |
| 12 | If I was outside , she said she could telephone me every day for nothing , if I gave her the number of a phone box and arranged to be there for a certain time … |
| 13 | All he wants to do is to get his hand inside my blouse or up my skirt , but if I gave him the chance to do anything more he 'd be so scared he 'd wet his pants . ’ |
| 14 | He said of course he 'd do it if I gave him the phone number of the hospital . |
| 15 | So the gradient gives you a mea If I gave you the gradient , if I said the gradient is one , what would the angle be ? |
| 16 | What would you do if I gave you the jade ? |
| 17 | ‘ If I approached it the way I usually work , I 'd agree . |
| 18 | well it 's the next door neighbour and they said it 's alive and I asked Jayne cos I said what the , hospital , yeah cos like it , it 's that neighbour , well it 's a neighbour |
| 19 | It wo n't obstruct no light though because I told you the sun is more er , without the back it joins down the car |
| 20 | They both looked thoughtful , heads side by side at the open oven door , while I wondered what the chances were of both heads fitting — and jamming — inside and the door safety-catch somehow short-circuiting . |
| 21 | The vehicle was originally a petrol but before I bought it the engine was replaced with a Gold Seal factory rebuilt diesel unit . |
| 22 | Clive practised his exercises diligently and , when I saw him the following week , he had mastered the breathing technique — although it still took a great deal of concentration on his part and was not something he did naturally . |
| 23 | And when I saw it the other day , on my way from London 's West End , I could n't believe it . |
| 24 | When I saw it the other night , tucked inside the cello part of one of the piano trios we play , she had got as far as ‘ State 7 — Moderate Gale : Intervals of laughter . |
| 25 | I was bathing you , and I fetched a clean nappy , and when I unfolded it the letter dropped out , and we read it . ’ |
| 26 | When I brought him the food he pushed it away and suddenly burst into tears all over again . |
| 27 | They were very pleased when I told them the outcome of my night on the tiles and Otley sat next to me on the sofa with his arm round my shoulders . |
| 28 | But Miss Blagden , whom I met by chance yesterday , is going to Rome and when I told her the absurdity of your request she volunteered to carry your ridiculous weapon saying she had always had a fancy to be a gun-runner and that it would be a tale to tell her friends and astonish them . |
| 29 | That 's life , on Vadinamia , as I said to Mala when I told her the news . |
| 30 | The right hon. and learned Gentleman nodded when I asked him the same question earlier , but he has not said how he will ensure fairness between schools and therefore , no discrimination against students with special needs . |