Example sentences of "[subord] i [vb past] [adv] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I have gone much further than I intended when I set out on this report and am already beginning to regret the substantial breach in normal departmental procedures which this has involved . |
| 2 | I says probably Monday so I thought well I give it time any way in case you get in |
| 3 | bit here and I thought god that so I thought right I 'm gon na change places in that seat but your father 's sitting on , alright , I said go in that back seat , just behind us there were there or I said or I 'm just coming to sit where you are , I said I ca n't do four hours sitting like this , I mean I 'd have been boss eyed before I got , well I was I , I , all say look at that cloud |
| 4 | Sooner or later you will want to knit a pattern not in the book so I thought today we might explore some of the possibilities of the cards and reader . |
| 5 | ‘ Thomas seems to know him well , so I thought maybe he was a cousin of yours or something . ’ |
| 6 | And I said , well I 'm gon na give him a ring after tea and then I , we said oh well pras , and Sue will be home tonight so I said well we had n't better ring them ! |
| 7 | Of course I knew the path led to the Camus na Dobhrain , and the lawyers had told me that the cottage was let to a girl , so I wondered why he was headed there . |
| 8 | Once I got home I translated the idea into a pressed flower design . |
| 9 | Carrie said , ‘ I think , all the same , once I got there I 'd have told him . ’ |
| 10 | This was supposed to be a ‘ sensitive ’ job and if I came out I would automatically be adjudged a danger to the patients and given the elbow . |
| 11 | We had lost the press buses and one of the Gofers , a merchant banker , came up to me on the tarmac to ask if I knew where they were . |
| 12 | The first time he ever asked me if I knew where he could get ‘ coke ’ . |
| 13 | If I knew where he was , perhaps I would still try to . |
| 14 | If I knew where he was I would n't have come . |
| 15 | ‘ If I knew where he was why would I come here ? ’ |
| 16 | If I knew where it was , do you think I 'd get blown up time after time . ’ |
| 17 | If I knew where it had come from I would do it . |
| 18 | I know he was looking for Nicola at one stage because he asked if I knew where she 'd gone . |
| 19 | He just asked me if I knew where she was and then I watched him disappear out of the room . |
| 20 | CATHERINE I 'd be more pleased if I knew how you got in the door . |
| 21 | ‘ If I knew how I meant I should n't be asking you to design it , because that 's what design is , knowing how you mean . |
| 22 | A few TV companies came and went ; it seemed very dark when their harsh lights had gone , but gradually my eyes got used to the gloom and I knew if I looked round I would see comforting , familiar faces , as people took their seats in the rows of chairs in front of the altar . |
| 23 | If I said right you 've got a second chance this morning , how could you improve that piece of work in front of you now . |
| 24 | you have commas but do n't do a comma before the last so er if I said tonight I 'm going to have sausage , egg , chips , beans , tomatoes and cake . |
| 25 | If I lived there I mean and bought a house . |
| 26 | If I had n't we 'd never have survived and we certainly would n't have the standard of living we have now . |
| 27 | Believe me , Juliet , I did n't want to tell you this , but if I had n't I know Celia would , and she does n't know the true facts . ’ |
| 28 | It was easy for me to summon up this everyday vision , because whenever I sat on the toilet the hem was stretched between my calves , and if I leant forward it was always the salient object in my view . |
| 29 | If I went there I should n't know which bit to aim for . |
| 30 | If I went back I 'd go to er , I probably go to Sousse or somewhere like that . |