Example sentences of "[subord] i [vb past] [adv] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was at a meeting in London yesterday where I handed over my report . ’ |
| 2 | We called at Brigade H.Q where I picked up my bagpipes . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | I says probably Monday so I thought well I give it time any way in case you get in |
| 5 | 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 |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | ‘ Thomas seems to know him well , so I thought maybe he was a cousin of yours or something . ’ |
| 8 | Again you just looked at me , and I knew I had to do as you had done , so I stretched out my right hand and touched the bones , which were slightly sticky . |
| 9 | 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 ! |
| 10 | It was always the same story so I said ter meself , ‘ Billy , ’ I said , ‘ yer wastin' yer time even bovverin' ter fink about it . |
| 11 | I tried to chase it , but it was no good in the dark , and I went clear into a bog , and in the end I saw your light , so I picked up what was left and came along . |
| 12 | On and on he droned about how we should n't fear death but welcome the joys of heaven , so I picked up my two horse pistols and gave the sod both barrels . |
| 13 | One came right up to my face , so I pulled out my sword and cut open his stomach . |
| 14 | I was still terrified , but even more frightened of my aunt , so I worked out something to say in advance and blurted it out . |
| 15 | They all seemed to be down the after ballast compartment so I called down something like , " Come on lads , " I 've got my seizure , what about yours ? " |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | The gathering of men pressed closer to see my watch , so I held out my wrist . |
| 18 | Once I got home I translated the idea into a pressed flower design . |
| 19 | Carrie said , ‘ I think , all the same , once I got there I 'd have told him . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ Would it help if I took off my tie ? ’ he asked . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | The first time he ever asked me if I knew where he could get ‘ coke ’ . |
| 24 | If I knew where he was , perhaps I would still try to . |
| 25 | If I knew where he was I would n't have come . |
| 26 | ‘ If I knew where he was why would I come here ? ’ |
| 27 | If I knew where it was , do you think I 'd get blown up time after time . ’ |
| 28 | If I knew where it had come from I would do it . |
| 29 | I know he was looking for Nicola at one stage because he asked if I knew where she 'd gone . |
| 30 | He just asked me if I knew where she was and then I watched him disappear out of the room . |