Example sentences of "[to-vb] [conj] i [vb past] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You refuse to accept that I knew nothing about the drugs . |
| 2 | She agreed to come and I took her first to the more brilliantly decorated one , not knowing that she was not only a very religious woman but also a girl who had been brought up in the strictest kind of convent — no heating , nothing for show . |
| 3 | It was n't vital to come but I thought I ought to . |
| 4 | And I said well look I said , I 've got to come because I said there 's no way anybody I said I would n't do it myself , I would n't put anybody in those beds . |
| 5 | Producer John Hughes , a father of two , said : ‘ The second one was easier to write because I knew who was in it . |
| 6 | I 've tried it sometimes , never long enough to know whether I did it successfully or not , but I found there is absolutely no way of telling because even if it changes in a way one can predict , what one can predict is the way oneself changes or the world changes at the same time . |
| 7 | It was the last thing I needed to know as I prayed it would miss us . |
| 8 | He looked very doubtful when I asked certain questions and laughed me to scorn when I gave my verdict . |
| 9 | I 'm unashamed to report that I enjoyed it a lot , and I 'm sure I would have loved it as a child . |
| 10 | I seem to remember that I unburdened myself to you , a while back . ’ |
| 11 | But I used to do work for customer down the garage there he used to have two cars to hire and I drove one in my spare time . |
| 12 | Them others , Dighton and the big fellow , they laughed fit to bust when I told 'em me name . |
| 13 | If you twitched a horses lip or ear that happens , I would really like to see if I twitched your ear . |
| 14 | He was getting ready to retire and I thought I 'd have lots of time with him . ’ |
| 15 | We tried to persuade Tom not to go and I told him to stay well away from the horses . |
| 16 | I said I want to go and I meant it . |
| 17 | I said it 's an application in triplicate I 'm go I 'd erm , I forgotten what it was I was going to buy and I said I wanted to discuss this with you and when we can go and get it |
| 18 | It 's entitled Fair Do's : Studies in the Perception of Social Justice — the kind of thing Lynn used to buy before I met her . |
| 19 | Oh , he , he always starts to whinge when I lay him down to do his coat up , he do n't like |
| 20 | It was an invitation to show work in the Arts Council 's ‘ Three Perspectives on Photography ’ show at the Hayward Gallery in 1979 which turned her back towards the family : ‘ I have never been asked to produce work for use in a gallery before , and had no idea what to expect when I showed it . |
| 21 | I knew nobody and had no idea of what to expect when I presented myself to the new teacher in my new black overall and white collar . |
| 22 | I did n't want to go but I thought she deserved a better life than I could offer . |
| 23 | to do and I rung my daughter next morning , |
| 24 | I stepped closer and the young woman rose and made to flee but I seized her by the wrist . |
| 25 | You did n't have to focus some kind of internal microscope , as you seemed to do when I challenged you . |
| 26 | I 've got to do that twice a day which I did n't know we actually had to do when I started it . |
| 27 | These were the questions I wanted to put when I sought him out in France . |
| 28 | I did n't want Mary to go because I thought I would n't see her for a long time , and I ran over to her and pleaded . |
| 29 | My mother insisted on accompanying me to the tailor to ensure that I got something sensible . |
| 30 | Not content with claiming that I ended up in jail , many people have been led to believe that I murdered my wife , who , I can state categorically , is still living in Selly Oak , Birmingham . |