Example sentences of "[vb infin] [conj] i [vb past] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It does n't matter that I disappointed my parents . |
| 2 | And she thought , a little aggrieved : I do think Clelia might have told me , how could she assume that I knew her mother 's maiden name ? |
| 3 | I felt myself blush and I gritted my teeth , glad he had retreated behind the glossy pages . |
| 4 | He did n't answer and I saw his lips quiver slightly . |
| 5 | The first one was to the house in Colchester to ask if they 'd mind if I delayed my arrival by one more day . |
| 6 | er I wonder if you , you would mind if I contacted your friends ? |
| 7 | ‘ Mummy , ’ Matilda said , ‘ would you mind if I ate my supper in the dining-room so I could read my book ? ’ |
| 8 | If I 'd known how important it was about the house — I did n't understand until I got your note . |
| 9 | But I would hesitate before I based my critisicms on , say , a new Vauxhall on the premise that it was slavishly derivative of a Henry Ford original with a slightly different body shape and the knobs in different places ! |
| 10 | Er , I missed the train , the video thing would n't work when I showed my film lunchtime and er , the book that had to read , er , unfortunately , is not in the library , so er , the le let me explain the background to this . |
| 11 | I decided to see what would happen if I pressed my lips against the microphone and placed my hands on the stool . |
| 12 | why did you let it go because I caught my fingers so |
| 13 | He put his hands on her shoulders and kissed her , then held both her hands and smiled down at her as I had not seen him smile since I mentioned her name that night in the subway . |
| 14 | At this distance in time , I can not pretend that I had my doubts about its merits : what I did dwell on was a certain psychological subtlety in retailing the author 's love-life , though in terms which today would he considered ludicrously niminy-piminy . |
| 15 | He kept twisting himself on to the side of his affected lung , but did not wake when I altered his position . |
| 16 | ‘ So what did you think when I made my announcement ? ’ she enquired curiously . |
| 17 | I must say that I enjoyed my time in hospital . |
| 18 | ‘ A young man came along on a bicycle and asked me if he could help but I refused his offer . |
| 19 | A " feeling of knowing " sometimes accompanies an aspect of the dream which is carried over into wakefulness ( for instance the certainty that I could fly when I had my flying dream ) . |