Example sentences of "a [noun] i [verb] i " in BNC.
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| 1 | started school I thought it was gon na be a bit I thought I would n't like it there but when I got there , I did like it mum . |
| 2 | I du n no , right let me do this and then I 'll have a look I mean I 've got to do this because I 'm not sure of it , |
| 3 | ‘ As a midwife I thought I knew how to communicate with mothers , but my skills with deaf women were abysmal , ’ she says |
| 4 | When I find a guitar I like I 'll just buy multiples of that exact one ! |
| 5 | The first time i spotted a puffin I thought I was seeing things . |
| 6 | As a P.C. I felt I was not a success . |
| 7 | aggro I said no money no cars ! you 'll get a car I said I know you will he said ! |
| 8 | We went into my room at last , with our arms round each other , and in the doorway I stopped dead because I 'd forgotten what Toby had said about John and for a second I thought I was in the wrong room . |
| 9 | My Adam 's apple swells in my throat , and for a second I think I 'm going to join her in tears . |
| 10 | As a child I remember I used to call my mother at home , ‘ mammy up the raw ’ , and grandma was ‘ mammy down the raw' … |
| 11 | With the enthusiasm of a boy I thought I had stumbled across one of the great masterpieces of English writing . |
| 12 | That 's a point I think I 'll or |
| 13 | For a moment I thought I had been mistaken , and that perhaps I had left the switch on after the light failed , but no , I was sure I had switched off . |
| 14 | For a moment I thought I had gone too far . |
| 15 | For a moment I thought I was with Alan Bennett . |
| 16 | Just for a moment I thought I saw a flicker of emotion in her eyes , but it was probably a trick of the light . |
| 17 | I can hear Andy 's muffled shouting ; for a moment I think I 've lost them and run past them somehow ; then I see them , almost straight ahead . |
| 18 | For a moment I think I am dreaming . |
| 19 | I wake up and for a moment I think I 'm at home or at Caroline 's . |
| 20 | For a moment I think I might walk up the steps and ring the bell . |
| 21 | I said look here , you 've put me in a job I reckon I 've done it alright , the only thing is it 's me that is the worse off now . |
| 22 | erm from yesterday er I think meself personally I 'm very methodical sort of person and I felt what was most important the revelations meself was thought patterns and the use of most structured structured in a presentation and also the importance I could n't believe how that using them made such a difference actually to yourself when you 're standing there and the audience participation erm thought patterns well I 've always used that was just a revelation I mean I 've never |
| 23 | Three weeks later at a meeting I knew I had to come to the point where I said yes or no to Jesus . |
| 24 | Yeah If you could hear what she say it 'd make a difference I expect I 'd of gone for another vowel there , it you 'd gone for E it of been |
| 25 | After a while I thought I would help them along with some cellulite massage cream . |
| 26 | After a while I thought I 'd go into the orchard and practise some chip shots so I went to get my nine iron . |
| 27 | ‘ After a while I felt I knew what they were going to say . |
| 28 | For a while I felt I was in heaven , eating and drinking in the warm , pretty room , with kind Miss Temple and Helen . |
| 29 | Our Irish priest was not a person I felt I could unburden myself to . |
| 30 | Let's see if we can move them on this year so that they start to think it 's a charity I know I really want to support . |