Example sentences of "i [conj] i [verb] they " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then the scuffles subside and I think I hear my bedroom door opening , so my finger tightens on the trigger and I hear my name and I shake my head and I recognize the voice and I know it is Jancey and she 's shouting where am I and I think they 've grabbed her and made her act the decoy and I 'm trying to work out what to do when I hear what she 's saying . |
| 2 | Well so would I cos I remember them I ca n't |
| 3 | Erm when I came on to the flats I came with an open mind and I was gon na you know take things as I as I met them . |
| 4 | He maintained his interest until the end , bequeathing to Christ 's Hospital £20 ‘ which they owe me that I lent them ’ , with an additional £6 13s. 4d. , besides £20 each to St Bartholomew 's and St Thomas 's . |
| 5 | Cos they keep telling cos I owe them so many hours they keep coming up to me and telling me that I owe them so many hours , you signed the contract saying you 've got whatever happens . |
| 6 | ‘ Because you 've explained your husband 's ideas so well to me that I accept them ! |
| 7 | And so as I grew up er they knew me and I knew them and I was to need one or two later on , for various reasons , but er you could n't see it at the time . |
| 8 | I washed them trainers our Johnny given me and I cleaned them for him to try and save and then them black shoes for school to save his boots for the |
| 9 | I was just about to say ‘ yes ’ when they grabbed me and I saw they all had guns . |
| 10 | ‘ I believe I have two more years of top-class rugby in me and I want them to include a return to the England team . ’ |
| 11 | Yes I believe those people exist and they frighten me and I want them destroyed . |
| 12 | So the local Trade 's Council all know me and I think they all like me as well , so . |
| 13 | With this fancy in my mind as I watch them pass , sometimes in that delusive light of Venice those ships seem to blur before me and I see them transmuted into vessels of the past . |
| 14 | ‘ My dad plays tricks on me and I play them on him . |
| 15 | That 's what my mum and dad told me and I believe them . |
| 16 | That 's what my mum and dad told me and I believe them . ’ |
| 17 | Forgive me if I share them with you , in the hope that they may echo your own sentiments . |
| 18 | The boys were younger than me but I remember them coming to school — and what a job that was for them . |
| 19 | And we decided to get lots of copies for all our friends that we have n't seen for a long long time so I asked if they could do them for me but I thought they would be back by now , well they should of been back ages ago actually ! |
| 20 | They liked me because I told them dirty jokes , made good after-dinner speeches , did a reasonable job for them in terms of links with government and that kind of thing , and had a bit of class . |
| 21 | ‘ My children might say that they do n't want to live with me because I send them to bed early . |
| 22 | You know how they 're always shouting at me because I hit them too hard ? |
| 23 | T : I like that line , ‘ Social workers love me 'cos I keep 'em in work ’ ! |
| 24 | Too quickly , for my mother looked at me as I put them on the table . |
| 25 | All the servants knew my name and pointed at me as I passed them . |