Example sentences of "i [vb past] [vb mod] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The words I used may strike you as generous , or too romantic , but they are not inaccurate , merely inadequate . |
| 2 | ‘ We 'll have to eat together , ’ I said in a doleful tone which I knew would upset my mother as much as the vision which my remark would conjure up . |
| 3 | Still , I 'd always tried hard to be a good golfer , and playing off three handicap I knew would stand me in good stead . |
| 4 | He gave a hard smile , and said , ‘ The only one that I knew could fulfil my ambition to be a multimillionaire before I was thirty . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ Now this is what I thought might suit your purposes , ’ he said . |
| 6 | As the days went by , I did start to try the newspapers and job centres again — anywhere in fact that I thought might find me either a job or a home . |
| 7 | My philosophy being that members who attended the meetings or functions which I attended will know I was there . |
| 8 | The employment reserve of which I spoke would help them to contribute to society and to their personal future and well-being . |
| 9 | Nothing I said could make him change his mind . |
| 10 | While I was at Cambridge , I began to follow a rule of life which I hoped would prepare me for the priesthood . |