Example sentences of "i [vb past] [verb] [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ After I became involved we came up with denim products , which had great success for ladies ’ fashions . |
| 2 | The youth hostel was closed , the only shop was disguised as a garage and had no window , a local quaker family had helped to close the only pub in the village in the 1950s , and a farmer I asked said he had none . |
| 3 | And , and , I asked did you have a perm done and she said no . |
| 4 | I asked to keep her talking , but I was thinking of the scribble on the photocopies I 'd found . |
| 5 | Over the summer , the Secretary of State and I met to encourage them to adopt best practices in dealings with their tenants . |
| 6 | I failed to get myself introduced the other night . |
| 7 | When I got elected I got elected because the erm roads in this county were in a six hundred year repair cycle . |
| 8 | what , what , what I got to watch you do it , careful , |
| 9 | ‘ If I got to have it done , I 'll go back to the place I was before , back down the Duke 's Ferry Road . |
| 10 | yeah I 've got a lot of relations , I 've got twenty , twenty seven er grandchildren , that includes the great grandchildren , twenty seven which I have er to get something for all at Christmas it 's a pantomime I 've got stuff here and everywhere sorting out for them , cos my little grandson tonight is coming round to wrap them up for me so I got to mind I have n't , leave his present in the way otherwise he 'll know what he 's got yeah he 's got , I got a tape for him , he wanted a tape called Madness so I 've got him a tape for it so I 've had to put that out the way so he does n't wrap that up , no he comes and does them up for me tonight , and a friend Ian will help him as well , so you know it 's , it 's great really |
| 11 | When and I got married I had to wear a size 16 wedding dress . |
| 12 | Well before I got married I had this I had this fucking dream that we could n't get our hairs done , all the girls could n't their hairs done because nowhere was open . |
| 13 | Before I got married I led a pretty lively existence where women were concerned , and enjoyed it to the full . |
| 14 | and that cos when I got married I took it with me did n't I ? |
| 15 | And in China , usually , erm wedding is an important event in the family and an , when I got married I think my parents-in-law wo erm felt erm more excited than my husband and I ! |
| 16 | " At first , " John went on , obviously bent on making a clean breast of everything , " at first when I tell him you a whore , he do n't believe me , so I got to make him believe . |
| 17 | I got to admit I did n't pop over just to offer yer some neighbourly 'elp , it was on me mind while I was there to touch you for the loan of a bob . |
| 18 | Well that time that I got cayleyed I did n't realise I |
| 19 | I 'd be a liar if I tried to pretend I knew the answer to that one . |
| 20 | I tried to persuade her to go home , even suggested I go with her to talk to her parents but she could n't even face that . |
| 21 | Later in his career , when the top of the voice started to disappear , I tried to persuade him to do Wozzeck with me . |
| 22 | I tried to persuade him to join . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ I sat on my bed and he sat by the door and we talked and I tried to persuade him to use his money to educate himself and he said he would but I did n't feel convinced . ’ |
| 24 | I tried to stop him bringing her , but he 's clearly besotted . ’ |
| 25 | But I tried to stop him shooting up , you know ? |
| 26 | He 's not been too bad but I tried to put him to sleep upstairs did n't I this afternoon ? |
| 27 | ‘ I tried to give you time , ’ he groaned into her hair , then , with a moan of desire to match her own , she felt him return to her , and then all the rest was heaven . |
| 28 | And er I mean I tried to indicate you know to him that he could claim against the company and get his premiums back , but unfortunately , there was no letter and no i indication , and the person was no longer with the company . |
| 29 | Erm but , I mean er you know , I tried to instil we get a good programme and we , we , we get really interesting , no we di we would n't like all socials . |
| 30 | I tried to get her to give him the elbow but she would always say , ‘ but Eddie , he means well and he 's so kind ’ . |