Example sentences of "of [noun] i [vb past] [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1 After the first couple of minutes I thought we were going to be in for a really entertaining game .
2 Well , I knew the movements of the ships , and the Emily was Captain Illingworth 's ship , and of course I knew him .
3 Of course I knew she could read , ’ the mother said .
4 Of course I knew it would n't : I 'm not that foolhardy !
5 Of course I knew he saw Otto , but not what those visits implied , and Helmut — whether from loyalty to his friend or on account of some sort of inhibition in relation to me — never hinted at anything improper .
6 Of course I knew he was a genius .
7 ‘ But from where I was out in the audience I could n't properly see what he was doing to get that amazing sound — so of course I assumed he was playing bottleneck .
8 Of course I imagined it .
9 " Well , of course I took it .
10 Of course I believed her when she said it would , but I wish you could have seen those first two lepidopteral visitors .
11 Yes , of course I thought he was an interfering shit .
12 Of course I made it .
13 Of course I meant it .
14 Of course I said I did . ’
15 Of course I heard I 've heard all the arguments about co-opting , but I 'll tell the Noble Lord , Lord MacIntosh this that who 's going to do the co-opting , those who are already on the police authority
16 Of course I asked him to look carefully at the locked room , but we did n't find anything important . ’
17 So of course I told him about , you see we , we 'd lowered the level of the loch at the , took four feet of it , you see and it revealed this thing in the loch .
18 You know he 's moving , of course I told you . ’
19 Of course I resented it . ’
20 And I says , it 's an old lake dwelling , and er of course I mentioned it to this chap , just switch it off the now .
21 Of course I liked them ! ’ she exploded .
22 Of course I liked him — you ca n't not like Oliver once you get to know him — but he did tend to monopolise things .
23 He worked hard , and he helped me — so of course I liked him .
24 Thing was in fairness Martin er er it 's actually the sociability side er both both of you talked about the house did n't you and how , how long you came here and of course I changed it to how , the directions er which you gave me now
25 Of course I stole it ; who else could have ? ’
26 So of course I went away down to the Station and the folk came off the Edinburgh train and that , and this gentleman and lady were left and of course I approached them , I says , by any chance , I says , are you Professor .
27 Of course I wanted him to produce me , I love his work , but I only wanted him to produce half the album and I wanted to work with other producers .
28 Of course I wanted you .
29 Of course I did he was my cousin .
30 ‘ Iva , yes , of course I loved her . ’
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