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 . ’ |