Example sentences of "a [noun] i [vb past] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'll put a bit I thought it had always been like that . |
| 2 | started school I thought it was gon na be a bit I thought I would n't like it there but when I got there , I did like it mum . |
| 3 | ‘ I should have told Perdita years ago , but I 'm such a drip I funked it . ’ |
| 4 | She says , yeah , she says , she , I had a look I found it our . |
| 5 | ‘ As a midwife I thought I knew how to communicate with mothers , but my skills with deaf women were abysmal , ’ she says |
| 6 | The first time i spotted a puffin I thought I was seeing things . |
| 7 | As a P.C. I felt I was not a success . |
| 8 | aggro I said no money no cars ! you 'll get a car I said I know you will he said ! |
| 9 | For a second I thought he was going to hit me , but then he reached into his jacket pocket and brought out a wallet that he unfolded and thrust towards me , giving me just enough time to see that he held the rank of chief inspector , one of the highest ranks in the Bahamian police force , then the wallet was snapped shut and Deacon Billingsley moved to stand very close to me , so close that I could smell the cigar smoke on his breath . |
| 10 | We went into my room at last , with our arms round each other , and in the doorway I stopped dead because I 'd forgotten what Toby had said about John and for a second I thought I was in the wrong room . |
| 11 | for a second I thought it might be a struggle . |
| 12 | Volunteer Eileen said : ‘ For half a second I thought it was a hoax but as he began to name the four streets I took him seriously . ’ |
| 13 | Like a fool I told her about the man I 'd been living with . |
| 14 | With the enthusiasm of a boy I thought I had stumbled across one of the great masterpieces of English writing . |
| 15 | and all of a sudden I developed she 'd be on the phone going , I 've just eaten mussels with vinegar in them . |
| 16 | There was a gaudy shrine , and for a moment I felt we had entered the den of a fortune-teller . |
| 17 | For a moment I thought they were terrorists , but I was wrong , they were Political Branch operatives . |
| 18 | For a moment I thought he had come across the bottle of wine given to me by the couple at Benouville bridge café . |
| 19 | Forget it , I said , For a moment I thought he was going to tell me to sling my hook . |
| 20 | For a moment I thought he was joking . |
| 21 | For a moment I thought he was about to dare to let himself like me , but the wife was watching , alas . |
| 22 | For a moment I thought he was about to apologize , but he did n't . |
| 23 | ‘ For a moment I thought he was going to kill me . |
| 24 | For a moment I thought he was going to get back to the DIY metaphor and start to try to get them to see me as undercoat or Jesus Christ as primer , but , instead , he recovered himself enough to say , ‘ Great News ! ’ |
| 25 | For a moment I thought he was going to stand there facing it , daring it to stop . |
| 26 | For a moment I thought he 'd flipped and reckoned he was Napoleon , when it clicked he was talking about Jo . |
| 27 | Lisabeth asked and for a moment I thought he was going to slam the door on us . |
| 28 | For a moment I thought I had been mistaken , and that perhaps I had left the switch on after the light failed , but no , I was sure I had switched off . |
| 29 | For a moment I thought I had gone too far . |
| 30 | For a moment I thought I was with Alan Bennett . |