Example sentences of "the [noun pl] i [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was sitting there with his head in his hands ; he did not rise when the train passed ; he made no movement ; he did not give a glance at the signs I made him ; and for a long time as the train was carrying me away , I watched his little motionless , grief-stricken figure , lost in the desert , an image of my own despair . |
| 2 | Unfortunately , I wrote to him in rather a hurry , and did n't take copies of the notes I sent him . |
| 3 | I never ceased to be astounded by how quickly and thoroughly he absorbed the notes I gave him . ’ |
| 4 | In the later stages of Metaltronix I had a guy work for me who had a tube engineering degree , but that kind of knowledge still does n't teach you about designing — the times I asked him to design certain circuits and he 'd just stare at me ! |
| 5 | Well that 's what I 've been saying to dad as well , I said the times I said we 've had cheques come back ! |
| 6 | Perhaps it was just the times I saw him in the Div II Championship year and the season after that . |
| 7 | the reasons I said I I I I could go along with that approach as well . |
| 8 | A seventeenth-century libertine who wrote excellent satirical verse ( he 's the author of the famous epigram about Charles II : ‘ God bless our good and gracious king/Whose promise none relies on ; /Who never said a foolish thing , /Nor ever did a wise one ’ — one of the reasons I like him so much is that allegedly he recited it extempore to the king ) and some great , great poems about sex . |
| 9 | I was then granted unconditional bail , in spite of the fact that the magistrates knew all about the cocaine , which was one of the reasons I thought I 'd never get a sentence . |
| 10 | In fact it 's one of the reasons I brought you here . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ One of the reasons I do it , ’ he explains ‘ is because my wife and I can spend time alone together away from the family , feel young again ( they 're both in their early 40's ) , and have adventures . ’ |
| 12 | I hope Verlander appreciates the skills I taught you . ’ |
| 13 | He said cos I used to keep the house tidy he said I 've been the in the army June an he said I can I can run a household he said but we and then working the shifts I do he said and go up the horses and that he said I just do n't get time to do it ! |
| 14 | Cos they are quite tame , I mean that 's one thing about the hens I mean they ca n't come out though , they just wander about . |
| 15 | I think it 's really relevant to the pictures I think it 's really good . |
| 16 | Well naturally I was I was raving wild when I got up and that 's well the lads I thought they were going to turn the van over tell you the truth . |
| 17 | Very hard , very hard I told the lads I told 'em the union about it what he done that day . |
| 18 | But if I run through the addresses I think it 'll make sense because everybody will recognize where they are . |
| 19 | ‘ Once I heard her start singing the songs I knew it had to be her , ’ he says . |
| 20 | If it is , I 'll just get some and give one each the kids I think we 've got enough sweeties . |
| 21 | And as far as in the appraisals I mean I found when I did the three s part staff and , and I was , it was that pilot and , and I know |
| 22 | ‘ When the manager wanted me to work out in the reserves I accepted it . |
| 23 | Things are now too simplified and Arnason dodged all the traps I set him to reach the drawing haven . |
| 24 | between the ears I mean she 's a charming woman . |
| 25 | As I heard the words I knew they were wrong , but could n't for the life of me remember the dolmen 's proper name . |
| 26 | A question from the floor : are there tribes whose lexicon lacks the words I love you ? |
| 27 | The ingredients I think we well know . |
| 28 | He told students : ‘ In the auditions I ask them who came second in the last war and they say ‘ Ask the other fella ’ . |
| 29 | Yes erm listening to the punters I mean I know loads of people come up here and there 's one thing which all of them tend to say and that this place is threatening . |
| 30 | up and down the intervals I mean it is a bit of a muchness really . |