Example sentences of "i [verb] [adv prt] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I wondered what on earth John would think if he saw all this ; his friends in church , many for the first time in years , strangers saying prayers for him , me weeping over his photograph . |
| 2 | I can imagine what he 'll think if you ring him up and say you 've found me weeping over my special patient ! |
| 3 | ‘ You just do n't want me to carry on my business , do you ? ’ she hit back , angered at his refusal and refusing to see the rest as a compliment . |
| 4 | I am writing this partly to get it clear in my head and to help me make up my mind . |
| 5 | Cos she was expecting me to trot out something like , yes both my parents went to grammar school like everybody else whose parents went , you know , they were all saying , yes my parents went to grammar school and they got these and these have got these qualifications and everything , I could n't believe it though , there 's a load of people in our class and like you know , all the parents are all these things and they 're not exactly brilliant , the children |
| 6 | He 's so sincere , he helps me to work out my personal problems . |
| 7 | The hon. Gentleman is right to refer to security , although he will not expect me to spell out what is happening in the city at present . |
| 8 | Nether Wyresdale Parish Council has asked me to find out what consultation there will be with Parish Councils and other bodies on this matter . |
| 9 | The cleaner upstairs , she asked me to find out what kind of cakes everybody liked cos she 's buying every single person an individual , like you know , a single cake for everybody . |
| 10 | says there 's a good chance they 'll want to finish loading today and asks me to find out who wants overtime . |
| 11 | When I called the police , they instructed me to write down everything the caller had said . |
| 12 | Okay I 'll put together some ideas based on the areas we 've discussed today and if we can arrange a time for me to come back I can present my recommendations to you . |
| 13 | If Stuart feels it 's necessary for me to come off I will accept his decision . |
| 14 | I never used to be able to read good before I went into prison : I used to get into the book and think , ‘ What 's that word ? ’ and then cut the word down to size until I made up what it was . |
| 15 | I made up me mind |
| 16 | Now in those days you never got an album deal from a record company unless you had a hit single , but I made up my mind that the sort of stuff he had would make a very good album , so I went to Decca with that view in mind , trying to get an album deal , and did get a deal for him . |
| 17 | On that first brief visit I made up my mind that one day I would return there . |
| 18 | Aided by nostalgia , I made up my mind , there and then , to return to Nigeria on foot . |
| 19 | It was a great disappointment but I made up my mind there and then that it would be different next term . |
| 20 | ‘ It was then that I made up my mind that r would never leave England , ’ declares Lotte Bray ( Lowenstein ) . |
| 21 | ‘ I made up my mind to say yes if he did , ’ she said . |
| 22 | ‘ I made up my mind about that long before we had five goals stuck past us at Oldham on Saturday . |
| 23 | Quite early , I made up my mind that all I wanted to be was a top flight boxer , to follow Jack Johnson in my own way and become the first black British heavyweight champion . |
| 24 | So , I made up my mind from then : ‘ right , I 'll have to stay with the black guys 'cause I am black . ’ |
| 25 | I made up my mind then that next time I had a baby I would love it . |
| 26 | And I made up my mind — " Now Mary Edgar you 'll be terribly sea-sick , " so I was prepared for the worst . |
| 27 | But I made up my mind not to move until the battle was over . |
| 28 | Herbert Matthews , who was close to the Cuban revolutionaries from the late Sierra Maestra days , wrote that ‘ I made up my mind early in the revolution on the basis of many talks with all the top Cuban leaders that their greatest preoccupation was the conviction that the United States was determined to overthrow the Castro regime ’ ( Matthews : 1969 , p. 171 ) . |
| 29 | ‘ I made up my mind that we were going to get married , and nothing was going to make me change my mind . |
| 30 | As a first step to achieving it I made up my mind , even before I went to Eton , to join the Sudan Political Service . |