Example sentences of "i [vb past] [conj] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | I asked if it could print in scales of grey upon computer labels , he closed his eyes , shook his head and insisted he did n't know . |
| 2 | I asked if it was foreign and she said that it was . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ I asked if it was for himself or his mother . |
| 4 | In fact , we did go down there for a week to explore the possibilities , and I admitted that it was n't what it was and that the rosy glow that still suffused me at the very name was probably nostalgia for my touring days , when it was the most prestigious of all the dates . |
| 5 | But it does n't it does n't take from the point that I made that it is i i the allocation they 're seeking is aimed at a very specific sector of the employment base . |
| 6 | I had to put the project aside for a while , he wrote , as the rent had to be paid , not to speak of alimony , school fees and the rest , and , coming back to it after a considerable period , much longer , unfortunately , than I had anticipated , and I will not even try to apologize since you gave me a completely free hand — anyway , he wrote , trying to ignore the damp spots left on the page of his pad by his sweaty hands , anyway , coming back to it after all that time I realized that it would be quite impossible in practice to separate the valuable and the worthless , the public and the private , and that , in a sense , one would have to think in terms of either publishing the whole thing exactly as it stood , or not doing it at all . |
| 7 | As I opened it , and looked out , I realized that it was the first time I had consciously looked out : before , I had always been hurrying by . |
| 8 | At the time I thought little more about it , but later I realized that it must have been caused by some powerful pain-killing drug . |
| 9 | The radio was silent and I realized that it was coming from outside . |
| 10 | A closer look and I realized that it was not fog but smoke , and very thick at that . |
| 11 | But later , I realized that it had been quite good for me and stopped me getting big-headed . |
| 12 | Then I looked at it again and I realized that it was n't too hard . |
| 13 | It was a meadow ready for cutting and suddenly I realized that it was high summer , the sun was hot and that every step brought the fragrance of clover and warm grass rising about me into the crystal freshness of the air . |
| 14 | When the gentleman in your office , however , addressed me not as Mrs Maitland , but by my maiden name , which is the one I write under , I realized that it must indeed be me who was being phoned , whereupon it suddenly seemed ( perhaps only by association of ideas ) imperative that I had the means of writing to hand . |
| 15 | What I wanted to say was that when I read the Annual Report I was rather surprised to find that there is no reference to the er report of the committee under the chairmanship of Bob , Bob on the organization of the R Y A and then I realized that it probably did n't come to the Council till after the end of the year that we have under consideration but it did seem to me that it has some contentious and some very interesting and rather good points in it and I wonder if we could be told how the consideration of it is getting on . |
| 16 | year but the end result came when the two children did get took into foster care erm , that 's when I realized that it was a problem and I had to do something about it . |
| 17 | I had the club already going , was dealing with mainly young people , and as you will know young people 's taste tends to vary quite considerably and very quickly , so I might well be very successful for so long and then if suddenly taste changed and I had n't got the ability to change with the times I realized that it would be rather precarious , so I needed a second string to my bow . |
| 18 | And as I looked at Jimmy Boyce , ex-industrial tiler , ex-foundry worker , ex-redundant foundry worker , I realised that it really was the law of the jungle here tonight . |
| 19 | I could not swallow pills until I realised that it was a psychological problem ( ’ Sticky pills ’ ) Monitor , 13 January , p 88 ) . |
| 20 | And when I thought back over the conversation , I realised that it was an extremely unlikely thing to have happened . |
| 21 | I realised that it was time to take back control over my children 's lives and I joined the city wide anti-dampness campaign instead . |
| 22 | Of course , I realised that it was an example of pure coincidence and that there could be nothing more to it . |
| 23 | It was even worse when I realised that it was more than that . |
| 24 | After about two minutes of watching I realised that it was a travel programme and they were in Corfu so I changed the channel . |
| 25 | I then went on to think about who had clipped Secretary of State Samson 's golden locks and , once again , I realised that it was the right hon. Member for Finchley . |
| 26 | The Aldershot method was particularly important for me because I realised that it 's something we use every day or we see every day er and it emotionally prepares the audience the listener for what I 'm going to say . |
| 27 | Then they said well and then I realised that it was Fennite and I 'd heard of that |
| 28 | equal to supervisor so I crossed that out and then I realised that it said intervene . |
| 29 | I did n't really believe it at first , er , and then I received couple or more phone calls from er various people in the industry who er , who were aware of it and started to congratulate me , and then I realised that it was the truth , that er I really did have a big hit record once again with Blue Velvet . |
| 30 | In Chapter 2 , I argued that it is very important to test the system as a whole as early as possible rather than to develop components in isolation . |