Example sentences of "[conj] [conj] [pers pn] [verb] i [verb] " in BNC.

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1 I 'm here to be made love to when you need to , or when you think I need to , just to cover up .
2 Knowing this , I was still impotent , for I had nothing to put in its stead , no one to turn to for advice or support , and I had learned for myself nothing of life except that I was bad at living , and that where I loved I met only rejection and disaster .
3 That 's actually all I want to say about the flipchart unless anybody 's any other comments I mean Jeff 's you 've obviously got a lot of experience in a do you feel there 's any anything further than that I know I 've covered it very briefly .
4 That 's been quite good that cos you know I had a hundred and ten pounds left
5 But then in the next fraction of the same instant I realized that if I thought I had ceased to exist then I existed that the very thinking of this thought was me .
6 You can tell him from me that if he wants me to stay in this urban backwater of yours he 'll have to provide me with an interesting occupation — and I do n't mean modelling your dress .
7 I suddenly realized that if she suspected I knew of her guilt , she might attack me .
8 It 's a shame he did n't say that before he asked me to marry him . ’
9 The committee became so unnerved at the thought that the club premises might be under threat that when I said I knew how to deal with these bounders , but it could only be as chairman , they swallowed it hook , line and sinker .
10 Okay so what did I have here so that when I differentiated I got X ?
11 My father was always very distant with me — so that when he died I felt I hardly knew him .
12 McAllister , who had put the doll down , and was now fetching out her work basket to embroider pansies on some fine lawn dresses made for the bazaar by the aforesaid ladies , said , ‘ I did n't mean to become involved , you know , but Matey has been so kind to me — when not slave-driving me , you understand — that when she asked me to accompany her I had not the heart to refuse , and strangely , after I began to work for the bazaar , I found that it was most rewarding . ’
13 Well , it 's a lot better than when you saw me last time !
14 And that Thou bidst me come to Thee ,
15 ‘ Jeff told me he 'd had a word with you about me and told you I had lots of experience teaching English to foreign students and that you wanted me to come and do the job . ’
16 Kelly Johnson had just left and so they asked me to join .
17 Actually I was so anxious to have him that I would have said anything — but I did put my marriage first , I made that choice , and although it meant I had many , many years of frustration as an actress , I 'm not sorry I made that choice .
18 Well he , he , they were on their way to Norwich but they stopped off at Ipswich for a lunch , you see , and er I had , I looked after them , so , so that it should n't interrupt the other girls behind the counter or , or the waiter who was looking after his regular customers in the dining room , you see , er and so I used to erm and once I had I remember there was six black doctors came in and er and I was glad because it was nice to move about and instead of sticking in the office typing and then going out all alone , you see , while the Manager was on the district , you see , I liked it and er anyway that was a long time ago .
19 I then expect I will be tortured , and if they see I do n't die they will poison me .
20 We make all our decisions together and if she wanted me to pack it all in I would . ’
21 If they have got something cooking , and if I found I did n't like it when it came , I 'd tell them to get stuffed .
22 I will not be for the lessening of it , and if I do I know I less my crown , for we must march together " .
23 JEWKES : He is my master and if he bids me do anything I can do I think I ought to do it and let him who has power to command me look to the lawfulness of it .
24 I can walk in 120 and sing in 105 ; and if you ask me to sing in 105 now , I will manage it .
25 And if you let me go I will forgive you for the way in which you have just spoken to me . ’
26 The only way we can actually go about it is that if we use these cramps and if you remember me telling you , or I do hint every now and then , make sure you keep the cramps straight parallel to the rails , and that 's the reason why because it 'll fall straight , now if something 's in twist and we want to bring it back again , what you do is if it 's in twist that way , you put the cramp as I 've done these slightly up
27 And if you remember I said that , because of its concern for security , the state creates a capacity for violence in the world of states , its , its environment and since this is er erm a characteristic of all states , however large or small the resources , they all create this capacity , they all have a defence policy er there is a consequent competition and this competition , far from resolving the problem of security , in fact exacerbates it , it makes it worse , and so states find themselves competing at different levels er competing particularly in the creation of military capabilities and the consequence of this is a more or less sustained and permanent arms race which frequently er produces armed struggles and war .
28 I ca n't remember when , which cos if you remember I bought some late some sort of bulbs and I ca n't remember which .
29 And things like writing leaflets in a way you know that comes up in meetings we 'd better write a leaflet and the response usually 's , Oh n gosh we ca n't do things like that you know , we ca n't speak in public , we ca n't write leaflets and in fact we do you know we find ourselves achieving these things and and I mean I think men really their attitude has really changed over the months .
30 When I was sure he was alone , I followed him into the bank and while he queued I read a leaflet to see if I qualified for a home mortgage .
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