Example sentences of "[conj] i [vb past] [pers pn] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A cream-coloured dress of mine got covered with rust and , although I soaked it in biological liquid , it did n't get rid of the stain . |
| 2 | When I came to Macmillan , it was with the greatest difficulty that I telephoned him at all . |
| 3 | You 're not forgetting that I called you before that time myself , and you told me Bonanza had taken the girl away somewhere ? ’ |
| 4 | Because there were , there were easily three lists of influence on referrals that you need to be attuned to , that I gave you in that one erm praise , give a bit of praise to my wife because all I 'm proud of crafty , I thought , you know , why did n't you say that was a beautiful brief . |
| 5 | ‘ They asked for an appointment , so I arranged it for this afternoon . |
| 6 | ‘ Do n't say anything , but I saw Bob Lamb going along the beck , so I sent her off that way , too . |
| 7 | The male started to bully the female , so I removed her to another tank — better to be safe than sorry . |
| 8 | and I tried all weekend trying to get only there from five to seven , and I got him after five o'clock on Tuesday |
| 9 | The journey to Liverpool Street station was just a trundle around the Northern Line from Camden to Moorgate and then a short walk , and I accomplished it in good time . |
| 10 | and I had it on right and he came in right , and I was going , he was going , a long conversation all about little Harmony and everything and really going onto it , and I went to play it back and it had n't recorded anything . |
| 11 | One year new chain and I had it in that little on the tree ? |
| 12 | I was shaking by the time I got the thing to the Bunker , nearly frightening myself to death with my paranoid imaginings , but I prevailed ; I took the filthy skull there and I cleaned it and stuck a candle in it and I surrounded it with heavy magic , important things , and got back cold and wet to my warm little bed safely . |
| 13 | I used to want to work at the violin , and I played it for two years . |
| 14 | And I arranged it on that day at the time . |
| 15 | And I asked him about that particular morning 's exercise with the coastguard helicopter . |
| 16 | Now , I do n't , the story I quoted was I , I interviewed Lord Marshall on the local radio thing many years ago , and I asked him about nuclear fusion . |
| 17 | Let's try and get it on the board , which somebody has written on and I told them about that and asked them to clean it , but , bring a spray can of white paint next time . |
| 18 | And I told them about this job I 'd done here . |
| 19 | You know , and I told you about that I 'm having my er done . |
| 20 | K has literally just rung over the moon that I had fixed this as her mother is very fond of David and has known him for years — and it is fitting that widow of first Prof of CEGS ( as above ) be included — her dad built up the department enormously and I knew him through European seminars etc via Law Society with and others including who is a Heriot Row neighbour . |
| 21 | And I 'll say this now , they was in business there , nextdoor , and I knew them like that , they says any machinery come here and use it , and they 'd got shears and all that sort of thing , and with their help , you know , I had these four locks and did them and took them down in no time to m to er , to and they was flabbergasted because of the quickness of them , you know , and they says er we can always find you sommat to work if er this is the case . |
| 22 | ‘ And I knew it from that first day when you came driving down to the chais like a crazy woman . |
| 23 | she looks really weird without them on and I saw her like this |
| 24 | And I saw it before that , about , yeah about eight as well . |
| 25 | My sister and I put him to good use . |
| 26 | Roughly , those over thirty-five , and I put him in that group , reacted with a mixture of impatience , embarrassment , and guilt . |
| 27 | I of course has to invent this ceremony and I did it in Latin as they do at Oxford |
| 28 | But then I got the ES295 and I used it through most of the Sun sessions . |
| 29 | So one day , I got a newspaper , I rolled it up and I walloped her like mad . |
| 30 | His wound was covered lightly with a shell dressing , and I moved it to one side to have a look . |