Example sentences of "i [verb] [vb pp] [pron] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Whether it was simply mere enjoyment or relief that I 'd survived my worst imaginings I do n't know — but it felt good . |
2 | He were parked up there well every coalman I 've pulled him about this coke stuff and I 'd seen him other day and I pulled him , explained that I were going over on April first |
3 | Erm I 'd seen one this morning but she is n't in the core lecture so she 's no good to you , but I said to her could you give me a lift at all ? |
4 | She said nothing to me and after rehearsals I was still standing there ; I 'd done nothing all morning , and she called me into the office . |
5 | Always keen to do things economically if I could , I 'd made my own jesses . |
6 | If I 'd followed my own path , I 'd probably have done something like that [ arts ] . |
7 | ‘ I 'm to stay with my friend , you remember , I told you I 'd met her last week ? |
8 | A lot of women write and say I wish I 'd met you 20 years ago . |
9 | ‘ If I 'd met you three years ago , ’ he told her harshly , ‘ maybe things would have been different . |
10 | As we spoke , a car drew up in the carport ( which incidentally was still just as I 'd built it 15 years ago ! ) and to our astonishment ( because the ownership had changed since we sold it ) the lady recognised us ( she 'd been given our Edinburgh address by a mutual friend and had actually called on us once , which we 'd totally forgotten ! ) . |
11 | What we gave you is the time they come and the next weekend they were back again , and I 'd warned them several times and in the end I said look forget it , and I had it , you know , the works gone off , erm , and as far as I 'm concerned it 's Wednesday nights , I 've really got to , and the price I started to pay , is no longer worth it to me . |
12 | I 'd called him Chinless Wonder on the same basis that regular enlisted men in the Army call Sandhurst graduates ‘ Ruperts ’ . |
13 | I 'd bought it two days before and was just trying it out ! ’ |
14 | I 'd bought it three minutes later . |
15 | I 'd wiped her snotty nose and covered her lewd , spreadeagled indecency . |
16 | The bank suddenly started asking for guarantees from my husband , even though I 'd held my own account for two years . |
17 | Only music that stems from spiritual impoverishment enriches my life , Oh , like everybody else I had my summer of soul , like a lot of white boys , thought I 'd found my truest voice . |
18 | I knew I 'd found my spiritual squat . |
19 | I knew I 'd found my spiritual home . |
20 | I knew I 'd found my spiritual home . |
21 | I knew I 'd found my spiritual home and I still think Bob Seger is crap . |
22 | Then I laughed at the first of Danny Kelly 's many amusing jokes , met The World 's Greatest Rock Photographer , realised there was no NME clique , and knew I 'd found my spiritual home . |
23 | I stopped going after six months because I felt I 'd resolved my immediate problem , and it had become a drag and an effort , largely because I had a problem with the silences . |
24 | I 'd practised my straightforward laugh , |
25 | I wish I 'd got my woolly hat . |
26 | I 'd got my 10 pences , but if I stopped to use a phone box I 'd lose him . |
27 | Having gone that long undetected by the enemies sitting almost next to me , I 'd got my over-confident bravado back with interest . |
28 | I 'd got my own way about the home birth after all ! ’ |
29 | It 's just that I wish I 'd got my wretched memory back some other way . ’ |
30 | And I went round town on Saturday and I 'd gone more or less from work as well so I 'd got my big bag with me and ooh my shoulder ! |