Example sentences of "i [vb past] [pron] [vb past] [verb] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As I blundered on in my explanation I realised he had forgotten all about it and if I had kept my mouth shut the problem need never have arisen . |
| 2 | I found I wanted to include more and more of London within one frame . |
| 3 | And then I 'd I 'd had enough and then he started messing about and he started pushing the boxes down through my strapper then , course that messed the strapper up ! |
| 4 | I had thought it all through ; I reckoned I had covered all possibilities . |
| 5 | ‘ It was hell when I discovered you 'd left that morning without saying anything to me , not even an angry goodbye ! |
| 6 | I decided I 'd caused enough mayhem for one day . |
| 7 | Well at about er when I was about eighteen , I erm I decided I 'd had enough of this er this business of three days on the three days on , and three off , in the winter , and it was about October time and I could see another winter of it . |
| 8 | Though it was when I heard her using bad language to my housekeeper and being unwarrantedly rude to Ivo that I decided I 'd had enough of the woman . ’ |
| 9 | But then I decided I had broken enough hands tonight . |
| 10 | well I , I wanted therefore to put take project into the national press and to promote the product , given that that was the larger product in the market place and therefore if you want that would set the standards for the rest of the market place , that 's what I , I felt we needed to do that with the increasing number of competitors moving into market place |
| 11 | I felt I had gained enough experience and as I was having the baby it all tied in together . ’ |
| 12 | I felt I had won several different things at the same time , including my war against the Portuguese Federation . |
| 13 | ‘ I knew you had obtained this and gave it to … er … |
| 14 | Oh I knew I 'd said that one wrong . |
| 15 | Cos I knew I 'd got enough to give you back , that 's why I wanted to borrow it |
| 16 | Say no I 'm alright and I must 've lifted my head , all I could hear was this old scraggy voice like a witch , ah serve the fucking bastard right , the fucking honest to fuck , so I must 've sat for another half an hour and I knew I had to go that way to get home . |
| 17 | I knew I had to approach that silent figure . |
| 18 | So I knew I had to avoid that . |
| 19 | ‘ But I knew I wanted to do more cakes and could do much more interesting things . |
| 20 | As my darling new mother ( whom I loved ) moved radiantly about the room introducing Derek , who had just directed Equus at the Contact Theatre , to Bryan , who was a freelance journalist specializing in film , or Karen , who was a secretary at a literary agency , to Robert , who was a designer ; as she spoke of the new Dylan album and what Riverside Studios was doing , I saw she wanted to scour that suburban stigma right off her body . |
| 21 | Later Macmillan was reputed to have defended his decision in a sentence which is likely to be authentic because it has the Macmillan ring : ‘ I thought we had had enough of Martha and it was time for some Mary. , |
| 22 | ‘ Do n't be silly — I thought we had settled all that . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ In this period of glasnost , I thought we 'd stopped all that . ’ |
| 24 | I thought we 'd seen enough of each other to last a lifetime . |
| 25 | ‘ I thought we 'd covered all that . |
| 26 | I I I thought we 'd covered that one actually Mr . |
| 27 | I thought we 'd done that , because that that was the remit that we agreed at this table round this table . |
| 28 | I thought we 'd agreed that . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ I thought we 'd settled that ! ’ |
| 30 | ‘ I thought we 'd settled that . |