Example sentences of "i [vb past] [pron] [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | In the later stages of Metaltronix I had a guy work for me who had a tube engineering degree , but that kind of knowledge still does n't teach you about designing — the times I asked him to design certain circuits and he 'd just stare at me ! |
2 | ‘ Are you suggesting I asked him to play slow music ? ’ she shot back , outraged . |
3 | He stood up while we watched and I realized he had magnificent horns , far longer than any I had yet seen . |
4 | It was not entirely by chance that soon afterwards I found myself discussing historic family houses in central London with my 90-year-old friend Monsignor Gilbey . |
5 | As he talked , he faded into an outline and I found myself beating folded wings and saying , Oh , quack quack quack quack . |
6 | morning , I found I had blank spot with the old twenty pence piece . |
7 | I told her to forget bloody implants , what would her babies think ? |
8 | then I noticed them exchanging terse remarks every time my man was facing . |
9 | 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 . ’ |
10 | I felt I had good cause . |
11 | Sitting there in the London bound train ( I had thought it would never come into the station , that the whistle would never blow ) , I saw myself in a play , a melodrama perhaps — I felt I had Runaway Daughter written all over me … |
12 | I felt I needed different challenges , to move on . |
13 | I knew she had psychic gifts , but I could not work out how she was so clued in to this film . |
14 | As a concession to the New Wave I wore a black shirt , black jeans , white socks and black suede shoes , but I knew I had uninteresting hair . |
15 | I knew I had bad eating habits when I started secretly to buy sweets from several different shops and ensure the wrappers were well hidden from my boyfriend . |
16 | I knew he had previous convictions . |
17 | Yes , yes , so would I , you know , right in the centre of the action , I thought we had brilliant seats . |
18 | We got turned over last Saturday but I thought we showed great character out there today . ’ |
19 | I thought she said local library actually . |
20 | I mean I thought you felt uncomfortable Mike . |
21 | ‘ I thought you had powerful friends too , ’ he said to Owen . |
22 | Oh I thought you said cold meat ! |
23 | ‘ I thought you believed brave men were fools . ’ |
24 | I thought I had other books ? |
25 | I thought I had genuine friends at the Oval after six and a half years . |
26 | But despite his hard work I thought he lacked true happiness and peace of mind . |
27 | Up to then I thought he had dark hair . |
28 | ‘ I thought he showed great courage in agreeing to be in what was after all an undergraduate revue . ’ |
29 | Cos I thought he did advanced French last year . |
30 | He is still at sea with the silver I gave him to discover fresh treasure . |