Example sentences of "i [vb past] [pers pn] [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 | morning , I found I had blank spot with the old twenty pence piece . |
| 5 | I told her to forget bloody implants , what would her babies think ? |
| 6 | then I noticed them exchanging terse remarks every time my man was facing . |
| 7 | 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 . ’ |
| 8 | I felt I had good cause . |
| 9 | 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 … |
| 10 | I felt I needed different challenges , to move on . |
| 11 | I knew she had psychic gifts , but I could not work out how she was so clued in to this film . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | I knew he had previous convictions . |
| 15 | Yes , yes , so would I , you know , right in the centre of the action , I thought we had brilliant seats . |
| 16 | We got turned over last Saturday but I thought we showed great character out there today . ’ |
| 17 | I thought she said local library actually . |
| 18 | I mean I thought you felt uncomfortable Mike . |
| 19 | ‘ I thought you had powerful friends too , ’ he said to Owen . |
| 20 | Oh I thought you said cold meat ! |
| 21 | ‘ I thought you believed brave men were fools . ’ |
| 22 | I thought I had other books ? |
| 23 | I thought I had genuine friends at the Oval after six and a half years . |
| 24 | But despite his hard work I thought he lacked true happiness and peace of mind . |
| 25 | Up to then I thought he had dark hair . |
| 26 | ‘ I thought he showed great courage in agreeing to be in what was after all an undergraduate revue . ’ |
| 27 | Cos I thought he did advanced French last year . |
| 28 | He is still at sea with the silver I gave him to discover fresh treasure . |
| 29 | When I was arrested in August , one charge against me was that I said I wanted free elections , ’ said Mr Carnogursky , aged 45 . |
| 30 | and he I said to him , I said you got new neighbours ? |