Example sentences of "i [vb past] [pers pn] [vb past] [num] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ I realised I had 17 years to go before retirement and I wanted to spend them doing what I wanted to do . |
2 | In the Tests I played I dropped three caught-and-bowleds and Don Tallon missed a chance behind as well . |
3 | One day he wrote ‘ battting ’ , and when I queried this , he said , ‘ Well , I knew it had two t's , so I put three to make sure ! ’ |
4 | I thought you meant one flower but I did n't know there was four of them there . |
5 | I thought you got three quid . |
6 | No I , no I understand what you 're saying , it 's just that I thought you said three questions of each . |
7 | Before I got pregnant it was taken for granted I 'd be in the sixth form , then when I found out , I thought I had two months to tell everybody I wo n't be back and they 're going to say , " How come ? " , so I was saying , " Oh God , I 'm going to fail my 0-levels , you wont see me back here again " . |
8 | Basing my decisions on body shape and colouration I thought I had four males and three females . |
9 | Well it 's roughly about five pound and , one pound and I thought he said one pound forty a pint . |
10 | As I said I had one quiff from Jane that was erm because somebody had n't filled in the date by which it was agreed that the Client should get a reply and suggestion was that the procedure should be changed should be non compliance , erm and then the rest of this is based on a suggestion from Rita , and I have several here now , erm . |
11 | I said I had three kids and I could |
12 | I had I had three checks , thyroid |
13 | Although I was sympathetic , I explained we had two children and a large dog and simply did n't have room for him . |
14 | Says the star : ‘ They did n't bat an eyelid when I told them I wanted it delivered 5,000 miles away in London . |