Example sentences of "i [vb past] [vb pp] [pers pn] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And I think even while we 'd been in Opposition , remember no one knew whether we were going to win or not , it surprised many people when we did , there had been some sort of discreet across-the-fence interest at the professional Civil Service level in some of the concepts that we were developing and I 'd made it a point of writing the occasional pamphlet as our thinking went along to send out smoke signals to everyone including the civil servants as to what we were about . |
| 2 | ‘ If only I 'd met you a year ago . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ But I 'd sent you a cheque to cover my share of the quarter . ’ |
| 4 | Patterson 's eyes flickered as if I 'd given him a straw to grasp , but I pressed on . |
| 5 | You 'd think I 'd given him the moon . ’ |
| 6 | I 've got , you gave me some last time and I 'd got them the week before , so I 've got enough . |
| 7 | Cos I 'd got her a tube of toothpaste . |
| 8 | If I 'd told them a tale like that then they would have had me down at the station before I could blink ! ’ |
| 9 | He 'd say , " Leave it , it does n't matter , " but if I 'd left it the place would be a pigsty . |
| 10 | By the time I 'd had her a fortnight , and she was about five weeks old , her trust in me was growing . |
| 11 | I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for giving way , because I had misunderstood him a bit . |
| 12 | After the heavy rains of the past days I expected them to be full , and they were , a lot fuller than when I had seen them the year before . |
| 13 | I wish I had landed him a facer ! ’ |
| 14 | I had sent her a copy of my memoir , but her noncommittal letter of thanks had given no indication of whether she had read it . |
| 15 | ‘ There was every reason for me to suspect that the present was just such a case : the medical cause of the death was perfectly well known to the family — indeed I had sent them a copy of the pathologist 's report . |
| 16 | I had given them the idea that maybe they would become torturers . ’ |
| 17 | While Elizabeth was in Athens I had given her a proof copy . |
| 18 | I had met him every day of my life in England : punching my ticket on a ‘ bus , cutting my hair , selling me an evening newspaper or looking after the engine of my aeroplane . |
| 19 | I had met him a couple of times , and he had submitted a paper I had written for publication in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society . |
| 20 | I had met her a couple of times back in the world , but only at Dreamer functions . |
| 21 | I had bought her a watch for a present . |
| 22 | I had thought her a goner ; now this — from the victim 's own lips . |
| 23 | I had thought it a measure of their love and generosity that the nuns would make the suppliants laugh . |
| 24 | It would be most upsetting if Captain Auden were to hear I had shown you the implant I designed for him . ’ |
| 25 | He was aware that I had disliked him the day before and seemed anxious to make me change my opinion . |
| 26 | ‘ Who is he ? ’ he kept repeating over and over again , stony-faced and disbelieving even when I had told him the truth . |
| 27 | ‘ And if I had told you the truth , Neil , that day when Jem Higgins knocked me senseless , what would you have done then ? |
| 28 | ‘ The shop-owner rang me and said she would n't move until I had found her a house , ’ she explained . |
| 29 | All I needed was a little bit of luck and as I pressed , dry mouthed , along the empty street it seemed I had found it The shock when I saw the two burly SPs strolling towards me was like a blow but was immediately followed by a strange calm . |