Example sentences of "i [verb] [vb pp] [pron] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Had I proposed to keep working until the hotel was a hotbed of gossip , and leave only when I 'd made myself the centre of a tasty little scandal ? |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | ‘ If only I 'd met you a year ago . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ But I 'd sent you a cheque to cover my share of the quarter . ’ |
| 5 | Patterson 's eyes flickered as if I 'd given him a straw to grasp , but I pressed on . |
| 6 | You 'd think I 'd given him the moon . ’ |
| 7 | I 'd gotten myself a Herald Tribune and I sat reading it on one of the red seats there . ’ |
| 8 | He tried to deny he 'd been to the village at first , but when I told him I 'd watched his every move he said he 'd gone for toothpaste and avoided our constables because he did n't think they 'd allow him to go out . ’ |
| 9 | I 've got , you gave me some last time and I 'd got them the week before , so I 've got enough . |
| 10 | Cos I 'd got her a tube of toothpaste . |
| 11 | If I 'd told them a tale like that then they would have had me down at the station before I could blink ! ’ |
| 12 | He 'd say , " Leave it , it does n't matter , " but if I 'd left it the place would be a pigsty . |
| 13 | I 'd forgotten what a joy it is to have a girl-friend . |
| 14 | By the time I 'd had her a fortnight , and she was about five weeks old , her trust in me was growing . |
| 15 | I will try to enjoy the whole weekend and with everyone 's help I have set myself a target to raise 1,000 for CLIC . |
| 16 | I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for giving way , because I had misunderstood him a bit . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | I wish I had landed him a facer ! ’ |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | ‘ 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 . |
| 21 | I had done what a lot of people do when struck with shyness — tried to detach myself from a situation because I anticipated rejection . |
| 22 | She had nagged me to accept it , but now she behaved as though I had done her a disservice by doing so . |
| 23 | I had given them the idea that maybe they would become torturers . ’ |
| 24 | While Elizabeth was in Athens I had given her a proof copy . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | I had met her a couple of times back in the world , but only at Dreamer functions . |
| 28 | I had bought her a watch for a present . |
| 29 | I had fancied myself a connoisseur of contrast , a gourmet savouring the sweet-and-sour clash between my present lifestyle and the one I had left behind me in East Oxford . |
| 30 | I had thought her a goner ; now this — from the victim 's own lips . |