Example sentences of "i [vb past] [prep] [adj] [noun] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I said , Why do n't you just say , ‘ I asked about those records you ordered ? ’ |
| 2 | When I lived in southern France I used to sit out on the porch and watch the sun go down across the valley . |
| 3 | After all , most of the Gujerati women I spoke to I met through English classes they attended , through workmates and mutual friends , not through social workers and community workers . |
| 4 | ‘ If I failed in some aspects it was Tom Bradley who failed . |
| 5 | And then of course er when I got to New York we were quite friendly with all the people on the boat you know that made great friends with some of them and er I had two or three places to go , I had spent a few days at the World Fair and then I flew down to Washington and er then I came back again . |
| 6 | I did n't put any lights on , and when I got into this room I was thankful I had n't . |
| 7 | Whilst I was not physically built as an athlete , I found by hard training I could make the track and cross-country teams . |
| 8 | So I came across these things you see when we were first married because I used to write out all Hector 's bills for him , by hand before we had a typewriter |
| 9 | because he said that when I came into that corner I pulled in I 'd slowed too much and then had to drive round , drive round the corner with my left foot flat on the floor and I thought oh , should n't your left foot be flat on the floor when you corner and that 's probably what he was getting at , as I could off been slipping the clutch . |
| 10 | And every time I came to that bit I jerked up in my chair and Miss Ross shouted at me . |
| 11 | He says , you know when I came to this house I had to have split all my furniture into little bits so I could get it up the stairs . |
| 12 | Whenever I played with other children it flew after me . |
| 13 | ‘ Maybe if I played with another side I 'd get more recognition for what I can do . |
| 14 | I made few friends , but once I adapted to this life I do not think I was particularly unhappy . |
| 15 | To my mind it 's a pity you did n't take that attitude when you were first made aware of the situation , because when I returned from next door you were still yelling your head off at her and painting a vivid picture of what her life would be with an illegitimate child tacked on to her . |
| 16 | Yeah I worked for fives years I 've plenty of practice |
| 17 | I thought for one moment he was about to perform a Highland Fling . |
| 18 | ‘ I thought for one moment you said twenty-five a year . ’ |
| 19 | I thought at one time I saw signs of a recovery ; but the event makes me fear that I was not heard … |
| 20 | The earth never quite moved for me in the Dante Sonata as I thought at one stage it might . |
| 21 | I thought at half time I had got it exactly right . |
| 22 | When I went to junior school it was half and half , white and Black kids ; the Black guys were really revered , and lots of the white boys would try to act Black , because they associated it with being hard or cool . |
| 23 | But certainly that man that I went to that time he was very very nice and |
| 24 | When I went to Bound Zoo I bought , this pencil , that 's twenty five p |
| 25 | And I went to last summer we took a er I took a sha er not a sha erm tt static caravan in , at er Prestatyn an and erm |
| 26 | See the first week I went to these schools they could n't speak a word of Punjabi . |
| 27 | And you know I went into that film it was just being launched in America , and there was a sort of prologue to the film and er I did n't know whether to , to become terribly angry or , or just about cry because the prologue was as if Britain was a sinking ship you know , this was the last we would see of this great thing and they made the most of it you know , like er i the g the film was the old private schools you know the old w well the public schools in England . |
| 28 | a convertible , with a eyes streaming , it was really hard to see , and clocked his speed at fifty , and er the bloke behind me nearly got hit , because when I went past this bloke I went |
| 29 | and when I went in that lavatory , there 's seven on there , when I went in that lavatory I , I |
| 30 | Cos they , when I went in that shop it 's , he 'd tell me he had n't , he 'd failed his driving test . |