Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] i [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Travis thinks I stole it . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ When I joined Vancouver Whitecaps I played under the best manager of my career . |
| 3 | Marie says I got to relax more . |
| 4 | When Dennis emerged I reclaimed my room , flopped out on the sheets impregnated with his distinctive odour and slept fitfully until just after ten , when a hot slice of sunlight which had been working its way across the bed reached my face . |
| 5 | Malpass said I had a pretty clear-cut choice . |
| 6 | ‘ But I still used to pose on the bike for publicity purposes , ’ she 'd say archly over her tea and Eccles cakes , ‘ until the varicose veins started to show through me silver tights and Flaherty said I 'd better call it a day and let them find themselves another pin-up girl . ’ |
| 7 | That 's it well tha there 's Peggy says I said oh well I 'm a bit erm worried about taking them and I said they have been known to get up and walk out , and said , surely not ! |
| 8 | The Seagate drives I used for this article required 2 jumper connections made on the master drive , and all the connectors removed from the slave drive … |
| 9 | Ethel found me doubled up . |
| 10 | Early on within this game I th when Blackburn scored I thought this game would be taken away from 'em . |
| 11 | In the February issue I warned you that I was going to bite the bullet and buy a real computer . |
| 12 | When Celtic lost I knew how the players felt . |
| 13 | I knew from January bet I did n't know who to tell . |
| 14 | I always wanted to go but when Tito died I said to Arthur ooh it might be a bit risky . |
| 15 | ‘ My Auntie Ethel said I had to mind him , ’ he said . |
| 16 | ‘ It was then reported in the Press that Millwall wanted me fired from the station , ’ explained Baker , who insisted Rioch was the ‘ worst-ever ’ Lions manager . |
| 17 | After the death of Roger Hinks I wrote to Elizabeth : |
| 18 | ‘ I had ridden Ile de Bourbon for trainer Fulke Johnson Houghton in all of his home gallops and also won on the colt in the King Edward VII stakes at Royal Ascot but when Piggott asked me had the horse made any improvement from then and before the big King George race I had to tell him that I was unaware of it just in case he might want to take over . |
| 19 | Says Eugene modestly , ‘ Kurt asked me did I want to go on , and I said ‘ Great ’ , but I shat myself . |
| 20 | When I went through the Blackfriars underpass I felt as though I had been hit by a brick , ’ she said . |
| 21 | Before Bodo arrived I 'd already decided in favour of the gentler angled approach through the rip from the left , with an eye on building up gradually from the small to the not-so-small . |
| 22 | Robert reckoned I 'd dropped thirty or forty thousand pounds . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ WHEN I knelt at the spot where Donald died I felt a knot that has been tied up inside me for three years slowly unravel . |
| 24 | Marlies thought I had fallen off a ladder fixing a letter G from the conference slogan of that year , ‘ Britain Winning Through ’ . |
| 25 | M.J. talked a lot , and Donald said I encouraged her too much , and that I.C.B. was on the point of being more personal and interesting if I had let her — but I was rather shy of it . |
| 26 | Surely there were many which went at a slow tempo , such as the first Beethoven Modlinger Dance I mentioned in my original article , the rapid-fire tattoos of its French horns ensuring a slow pace . |
| 27 | Newman paused as though unsure how to phrase his next words , then burst out : ‘ Buchanan thinks I murdered Sandy . ’ |
| 28 | I snuffed Armstrong 's engine and dug out the OS map I 'd bought . |
| 29 | ‘ If Monsieur de Craon alleges I told him , then he is a liar ! |
| 30 | I think it was now that Lili decided I stood in need of care . |