Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] [pers pn] [vb mod] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The thing I most disliked was the disapproval of the dons because I admitted I would like to write ! ’ |
| 2 | Then I realized he must have known many bisexuals before me , and many homosexuals too . |
| 3 | ‘ You 're not going to believe this , ’ said Alex , ‘ but I actually picked up the phone to call you this morning , except I realized it would have been the middle of the night your end so I put it down again . ’ |
| 4 | I realized I would need to convince them at the first opportunity that I was primarily a practical policeman and not an academic ; and I also noted that while the college was keen to list the academic qualifications of those on the course , the participants quickly justified Lewis 's assertions by playing them down to emphasize their history of praxis and practical mastery . |
| 5 | I realized I would get no help from the Treasury and , indeed , I suspected that they could not understand why the department was wasting its time on this issue at all . |
| 6 | So I realized I could do an act based on what it is like to be me . |
| 7 | Anyway I realized I 'd have missed you at the Club , so I turned round and set off back . |
| 8 | I knew it was n't going to be easy , as it was so very much his world , but I realized I must do it soon , because the longer I delayed , the longer I felt I would go on doing so — like facing up to the ashes . |
| 9 | In 1975 , my engineers and I realised we should enter a new area of application — robots for arc welding . |
| 10 | British Aluminium own the land , and as soon as I realised I would have to trespass with a car , my imagination started its fevered travail . |
| 11 | So , when I found I wanted to write a book that would reflect a little on whether we should strive to be perfect or settle for the second-best but practical , I realised I would have to have a murder that was in some way imperfect . |
| 12 | ‘ I realised I could influence the situation by saving resources and helping to keep the environment as clean as possible . ’ |
| 13 | I realised I could race them keeping them and me fit . |
| 14 | I 'd barely finished my prawn cocktail before I realised I could fall for him . ’ |
| 15 | I realised I could help myself and did n't have to be this fat , unhappy child , ’ she says . |
| 16 | After that , I realised I 'd get nowhere thinking about you , ’ he continued , ‘ so I immersed myself in my construction company . |
| 17 | Later I realised it would have been wiser to have made a stitch on the empty needles and worked a couple of rows before finishing . |
| 18 | It was n't till the evening when we sat down and talked about it that I realised it could have been quite dangerous . |
| 19 | Towards the end I argued we should remove a section to recover what dating evidence was available below it . |
| 20 | ‘ I presumed you 'd want to . ’ |
| 21 | But the doctor said that when I recovered I would have to practise less and go out more often . |
| 22 | ‘ I did n't realise if I agreed they would take off the old mouthpiece and put on a new one . |
| 23 | There 'd been some snow , and erm er he was n't well , and could I if I cared I could look for a work elsewhere , as i it was just impossible for him to pay wages , you see ? |
| 24 | which reminds me , yeah , the last block I got I 'll have to take it back , it was the wrong colour , we 've got some silver got some , got |
| 25 | What I want to do wha with the bulldozer I got I would like to poke it that shovel one . |
| 26 | I started siding stuff then , an' sweeping an' doing ; and I expected he 'd begin a calling me for my idle ways . |
| 27 | If I strained I could see the world as others did , stereoscopically , but if I relaxed binocular vision would ensue , and while one ‘ eye ’ would remain focused , the other would slide away into the clouded periphery where The Fat Controller and his machinations held sway . |
| 28 | ‘ I was aware of players from both sides running towards me and I shouted I would clear it . |
| 29 | Erm if I tried they would have caught me so I just stand still and do n't scream or cry because I 'll get some more . |
| 30 | And I found we 'd run out of milk for Anthony . |