Example sentences of "[noun] i [verb] [pron] [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ As a midwife I thought I knew how to communicate with mothers , but my skills with deaf women were abysmal , ’ she says |
| 2 | But , during the course of the recession I think what happened was that most companies stopped keeping stocks did n't they ? |
| 3 | Well she worked at Brewery I think she did labelling you know in in department . |
| 4 | I knew he 'd fought James on it tooth and nail , and though in all honesty I felt I 'd won him round to some extent since , the prejudices remained beneath the surface of benignity , waiting only for some unwary blunder on my part to crack the surface and let them burst through . |
| 5 | For an instant I thought I saw his face behind the mask — it was only an instant and then it was gone , but I nearly fainted . |
| 6 | For a fraction of an instant I thought I had ceased to exist myself . |
| 7 | This was strapped so tightly around my ankles I think it stopped the circulation in my feet . |
| 8 | As an auditionee I knew I worked best if I attempted something outrageous so I prepared Lord Foppington from The Relapse and you just have to let go with his Lordship otherwise there 's no point to it . |
| 9 | I 'll put a bit I thought it had always been like that . |
| 10 | Shirley 's sort of getting on to you a bit I think we 'd better make a move . |
| 11 | He said cos I used to keep the house tidy he said I 've been the in the army June an he said I can I can run a household he said but we and then working the shifts I do he said and go up the horses and that he said I just do n't get time to do it ! |
| 12 | Of course I knew he saw Otto , but not what those visits implied , and Helmut — whether from loyalty to his friend or on account of some sort of inhibition in relation to me — never hinted at anything improper . |
| 13 | Of course I said I did . ’ |
| 14 | There was one girl she 'd erm she 'd burnt her leg right down the front of her leg er on the bone in the front of her leg and er her mother just wrapped up something an old stocking I think she put in it , and of course it went bad did n't it . |
| 15 | the only thing but I mean you know you accepted what he said and then went on and , and by using your picture with the , with the cheque I mean you had him eating out your hand at the end did n't you ? |
| 16 | When we first talked about our star signs I said they made us — ’ |
| 17 | So in , in both projects I think we had to do that first step . |
| 18 | Mainly from my my M F I experience as a retail salesman I mean I dealt with contractors erm that for instance you know did up did up complete complexes bought loads of kitchens and bedrooms and that type of thing let er letting companies |
| 19 | No I do n't think we landed at Cowes I think we landed over here further . |
| 20 | ‘ Once I heard her start singing the songs I knew it had to be her , ’ he says . |
| 21 | When you flashed the Repo Man card I thought we 'd been infiltrated . |
| 22 | From my attic bedroom I thought I surveyed the world . |
| 23 | ‘ Well , how would you feel if at some point in the future I said I wanted to go back to Australia ? ’ |
| 24 | As I looked up into his steely blue eyes I admit I did wonder what disparaging thoughts he was thinking about me . |
| 25 | At a meeting of the Cairngorm Club he told a hushed audience ‘ For every few steps I took I heard a crunch as if someone was walking after me but taking steps three or four times the length of my own . |
| 26 | ‘ Recently , a journalist I know who had written about Charles and Diana , was challenged on it , and said : ‘ It 's my job . ’ |
| 27 | Last time I was on this programme I think we had the same conversation , did n't we ? |
| 28 | After much thought and careful study I believed I had found the answer . |
| 29 | There you are David I bet you picked one up in your |
| 30 | And as far as in the appraisals I mean I found when I did the three s part staff and , and I was , it was that pilot and , and I know |