Example sentences of "[verb] i [adv] [vb past] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We got our ration books — for us and the cattle-food as well — but I do n't think I ever worried about the possibility of Hitler invading us . |
| 2 | ‘ I do n't think I ever heard of him , ’ Agnes said . |
| 3 | I do n't think I ever talked about them to anyone . ’ |
| 4 | I do n't think I often wanted to be . |
| 5 | ‘ You mean I just thought of you and there you were ? ’ |
| 6 | It does please me but the thing sometimes is , you do n't get results , I mean I just said to him at half time ‘ come on we 've got to be a bit stronger , ’ you know I thought we were playing quite well , but I thought we were letting them dominate us a little bit . |
| 7 | I mean I actually voted for this contract , erm , rather reluctantly , but it seemed better than not , doing so at the time , but we were given assurances , and it was very well understood by absolutely everybody , that vigorous management would be needed in order to achieve the targetising and that was the only way that the savings were going to be made , and it does seem that , that , erm that has not been going on . |
| 8 | I mean I never went through it much , but this last fortnight |
| 9 | The wine we drank had a trace of resin , as if the vineyard had merely been beside a pine-forest , and was nothing like the harsh turpentine-tasting rotgut I sometimes drank in the village . |
| 10 | I do n't know I just thought about it be quite funny . |
| 11 | Hey d' ya know I never realized till last week |
| 12 | Do you know I actually listened to some of this tape and I do n't half sound different on the taped , the real me |
| 13 | The first time it happened I immediately thought of meningitis , and rushed her to the doctor 's . |
| 14 | Faith , that 's the first lie I ever heard from you ! ’ |
| 15 | When you telephoned I nearly peed in my pants with excitement . |
| 16 | As Ian Brown , of Lee Moor Farm in Northumberland , noted : ‘ A fact that saddened me lately came from a recent survey which suggested that the average family business — not just farms but all family businesses — lasts only 25 years , which I guess is only a generation . |
| 17 | You know I just thought of something really stupid |
| 18 | You know I never thought of asking you if you want that . |
| 19 | Well direct sales you you know I always tried to sort of stay away from companies that you know had a reputation for that . |
| 20 | When I was appreached I immediately said of course . |
| 21 | ‘ My father was a flight sergeant caterer and I suppose I just followed in his footsteps . |
| 22 | Elizabeth 's friend Maud must have said something of this sort , for I find I once wrote to her : ‘ Maud was right , I think . |
| 23 | I guess I just wanted to be seen at that point . |
| 24 | The second category , overall impression , involves listening to all the adjectives describing the person and thereby forming an overall impression ; ‘ [ I ] assessed the overall impression left once all the words had been read out ’ or ‘ I was not conscious of using any strategy in particular at the time , but I guess I merely listened to all the traits and tried to gain an overall impression . ’ |
| 25 | Did n't get u , dismount I just sat on the saddle like with my foot on the floor wandering what they was up to . |
| 26 | Billy was the most boastful little sod I ever met in my life . |
| 27 | Scott laughed I just fell off the moon . |
| 28 | I sa , I said I just went I just said to her look Hannah you do n't have to come in the car ! |
| 29 | You can tell I really cared about my hair and how I looked — I was so together ! |
| 30 | I nearly I 'm lacking indoors , I 'm very lacking indoors I nearly lay down last night but I knew I just wanted to be |