Example sentences of "[conj] i [vb past] [pers pn] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A few weeks ago we were fortunate enough to meet in a public house where I bought you half a dozen pints and we engaged in a long and fascinating conversation . |
| 2 | How he had overcome all the complex problems of graft-rejection , septicaemia , and so on — not to mention the central problem of bestowing life — was beyond me , although I took it that fortune had favoured his researches . |
| 3 | You see — ’ she looked up once more and met his direct blue gaze ‘ — you think I wanted to marry you , that I planned it all , but you were wrong , I did n't . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ I was so terrified that I fought him all the way . |
| 5 | I got your first letter to Nanking on Saturday , and had plenty of letters at Sian — I 'm not sure that I got them all , in particular I got a letter from Tom sent on March 23 , but I 'm not sure whether that 's the one you referred to , anyway I 'm grateful to you all for keeping me in touch . |
| 6 | I was so disquieted by it that I finished it that evening . |
| 7 | ‘ I am so sorry that I caused you such grief by acting as I did , by going off without telling anyone . |
| 8 | You 've got ta stick to the same order that I showed you this morning , yeah ? |
| 9 | Not that I bore him any personal ill-will ; it was simply that I knew he could n't stay . |
| 10 | Not all mine did , so I left them all as thick as possible and matched the thick with the thin later . |
| 11 | Well , I was there , behind the bar , standing in for Marcus , for a few minutes he said , more like two hours , so I saw it all develop . |
| 12 | The fish was still on , and I had the golf-ball firmly clutched in my left hand , so I landed them both . |
| 13 | None of them applied to me , so I deleted them all and put ‘ Ms ’ . |
| 14 | ‘ Apparently , her cat had very bad plaque on its teeth and she was really concerned , so I gave her some advice and Amy has been in touch ever since . |
| 15 | And me ate them all |
| 16 | and I got them both out whole an all |
| 17 | And I got them some of that , urgh urgh ! |
| 18 | And I got it all wrong . |
| 19 | and I wrote it all down , couple of days |
| 20 | and I heard it all before I got out of bed . |
| 21 | and I swapped him this elephant |
| 22 | But then I had another er one within er two years and I had them both fairly quickly . |
| 23 | And I had it all down |
| 24 | ‘ We became roommates and I taught him all he knows . ’ |
| 25 | I did have a load of that tops and I took them all down the . |
| 26 | When I look back , I see how easy and comfortable and pleasant my life was , and I took it all for granted ! |
| 27 | and I brought it this way round the normal way that we go |
| 28 | It 's the new marrow and ginger , Dorothy and I chose it this afternoon . |
| 29 | The old order seemed fine to me , and I left it that way . |
| 30 | And I told him all about France and Spain and the Goyas and Albi and everything else . |