Example sentences of "[conj] i [vb past] [pron] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | In I gave the book to him or I gave him the book , him would normally be considered thematic in FSP theory . |
| 2 | But although I asked myself the question , I knew the answer . |
| 3 | Clearly it was I who should have spoken these words , but already I had a feeling that I knew what the brown paper and the ribbed cardboard concealed , and I was n't going to say a word until time or circumstance compelled me . |
| 4 | The famous sequence when the helicopters gather in the sky before the great attack has music with it — very familiar music ! — but , do you know , I was so gripped by the power of Coppola 's image , the helicopters , the music , that it was n't until many , many hours afterwards that I realized what the music was he had been using . |
| 5 | I happened to have with me the journal of Dorothy Wordsworth on my trip to the Dales as I had forgotten to return it to the public library , and you have my word that I dropped it the instant I was made aware that they were harbouring a drug addict . |
| 6 | He was the goalkeeper for Manchester United and I joked later that I threw him the bag of money and he dropped it ! |
| 7 | After drawing a blank on Rhodes , I had to write something that justified my travelling expenses , so I made you the villain of the piece . |
| 8 | What a relief it was when a couple of hundred other leeds supporters started going crazy , so I thought what the hell and joined in . |
| 9 | I went around being nice to children for a while , being a sort of modern Pied Piper , but I learnt that they 're a manipulative lot and crazy for money , literally crazy for it , so I gave them the elbow . |
| 10 | But Mary was out so I gave him the letter and began to tell him about the trouble at home . |
| 11 | ‘ And I sold them the best . |
| 12 | After a few minutes , he got out and wandered over : ‘ Here , son , give me a shot at that , ’ he said , and I passed him the rod . |
| 13 | And I got you the roses . ’ |
| 14 | And I kept it the same and that 's When we bought this in nineteen fifty four , there was a lot of alterations to be done . |
| 15 | and all that ruddy stuff , , I knew she 'd come along and put all , use to be a , he was the R S A man for the Signals and old Reggie , he was another R S A , he was headquarters company and old was in the cable laid section for people you know , came loose , I was walking through the shed and these two , I saw these two put them down , and I thought what the hell are you doing here ? |
| 16 | He said yes Mrs well then he followed me in the kitchen , stood behind me and I thought what the hell 's he hanging about for , I 'm gon na take it to him and the , his son- in-law was there |
| 17 | Looking back later , Helen recalled three things about this new life , so different from the unhappy days when she and Edward discovered that his passionate letters to her were being read by Mrs Andrews : ‘ The beauty of it delighted me , and I thought it the perfect setting for these people with their freedom of manner and thought … . |
| 18 | and I 'm seeing the surgeon today and erm and I met somebody the other day who 'd had it done and his fingers were n't affected , you know , so I mean it 's just the luck of the draw I think . |
| 19 | ‘ And I spotted it the moment we drove off from my flat , ’ Newman rapped back . |
| 20 | Because I asked in the other classes , three or four American students , and I asked them the same question . |
| 21 | Then I , I put it in a saucepan and I stewed it the next |
| 22 | And she called me later , and said , ‘ Excuse me , but I just talked to Fred and I told him the story , and he 's invited you to tea tomorrow at his house . ’ |
| 23 | And I told him the whole story of our voyage , and the danger we were now in . |
| 24 | ‘ And I told him the mud in the high street was an absolute disgrace . |
| 25 | and I told him the ones to see . |
| 26 | Check all the spellings , and I told you the horror story about the gentleman whose name was wrongly spelt . |
| 27 | But when I actually erm got into the social work side of it , and i saw what the needs there were , erm and it was at the particular time too when you know , lots of teachers were sort of being made redundant , or at at least the er the numbers in schools were n't so high . |
| 28 | ‘ Tom and I saw it the other day , ’ she was saying . |
| 29 | That Saturday when ( the Iranian contact ) was in Washington , I flew up to Camp David to talk to the President , and I showed him the ( weapons ) list , and he said , ‘ Why are you thinking so small ? ’ |
| 30 | and I showed him the escape hatch in the cockpit , " open this hatch and get out and get as far away from the aircraft as you can " . |