Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb past] i [verb] the " in BNC.

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1 I 'll swear those squirrels heard me name the day !
2 Crossing in Force 9 winds led me to lament the absence of a grab-rail in the shower .
3 I do n't know how it came to be shown at the Carlton , East Ham , but one Sunday my parents took me to see The Sheep Has Five Legs starring the French comedian Fernandel .
4 But a desire to be fair , a wish to be absolutely certain , and an understandable reluctance to accuse someone of perfidy who has been a friend of mine for six difficult years made me pull the telephone back to my mouth .
5 ‘ Only with patience , persistence and a willingness to approach the highest levels did I get the information and even then I sometimes failed , ’ she said .
6 We further agreed that we would make no promises and twist no arms , and having decided on this general strategy , my friends urged me to leave the campaign to them .
7 When the boxes arrived I floated the bags and examined the fish , whose average size was 2″ .
8 Oh I did I I mean I did n't do round where the er sightseers went I went the places where you 're not supposed to see .
9 But on none of those occasions did I put the case in the way that the Leader of the House put his case tonight , making it all the more necessary for us to oppose him now .
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