Example sentences of "[noun pl] ' [noun sg] i [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the end she suggested that I should just come and listen , and for politeness ' sake I agreed . |
| 2 | When I were at the parents ' evening I said does that mean er he never sits still and he 's always tearing about and |
| 3 | To the crews ' embarrassment I stumped up on the bridge wearing the eye patch and the parrot on my shoulder with the added embellishment of an iron hook up the loose sleeve of my coat , to take Venturous alongside in full view of a crowd of holidaymakers lining the pier who , although somewhat mystified , obviously enjoyed the show . |
| 4 | For appearances ' sake I maintained the fiction that I was setting up an independent enterprise in the EFL field . |
| 5 | Actually , I missed some good ones in the couple of days ' holiday I took ; if I 'd just bothered to look at a single fucking news-stand after I left Stromeferry I 'd have seen this story starting to break about this guy — ‘ The Red panther ’ the tabloids decided on eventually — murdering these right-leaning pillars of the community . |
| 6 | In a hundred years ' time , I said to him , wrote Harsnet ( and Goldberg , putting the pad aside , began to type again ) , in a hundred years ' time I said to him , ( he typed ) no one will remember either you or me . |
| 7 | ‘ Just for old times ' sake I went , not that there is much to see ! |
| 8 | After a few minutes ' walk I arrived at the edge of the wooded area ; in front of me was about two hundred yards of grass , rising to the high ground covered by thick gorse and ferns . |
| 9 | After a few hours ' rest I had something to eat . |
| 10 | The first freshers ' dinner I went to in Oxford — this is where the the people who 've just come up erm are introduced to college life and so on — erm the amount that 's allocated to each student is two sherries before dinner , three or four glasses of wine , different wines , with dinner and then something or other — port — after dinner . |
| 11 | As the transfer was not at arms ' length I had to obtain an estimate of the market value of the house and forward this to the Inland Revenue Stamps Office . |
| 12 | After a few seconds ' thought I realised that she meant their President , that is the former General who was dictator with the continuing consent of their other commanders . |