Example sentences of "[noun sg] i [verb] [pron] [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ As a midwife I thought I knew how to communicate with mothers , but my skills with deaf women were abysmal , ’ she says |
| 2 | But , during the course of the recession I think what happened was that most companies stopped keeping stocks did n't they ? |
| 3 | Well she worked at Brewery I think she did labelling you know in in department . |
| 4 | I knew he 'd fought James on it tooth and nail , and though in all honesty I felt I 'd won him round to some extent since , the prejudices remained beneath the surface of benignity , waiting only for some unwary blunder on my part to crack the surface and let them burst through . |
| 5 | For an instant I thought I saw his face behind the mask — it was only an instant and then it was gone , but I nearly fainted . |
| 6 | For a fraction of an instant I thought I had ceased to exist myself . |
| 7 | As an auditionee I knew I worked best if I attempted something outrageous so I prepared Lord Foppington from The Relapse and you just have to let go with his Lordship otherwise there 's no point to it . |
| 8 | I 'll put a bit I thought it had always been like that . |
| 9 | Shirley 's sort of getting on to you a bit I think we 'd better make a move . |
| 10 | Of course I knew he saw Otto , but not what those visits implied , and Helmut — whether from loyalty to his friend or on account of some sort of inhibition in relation to me — never hinted at anything improper . |
| 11 | Of course I said I did . ’ |
| 12 | There was one girl she 'd erm she 'd burnt her leg right down the front of her leg er on the bone in the front of her leg and er her mother just wrapped up something an old stocking I think she put in it , and of course it went bad did n't it . |
| 13 | the only thing but I mean you know you accepted what he said and then went on and , and by using your picture with the , with the cheque I mean you had him eating out your hand at the end did n't you ? |
| 14 | Mainly from my my M F I experience as a retail salesman I mean I dealt with contractors erm that for instance you know did up did up complete complexes bought loads of kitchens and bedrooms and that type of thing let er letting companies |
| 15 | When you flashed the Repo Man card I thought we 'd been infiltrated . |
| 16 | From my attic bedroom I thought I surveyed the world . |
| 17 | ‘ Well , how would you feel if at some point in the future I said I wanted to go back to Australia ? ’ |
| 18 | ‘ Recently , a journalist I know who had written about Charles and Diana , was challenged on it , and said : ‘ It 's my job . ’ |
| 19 | Last time I was on this programme I think we had the same conversation , did n't we ? |
| 20 | After much thought and careful study I believed I had found the answer . |
| 21 | ‘ I remember the very first piece I wrote I sent to a friend during the war , ’ Mr. Johnson told the Herald . |
| 22 | Above the sad , complaining sounds of the wind I thought I heard a far-off cry . |
| 23 | No I think it was down the side I think he said . |
| 24 | In a duty report to my chief constable I mentioned I had written to Police Review . |
| 25 | to clobber in Black Heath village I notice it did n't say that the premises are now called the age centre . |
| 26 | But despite his hard work I thought he lacked true happiness and peace of mind . |
| 27 | See , my idea originally was that cos it comes back from when I used to go in the in the Blue Anchor in Lancaster after work I mean we had everybody in there ! |
| 28 | AS A COPYWRITER AT the agency responsible for advertising the launch of Femidom I felt I had to comment on the remarks made by your testees ( pun intended ) . |
| 29 | But I never forgot the name McCloy and when Charlie got so cocky in the pub I thought I 'd needle him a bit . |
| 30 | Although sympathetic to this heresy I found myself intoxicated but also somewhat inhibited by de Santillana 's impressionistic style . |