Example sentences of "[coord] [pers pn] [verb] i [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Or I thought I heard these words , for Captain was growling so fiercely , I was n't sure . |
| 2 | When it was rephrased , ‘ Do you ever find yourself saying , I wish 1 could do this better or I wish I knew more about that ? ’ it was more easily understood . |
| 3 | or I found I preferred men instead . ’ |
| 4 | She said yesterday : ‘ He was nothing but scum and I hope I hurt him . |
| 5 | Well , it was a fantastic display by the boss , and I hope I did my bit . |
| 6 | ‘ I enjoyed myself immensely and I hope I did myself proud . ’ |
| 7 | It 's fairly knocked about but has vintage feel and character and I hope I ripped him off . |
| 8 | I wanted to go to Scotland and I remember I came to say goodbye to my parents and that was in the evening and I went by train to Liverpool Street and it was pouring with rain and I had to make my way , I had a taxi across to Euston , you see , and er and I went up th the left side of the country , see , past Carlisle and and then across and across and then and to Greenock er er to Dunoon , you see . |
| 9 | and up the steps out of the underground there was this lass there and I , I ca n't help it I mean I 'm always aware of the fact of having this twenty five year old child , so offspring and there was a girl roughly about his age or slightly younger and she was grey you know that translucent look your skin gets when you 're not eating properly you know that grey sort of pallor and I had an overnight bag in one hand and a briefcase and a handbag in the other and I remember I walked past her and she was begging and I had gone to the sleeper and I 'm sitting there and I 'm thinking you bleep bleep bleep bleep bleep bleep bleep bleep , you could of put briefcase down , overnight bag down , handbag down and got some money out . |
| 10 | As I lay on O 's chest something moved me to snap the locket open , and I remember I asked , who is that ? thinking maybe this was the solution to the mystery , and he said , in the same voice that he talked with later in the night , a sleepwalker 's voice , without taking his eyes off the ceiling he said , I do n't know ; I just found it in a magazine . |
| 11 | I Children 's World and I got I got books . |
| 12 | I suspect now that you know I mean I they might still to move given to one or two of my family members , but basically I could more openly say you know that in fact I suppose my view in Britain but not in Australia but my view in Britain is okay , the Royal Family could continue to exist they must A pay taxes B I do n't genuflect to any of them and C we 've got ta put them in perspective they 're in which is they 're a tourist attraction erm you know but I and I can make those comments which would be met by a lot of Britons with hostility , people who would totally disagree with me and say well they are the Royals and you know bow , bow , bow , but others would agree with me and that is something that has changed over the last three decades it really has , it 's changed during , during my absence in Australia , it is something you know that I came back to and I mean I kept , I 've been back about three or four weeks and there 's a pro I mean there 's some delightful radio programmes here comedy , political comedy shows and there was one show I listened to and I had been back a couple of weeks and it was about erm the Queen had a P R issue and she had to sort of do something about it , so she decided they 'd have a public execution of Edward and they described Edward was a cream puff and they the Queen and and er Andrew and everybody else was on the balcony at er Buck House and the crowds are cheering and the rolled and the the execution . |
| 13 | but I , I 'd never get them done , and I mean I 'd fed Matthew and I shouted down and I said look you 'll have to come and get him dressed cos I 've got dinners to put up yet |
| 14 | I mean and , and I mean I turned up about half an hour before the end and , and Iris really was looking a , I , I can confirm a picture of dejection |
| 15 | And I mean I paid a hundred odd pounds for it |
| 16 | we rehearsed it and we rehearsed it and I mean I did n't mind they were paying the bill for and I literally with a college took up residence for several days before it in a local hotel and we went through it in every fine detail |
| 17 | And it 's not fair to say it 's because of the beard because the beard 's not my fault , they just did n't shave in the jungle in whatever century it 's going to be when we get there and I know I grew it early but that 's the way I am , I like to start thinking myself into the part as soon as possible . |
| 18 | Well it 's just been extraordinarily successful er and I know I interrupted what you 're saying , think it 's been successful because are beginning to care again |
| 19 | ‘ I know how you feel , and I know I caused it . |
| 20 | The first time I went he got us to do a drink diary and I know I did n't tell the truth . |
| 21 | He wobbled me only once , and I know I did the same to him . |
| 22 | A great gimmick and I wish I 'd thought of it . |
| 23 | Of course , I 've never thought her dizzy ; I 've always admired her , and I wish I had a little of her grey matter . ’ |
| 24 | There is no space to go into detail about the ding-dong and the relevance of that remark , but it is gentlemanly mayhem at its best and I wish I had seen the first encounters between the CSIRO and its critic , who , I infer , also had a go at the research on skeleton weed . |
| 25 | In any case , it is too difficult for me , and I wish I had been a movie comedian or something of the sort and had never heard of physics ’ . |
| 26 | And I wish I had married her ! ’ |
| 27 | ‘ No , I 'm not ready and I wish I had n't come , if you really want to know . |
| 28 | There is a good social life in the village , and I wish I had a chance to become more involved . |
| 29 | I just had to say that is beautiful and I wish I had more words to describe it , but I have n't yet . |
| 30 | I MADE one of my rare visits to town this week and I wish I had not . |