Example sentences of "[vb past] [verb] i [modal v] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | From what he let drop I 'd say she was on at him morning , noon and night . |
| 2 | I 'd forgotten I 'd put that on the agenda . |
| 3 | Every weekend that they came to visit me would end in tears , and I was fourteen before I could manage without them , and before I stopped kissing my father goodnight . |
| 4 | It seemed he had become confused over the time I 'd said I 'd pick him up , although it was always the same , and Miss Prescott thought he was a little agitated and so brought him round herself . |
| 5 | But if I 'd defected I 'd have got even more — $500 . |
| 6 | Just to pass some time cos I 'm bored I 'd thought I 'd list a team of crap Leeds players I 've had the misfortune to see over the years . |
| 7 | Just to pass some time cos I 'm bored I 'd thought I 'd list a team of crap Leeds players I 've had the misfortune to see over the years . |
| 8 | ‘ I thought we 'd agreed I 'd cover that region , ’ Steve said , giving her his full attention now , his grey eyes narrowing quizzically . |
| 9 | They were really good , if I 'd known I 'd have told them sooner . |
| 10 | Well if you 've do , If I 'd known I 'd have bought you a , a clamp over for you |
| 11 | Then when I 'd proved I could do that really well , horrible and moronic as it was , I let myself off and got a better job nearer my heart 's desire . " |
| 12 | ‘ Well , nothing like I 'd imagined I 'd feel in this situation . ’ |
| 13 | I had n't seen any show yet — all the books seemed to imply I should have had one by now . |
| 14 | Seemed to think I should have known it for myself . |
| 15 | Admittedly I 'd have suffered the penalty for mutual defection , but if I 'd cooperated I 'd have got the Sucker 's payoff which is even worse . |
| 16 | ‘ Two months before the bullying started an appraisal seemed to say I could walk on water . |
| 17 | On the other hand , if I 'd lost I could have gone home quicky . ’ |
| 18 | It was then I began to believe I might have a future as an artist . |
| 19 | ‘ About three years ago , I started thinking I would like to try and start a business ’ , she says . |
| 20 | He had his hand on my neck the whole time and kept saying I would get it . |
| 21 | The local vet kept saying I should put her down — he 's not a patch on old Pat Farrel — he was marvellous with dogs . ’ |
| 22 | When socialists in the north grew dispirited I would say to them ‘ When you die you shall go to West Ham ’ . |
| 23 | I did think I might read them some day , when I could bear to and it did n't feel quite so much like prying . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ I did think I might ask Mr Evans if they could stay on here . |
| 25 | Mm , I thought I 'd get it , I really did think I 'd get it and I went down with a bump when I did n't |
| 26 | I did know I would leave Manchester — I was determined to do that and never had any doubts that I would succeed — but Barbados … |
| 27 | But I did feel I 'd like to know a bit more about him . |
| 28 | If he did hear I 'll bet he 'll have another attack of deafness and maybe a touch of amnesia as well . ’ |
| 29 | But it , it did n't worry me and I liked to think I can go about my daily life and not be frightened , and I am not gon na be frightened to go out at night . |
| 30 | ‘ I never dared to dream I 'd have the chance to go to university , said one teacher in his early thirties , remembering his youth in the countryside . |