Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] [adv] [vb infin] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I decided we better call you chief foreman stevedore , and that 's what they call me , chief foreman , so that 's what they call 'em today , chief foreman stevedore . |
| 2 | The doctors say he might go off sudden-like , so I thought I better warn you . ’ |
| 3 | It was sweet of you to go ; I just thought I better get something but once these attacks start it 's a bit too late to take anything really . |
| 4 | We do n't know why it was this little sort of dip , that reproduces you know , the configuration of it but why it was there , we do n't know , we thought we better put it back since it was there . |
| 5 | Did I just give him some money , I did n't did I ? |
| 6 | ‘ This is none of my business , but did I just hear you say you were thinking of doing some private nursing to save for an overseas trip ? ’ |
| 7 | Why did I just know I was n't going to like this ? ’ |
| 8 | Only then did I properly examine what lay before me . |
| 9 | ‘ He is so deep in his books he would forget to eat , I declare , did I not remind him . ’ |
| 10 | er , did I not tell ya ? , |
| 11 | ‘ Did I not tell you it would be my very best work ? ’ |
| 12 | When I was lately a little kind to you and you carried yourself so foolishly , did I not tell you you should say nothing of what passed to any creature , and yet you made a common talk of the matter ? |
| 13 | LADY DAVERS : Did I not tell you , Jackey , that I should have a wit to talk to ? |
| 14 | Did I not tell you that I must keep you well and visible for my own protection ? ’ |
| 15 | ‘ Did I not tell you that I bite ? ’ he asked menacingly . |
| 16 | I have no doubt wha did I not tell you about the fact that I hit the roof when he said that she has said that when he was twenty one , she was going to buy him a Vauxhall Chevette . |
| 17 | Well , did I not tell you |
| 18 | Did I tell you or did I not tell you |
| 19 | Taking the binoculars from round my neck , I proffered them , saying , ‘ You observe how amateur my lurking was — not only did I not conceal myself , but I did not use my chief lurking weapon . |
| 20 | ‘ Did I not ask you that my family not be troubled ? ’ |
| 21 | ‘ Did I not say we were old enemies , he and I ? |
| 22 | ‘ Pooh to mademoiselle , did I not say I am Marcelle ? ’ |
| 23 | ‘ Did I not say I 'd get my answer from you , and none other ? ’ |
| 24 | ‘ Did I not say I was not to be disturbed ? ’ |
| 25 | ‘ Or did I already tell you ? ’ |
| 26 | Nor did I even suspect its existence , ’ said Connon . |
| 27 | She said , ‘ Did I really scare you ? ’ |
| 28 | My continuing admiration for his work is not diminished by the fact that I have never received it , nor did I really expect it . |
| 29 | Did I really think I knew better than the FO , full of clever people who were experts on British foreign policy ? |
| 30 | I mean how did I really know I could trust adults ? |