Example sentences of "[vb mod] [verb] i [vb past] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Er , I 've had a word with Jeremy about decorating , oh Florrie I must apologise I did try to ring you , I think I managed to get everybody else , erm but you were n't there , in and then I , I left it I regret to say , erm but we thought perhaps we ought to have the kitchen re-decorated and I 've had a word with Jereminy , Jereminy , Jeremy and he says about two hundred pounds and I did get permission from some of you and I 've gone ahead and asked him to do it and he said about three weeks , but before we can have that done , in the meantime , the roof leaked again out in the kitchen Erm , so I 've had a word with Peter who was going on holiday and he should be home this week and he said he will look at it as soon as he 's home , so I 'll give him a ring , I 'll try tomorrow night , I 'm out tonight , I 'll try and give him a ring tomorrow . |
| 2 | The feeling swept over me that I had truly left Darlington Hall behind , and I must confess I did feel a slight sense of alarm — a sense aggravated by the feeling that I was perhaps not on the correct road at all , but speeding off in totally the wrong direction into a wilderness . |
| 3 | I stammered something about not understanding cricket , totally incredulous that anyone should suppose I did understand it , or that I should regard the English side as ‘ we ’ . |
| 4 | I must admit I missed seeing the aircrew boys around . |
| 5 | ‘ It was during the post-punk kind of period and I went through a series of bands , but I must admit I found working for other people really difficult . |
| 6 | I must admit I did recognize a few outfits that me and Nicola used to wear . |
| 7 | Yeah I mean that 's the same as I di I must admit I did have sort of an argument with him once over his music . |
| 8 | you know , and so I avoided her , but I would tell her , but if I saw her I would say Jenny I must admit I did see you going in The General but I did n't come out because I was so upset , but I , I wonder what she 's doing , cos she , I heard she 's got her own business , but I ca n't see that . |
| 9 | I must admit I did wonder , but — ’ A hand moved , knocking the thought away . |
| 10 | I must admit I did like being pregnant . |
| 11 | I must say I expected to see my sister accuse Orlick of attacking her , but instead she seemed very pleased to see him . |
| 12 | The point I I simply wanted to make which is why I I sat through the debate , erm is the honourable member for Edinburgh Central er in his er speech er which I I must say I did expect , called for stronger regulations , er we had the argument the other week about whether there should be statutory regulations or whether we should make er the er self regulation system that we have with financial services industries work . |
| 13 | In fact I was quite embarrassed by her arrival as I was aware that listeners might think I had invited her . |
| 14 | you 'll see I had to calculate parabola , |
| 15 | Erm , but you really need to do it , cos the risk of things going wrong are very high , you do n't Right , let's file I wanted to say a fe a few things about One Two Three Release Three , cos there are some differences on the Windows products . |
| 16 | If I told them that , they 'd think I meant daydreaming . |
| 17 | You 'd think I 'd given him the moon . ’ |
| 18 | have a chat to him about what you could do I said do n't worry I said . |
| 19 | As far as I could remember I 'd rowed ashore in a fairly direct line from Joanna to the beach . |
| 20 | But I could see I had lost his attention . |
| 21 | When she took off the glasses I could see I 'd overstepped . |
| 22 | With such dignity as I could manage I began to walk back to the village . |
| 23 | ‘ If Selwyn intends to go to the Colonel 's this afternoon , I could say I had to go that way myself and offer him a lift on the motorbike . ’ |
| 24 | Wish I could say I did do something organised and worthwhile on a regular basis . ’ |
| 25 | I explained that I was afraid I was jinxed , that I brought death and destruction upon all those near me , and also that I was afraid I might get sent to prison because people would think I had murdered Esmerelda . |
| 26 | She reddened , said : ‘ I knew you would think I had taken too much responsibility on myself . ’ |
| 27 | Really , Tom , the way you 're defending her , anyone would think I 'd tortured the girl ! |
| 28 | He would know I had placed two packets there inside . |
| 29 | I would feel I had become a different person . |
| 30 | Now she would discover I had stolen some brandy , and put water in the bottle . |