Example sentences of "i [vb past] [pron] [vb past] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | A forward has a sixth sense and from an early stage I realised I had the corner back in my pocket . |
| 2 | ‘ I realised it lacked the ring of truth , ’ Silas said while regarding her intently . |
| 3 | Even as I shouted I sensed the utter absurdity of my words and the ludicrous figure I presented , a slovenly , plump young man , so obviously clumsy and ineffectual , rabbit 's ears of shirt-tail escaping from my waistband . |
| 4 | I found I had the best of both worlds . |
| 5 | It was not long before I found I liked the Semmens family very much . |
| 6 | Maurin began to speak but Durance prevented him , saying : ‘ At the time I believed I wanted the gun so I could intervene . |
| 7 | The three corpses I studied there had the noose placed in the same spot . |
| 8 | ‘ I noticed you admired the cathedral . |
| 9 | Got a bloody assignment to give in and I forgot I lost the bloody address ! |
| 10 | I guessed he wanted the answers too . |
| 11 | When I finished I took the lift down to the typing pool . |
| 12 | I heard her set the spells on him . |
| 13 | ‘ This time as I talked I felt the ground move . |
| 14 | Galsworthy was a set book : I felt I knew the Forsyte Saga by heart . |
| 15 | ‘ I felt I had the momentum coming back from 40–0 , ’ the Australian , French and US Open champion added . |
| 16 | Yeah , well I knew you said the erm the |
| 17 | Imagine that somehow I knew you regarded the proposed arrangement with distaste . |
| 18 | ‘ I knew I knew the house ! |
| 19 | I knew I knew the telephone number ! ’ |
| 20 | So far as I knew I covered the area around my bowels , liver , one kidney and all the other bits and pieces that make up a living abdomen . |
| 21 | So I just went I knew I did the only thing that I knew I could do . |
| 22 | I knew I needed the disguise because I would be able to surprise him by two hours at the most . |
| 23 | ‘ Yeh Joy , you 're right , but I should n't have used poor Barney in the soup , I knew he hated the water , ’ said Hal . |
| 24 | They finally chose the agency that dreamed up a well-known series of ads that appealed to a deeply buried vein of female exhibitionism : ‘ I dreamed I stopped the traffic in my Maidenform Bra ’ ( she wore nothing else ) . |
| 25 | I thought we edged the first half and although they edged the second , we had the better chances . ’ |
| 26 | Erm unfortunately we did n't really start to play until Leicester scored but from then on I thought we dictated the game . |
| 27 | I did n't think , I thought they hated the sight of each other . |
| 28 | I thought they washed the blood out changed all the blood . |
| 29 | ‘ I went off to get another one and when I got back to the phone she said ‘ have you got it ? ’ and I thought she meant the new biro , so I said yes and she said goodbye and hung up . ’ |
| 30 | No I thought she caught the film . |