Example sentences of "i [vb past] [pron] [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As our pick-up ti me approached we mustered under our patrol commander and soon moved back to base , tired but satisfied that we 'd done a good job . |
| 2 | When I rang up to say I were coming I asked them did they want Easter eggs or did they want fa er a box of chocolates or bars of chocolate we |
| 3 | I asked what had happened — ‘ Had their been a shuffle ? — or had one of us died in the night ? ’ |
| 4 | ‘ I asked what happened . ’ |
| 5 | I asked him did you have a sweet ? |
| 6 | I asked you did n't I ? |
| 7 | The first time I asked he engaged his brain , the second time he wavered a bit as if understanding he should be doing something , though not what he should be doing , and the third time he translated it successfully . |
| 8 | I asked I asked my clerk t to get me file something and he says , |
| 9 | I admitted he visited me but that I 'd had a history of violence with him , and anyway I 'd got an injunction . |
| 10 | Lucy knew she had to tell him something , so she said , ‘ She got mad with me when I admitted you 'd taken me for two bush walks . |
| 11 | Not that I 'm complaining because I realized they had a job to do , but they were all firing their questions at once , and I do like to give a civil , considered reply . |
| 12 | In fact , it never occurred to me that it made a difference until I was in a trial and a scout said ‘ We 're quite interested in the coloured lad ’ and that was the first time I realized they thought of me as anything other than my name . |
| 13 | Then I realized what had happened . |
| 14 | I wept buckets , but it was n't until later that I realized what had happened . |
| 15 | Now I realized what had been so odd about it : amid all the festivities and celebrations there had been no sign whatsoever of the bride around whom the whole affair was revolving . |
| 16 | She was breathing quickly , and I realized she had run by a quicker way to get ahead of me . |
| 17 | I realized she relied on the extra money . |
| 18 | Yet his great blue jowls appeared sufficient fortification against the world ; while so immense was his dignity that it was some while before I realized he spent his nights in the arms of my recently widowed mother . |
| 19 | I realized he had managed to overcome what he called his weakness . |
| 20 | I realized he had been listening until he heard Catherine say she could not marry him . |
| 21 | He stood up while we watched and I realized he had magnificent horns , far longer than any I had yet seen . |
| 22 | ’ . Initially I was puzzled , until I realized he thought I had cut off my shirt sleeves , for in his force ( noted for its disciplined enforcement of a correct uniform presentation ) , all uniform shirts had long sleeves . |
| 23 | I did a double-take before I realized he 'd been talking to me . |
| 24 | I never understood this until I realized he meant that his characters ' uselessness , indolence and longing were typical of the adults he knew when he was a child . |
| 25 | We brought a rescue team and an appliance — ’ I realized he meant a fire engine — ‘ but we were able to get the girl out through the windscreen . |
| 26 | I did n't much like them , but I realized he played with some mastery . |
| 27 | I realized he wanted to call the servants , as he knew he was not strong enough to fight Heathcliff alone . |
| 28 | I tried to smile at him through my tears , but I realized it had n't turned out very well , so I squeezed his hand which I was holding . |
| 29 | I realized I had not been fair to myself . |
| 30 | I realized I had not properly understood my own needs . |