Example sentences of "[verb] i [vb base] [verb] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Then why the hell do you think I keep coming to see you ? ’ |
| 2 | ‘ Meanwhile , I 'll have a word with Harry , let him know I 've planned to give him a really dandy pay rise . |
| 3 | I ca n't afford it but they say I 've got to pay it so they 'll take me to court . |
| 4 | It wants I keep meaning to hammer it in . |
| 5 | Ryan he says it 's foolish , cards , he says mum when you just , you just put them somewhere and forget where you put them , so he says I 've decided to buy you oh this looks a lovely one |
| 6 | Albert says I 've got to sell 'im . |
| 7 | Rhys says I 've got to do it proper and then into Chelmsford do , do |
| 8 | Give me one of those bags , I suppose I 've got to carry them ! |
| 9 | But if I 've got to tell him , I suppose I 've got to tell him . ’ |
| 10 | I 've scoured the the technical professional press to find out if there is some general statement which sums up what sustainability means , and the one which I 've seen most commonly referred to , I think , and the government has used it in this way , is a requirement to ensure the needs of the present generation are met in a way which does not prejudice future generations , now I do not believe that a properly conceived and located new settlement is any less sustainable in the long term that other forms of urban growth , and by properly conceived I 've got to say I believe that to mean properly balanced er form of development for the new settlement , and I think I would say that new settlements have usually been proposed because continued infilling , like the the normal forms of accommodating further development requirements , infill , and peripheral development , have been determined in York context not to be sustainable , the sorts of issues which arise as a result erm of additional development in or on the edge of York and the surrounding villages , problems of additional congestion , loss of green space in towns , loss of employment opportunities and so on . |
| 11 | I feel I 've got to show him how decent human beings live and behave . |
| 12 | ‘ But being brought up in a strictly Christian home , I 'm so disgusted with myself I feel I 've got to hide it and atone for it with ‘ good works ’ . ’ |
| 13 | MY DAUGHTER and her husband have got themselves into a ridiculous situation and , though I could happily bang their heads together , I feel I 've got to help them . |
| 14 | You know I 'm not closed for any area because erm er I adapt I 've adapted to change you know . |
| 15 | They sat quietly for a while , then Ian said , ‘ Joanna was terribly worried about her work , but I think I 've managed to reassure her . |
| 16 | I think I 've got listen I really do n't think you need argue over it . |
| 17 | ‘ I think I 've got to see him . |
| 18 | I know what you girls are like , you say you 'll just have it short to see what it looks like , and then you say Pedro at the salon wo n't let you grow it just for the moment , and then you say you 've got to look your best for some wedding or other and you ca n't go with it straggly and then you end up not growing it again and if I do n't mention it every week you think I 've learned to like it and if I do mention it every week you think I 'm nagging so I do n't mention it and I 'm stuck with it . |
| 19 | Yeah lately well he said I 've got to do it . |
| 20 | No I said I 've got to start he said five o'clock ? |
| 21 | And he went on just across the road to Road Co-op and he bought a small loaf of bread which at that time would be about tuppence , and gave the old lady this small loaf about ten days afterwards he called again , he said , he said I 've come to see you again , now are you alright and so on , he said I 've done a foolish thing this morning , he said I 'm responsible for the flowers , altar flowers , he said and I 've left my wallet at my lodgings , and my landlady has gone down to for the day . |
| 22 | He 's on the case and , from his actions so far , I have to say I 've come to trust him . |
| 23 | Yes , stool making , you know I 've got a stool here , I made that stool over there ages ago for me daughter-in-law and this one I can not get it right I 've , I 've , it 's , it 's , I 'm trying I 've got to undo it again there , it 's not right , I think it is because the cord 's too thick , it 's a very thick cord and I 've not got enough stitches you know not enough strands on it , but I 'm gon na do it , it 'll be done before Christmas I 've got to do it otherwise |
| 24 | So every e , every conversation I have I 've got to tape it . |
| 25 | As The Thompson Twins solidified their position as ‘ The band Simon Bates likes to name drop most often ’ , as Bronski Beat ( despite their obvious sincerity ) continually resembled a whistling kettle , and as Depeche Mode turned sado/masochism into such a lightweight subject that it would n't cause offence if your four year old daughter played ‘ Master and Servant ’ , The Smiths were to be heard crooning the very odd ‘ William , It Was Really Nothing ’ : ‘ And everybody 's got to live their life and God knows I 've got to live mine ’ . |