Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [conj] i [vb past] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yes I I would agree with that but I wondered , I think perhaps it should be the finance committee , I mean cos I understood that most of these these items are contained within the existing budget , because I mean the individual committees do have have the power to the monies within their own , and I it has it I would agree with Peter that if we have gone over and above the that the committee were working to but I understood that that was not the case , so I . |
| 2 | I mean a , I 've been throwing mine away now we ca n't get them at the other farm , I mean and I said if we do , we 'd better keep |
| 3 | I mean as I said when I was filling in the questionnaire I was thinking well this , really this is my preference and you know I 'd much rather be in a job that allowed me some flexibility . |
| 4 | Because from the age of seventeen to twenty nine I worked on building sites , and that got boring so I changed and I changed and became a policeman , and I ca became a policeman when I was twenty nine and a half and it 's , I 've enjoyed it ever since cos every day is interesting , every day is different , every day is unusual . |
| 5 | Mm cos I found I 'd try , well the works had er , erm table and I , I remember the last time I played before I left and I said come on , I 'll |
| 6 | ‘ Well ’ — he turned and looked towards the window — ‘ I noticed as I passed that you had a box of Havana cigars , the … the Excepcionales . |
| 7 | I forgot that I discovered that all our letters now are apt to be a day late . |
| 8 | He looked up at me after I finished and I saw that whipped dog look . |
| 9 | I confess that I thought that that case had arisen a little before that speech . |
| 10 | After considerable reflection , a discussion of the match with a wide circle of friends , a session with a sports psychiatrist , and two calls to the Samaritans , I decide that I lost because Martin played much better than I did . |
| 11 | I knew before I went that I would cry that day , but I thought it would be because he was standing in front of me , not because he was n't standing in front of me . |
| 12 | Anyway I were looking and I looked and I looked and I looked and I says well what cigarettes do you use for it ? |
| 13 | Anyway I were looking and I looked and I looked and I looked and I says well what cigarettes do you use for it ? |
| 14 | Anyway I smiled and I wheedled and he let me be without the gag and he let me look round . |
| 15 | I slipped as I landed and fell against the bulkhead . |
| 16 | No , I mean , I wrote down here what tone of voice — English obsession with newspaper class , which is what I was talking about format which you covered , and I said that I felt that in the States that seems to an outsider only the New York Times , but even that sort of , as you say , covers a whole range of non-quality , from a British point of view non-quality , press . |
| 17 | I said that I accepted that maybe he hated me and that he wanted nothing to do with me . |
| 18 | And erm , my wife who 's a teacher had erm a very devastating experience just after I retired so it was erm , it was as well that I retired when I did because I was then able to stay at home and er |
| 19 | just a man you know but I felt that God was leaving him I really did . |
| 20 | you know and I said that so I put that on , he said and what you actually want them to collect |
| 21 | Well I told you what she said about her and Sandra you know and I wrote and said when they you know if they felt like coming for a day that 'll be alright I said but do n't be having anything to eat I 'll bring in sandwiches , I mean I , I know I 've said it 's very kind of Sandra to say , but you ca n't , they , way your relatives are coming and bringing sandwiches can ya ? |
| 22 | But in 1976 , when Jean Darnall gave me this advice , I knew exactly what she meant and I knew that what she recommended was exactly what I wanted to do . |
| 23 | She smiled as I watched and copied her , carrying my tools the local way . |
| 24 | I said well you play that I said cos I 've played it back . |
| 25 | I take it you did as I suggested and got hold of a paper . ’ |
| 26 | Oh I thought , I thought and they let him go and I thought if you said that , you know bit unbelievable . |
| 27 | It creaked and I stopped and then heard something : a sort of thin scratching from underneath the stairs . |
| 28 | I make sure , then prepare to leave , but I want to make it appear that I entered and left the church like a ghost . |
| 29 | And he went and I went and he said yes I am . |