Example sentences of "[pron] [vb mod] [verb] i [verb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The groups discussed my problems and in the empowering atmosphere it came as quite natural that someone should suggest I start up my own campaign . |
| 2 | ‘ I must confess I had n't participated in any giant financial coups . |
| 3 | Now , I must confess I had n't seen much of Mr Wogan before I met him because , when I got my television set at Low Birk Hatt , Richard Megstone , the nice young gentleman who looked after the Youth Hostel in Baldersdale and kindly took care of my electrical things , said I had a choice — either BBC1 or Channel 4 . |
| 4 | erm I must confess I 've always had rather a soft spot for macro mutations , I do n't know why , it may have had something to do with Goldsmith 's prose , which is sort of rather moving when you get into it , erm and partly , and this is an interesting comment as an aside , that I knew as an undergraduate that to argue in favour of Goldsmith would make my teachers in general , and Professor J B S Halldane in particular , exceedingly angry and making one 's teachers angry is , after all , one of the activities into which undergraduates should occasionally go . |
| 5 | I must confess I did n't enjoy others at all . |
| 6 | He 's he 's a quick nimble defender Speedy was just hanging hanging on waiting for the ball to be played into him and I must confess I did n't really see anything afterwards I mean well if you look at that that does n't seem anything untoward does it ? |
| 7 | I must confess I did nt see much of the first 60 mins ( football training ! ) . |
| 8 | ‘ I must confess I have n't given it much thought . ’ |
| 9 | She is a handsome woman , intelligent , articulate and faithful to inflexible socialist principles , which I must confess I have never shared . |
| 10 | However , I must confess I do n't think I will buy new machines again . |
| 11 | I then , in true sneaky Aussie fashion , hired two young men who were willing to hold a fictitious conversation in a pub that Ryan frequented , which I must admit I thought rather a nice touch . |
| 12 | That 's right , it 's just that I worked , I think , yesterday I could n't get into erm , I just could n't get into and yesterday I must admit I felt really rough and erm , I thought at three o'clock I was going to have to ring Iris , cos I knew you were still out you see and at three o'clock I thought I was going to have to ring Iris er just to come in cos I ca n't like your head was my stomach was churning over , it was n't till , soon as I get some food in front of me oh I get , you see I did n't feel too cracking in the morning and I thought well there 's lots of stomach bugs going about and I thought well I 'm having one of them , and I did n't know what I fancied for lunch and I cooked the kiddies theirs , they had fish and what have you , and erm , I thought well what can I have , I thought I what , I thought I got a little tin of salmon there , so I thought right I 'll have a salmon sandwich and I had that and believe me I felt , by three o'clock I could see myself picking me up off the floor , I only got spots before my eyes as such , but , I just had , I had four , five cups of water , I did n't drink any tea , and I wish then , well I do n't know whether I could have felt any worse when I had the sandwich or not to be honest . |
| 13 | I I must admit I had n't heard that one . |
| 14 | I must admit I get very glum sometimes . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ The situation has been eased slightly for my parents since a community nurse has been visiting Jennifer , but I must admit I 'd rapidly been coming to the conclusion that something else would be needed very soon . |
| 16 | I must admit I 've never I did n't have any surprise that I was I wanted a a deposit cheque . |
| 17 | I must admit I 've never seen anything like that on schools . |
| 18 | I do n't care what it is called , and I must admit I have n't yet read anything about masochism as you call it in your book . |
| 19 | I do n't daydream about things in my future very much because I must admit I have n't got much to daydream for — because I 'm very lucky , I 've got a lovely house , a lovely husband ; we go on lovely holidays , we lead a nice social life , I 've got lovely clothes — I ca n't really daydream and say I wish I was this , I wish I was that . |
| 20 | Jenny has given me notes on , on one issue here which I must admit I have n't had a chance to read yet and it 's about house style , about both manual . |
| 21 | But I must admit I have n't seen an I have n't seen , you know it 's years well it 'll be years |
| 22 | It was , then , a most discouraging start to what may in fact be an entirely new sort of duty required of me ; so discouraging that I must admit I have not really made further attempts along these lines . |
| 23 | ‘ I lived in Manchester , and I must admit I do n't miss the terminally grey days or the long winter nights . ’ |
| 24 | Yeah certainly I would do but I must admit I do n't really like er giving people 's phone numbers out , I do n't know how he 'd react to , you know , somebody ringing him up and |
| 25 | I do n't , I do n't I must admit I do n't like going anywhere without Arf . |
| 26 | Ah I must n't I must admit I do n't think I know any worse than him . |
| 27 | Well I 'm , I must admit I do n't know . |
| 28 | Oh , I 'll empty that in a minute I must admit I do n't fancy trying to do it , it 's going to be really cold and horrible . |
| 29 | I 'm not , I must admit I do n't think about it now , so if wearing it puts you off . |
| 30 | President , Kevin , Lancashire region , in the light of your comments , I must admit I do n't expect anything less or more of G M B than what it always does , and that 's put its actions where its words are . |