Example sentences of "[pers pn] [conj] i [vb mod] [verb] the " in BNC.

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1 Yeah but I , but I cos I can see the arguments but then I mean I 'm just not , I 'm not entirely sure whether i i it could n't work , that it could n't work being a middle peasant economy and that these erm these inequalities would er sort of
2 He told me that I would have the interview within two days .
3 It seems to me that I must judge the present claim in nuisance by reference to the present character of the neighbourhood pursuant to the planning permission for use of the dockyard as a commercial port .
4 The clergy were very supportive and Bishop Brunner persuaded me that I should extend the membership of the Guild so that it was more Diocesan oriented .
5 Once when I was at school he told me that I should spend the entire summer working on improving my passing off my left hand and my kicking off my left foot .
6 I saw them from the window and called to them that I would tell the police who they were .
7 I could no more pretend that the Jesus-figure , indeed the Jesus of the kerygma , is unimportant to me than I could deny the significance of my parents and my past in the shaping of my future . ’
8 ‘ My father passed the farm on to me and I shall do the same for the two boys . ’
9 If any reader can help with this , please contact me and I shall pass the information on to Mel .
10 ‘ I shall celebrate with my family around me and I shall break the record for the widest smile , ’ he said .
11 Erm more calls than we could cope with in the end for and er see what happens to it and keep in touch write to your councillors and let them know what you think or write to me and I 'll pass the letters on .
12 But by God , ’ he added grimly , ‘ let one of them approach me and I 'll take the pitchfork to them ! ’
13 lt was heading away from me and I could see the twin yellow eyes of its exhaust which dilated as the plane changed its inclination and became airborne .
14 One Christmas when Macmillan was in his eighties his grand-son Alexander ( Maurice 's son and the present Lord Stockton ) , who looked after the old boy in many ways , asked me if I would read the eighth of nine lessons at a carol service in a London church in aid of dependants of the Publishers Association .
15 I got involved because his family live some way away and they asked me if I could make the arrangements , sort things out until they got there .
16 She asked me if I 'd hold the baby while she went , as it might be cumbersome taking the bag and all .
17 so that they get them And I 'll get the children to collect some rocks up and wash them .
18 On the question of registration of electors , clearly it is very important that if we now have less than nine weeks from this evening for those possibly four hundred thousand people to seek registration then the it is essential that the minister and the department er engage in a serious advertising campaign to ensure that people can exercise the rights that are due to them and I would like the minister perhaps in his later remarks , to expand on what , if any , measure the government intends to take to publicise the fact of E C voting rights to those four hundred thousand or so er European citizens of voting age resident in this country .
19 In my letter of [ date ] I informed you that I would keep the progress and costs closely under review .
20 Does it confuse you that I should do the talking and you the listening ?
21 On Sunday mornings Auntie would bring it back clean , cook lunch — which always included the one vegetable I can stomach , ie beans-in-a-tin because they 're not disgusting green — and afterwards she and I would play the test match while Pa worked on his sermon .
22 would you and I 'll get the food , I 'm a bloody expert cats
23 ‘ Together you and I could generate the power of aquavit , I believe .
24 ‘ Think about it , dear girl , ’ Spencer said softly , ‘ anything is better than disgrace to the family name , do n't you think , and between us , you and I could rescue the old family firm ?
25 It means , ’ he said , planting a gentle kiss on her soft mouth , ‘ that our future 's secure ; that , for all time , you and I will know the pure joy of loving each other . ’
26 Well I 'm not going to actually tell you because I 'll ruin the solution to this .
27 If you attend that meeting I shall be forced to treat you as I shall treat the others .
28 You must n't ever try to talk to me about her or I 'll leave the home . ’
29 ‘ But I 'll out-perform him and I 'll reach the top far quicker . ’
30 And erm we used to carry erm used to have a pair of binoculars with him and I used to have the old er telescope do you see .
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