Example sentences of "[pers pn] [conj] i [be] [adj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Erm , I think the charge that has been laid against myself personally and my myself and my colleagues is the charge of vacillation and changing our mind and I and I am grateful to c my colleague David for reminding us that we have in this county had two years two years when the Labour party and the Conservative party have been hand in glove , absolutely determined that the way forward in relation to homes , elderly persons homes , not that 's not to close any and now we 've had a complete volte face when they 've changed their minds and they 've come along with us . |
| 2 | I had no quarrel with them although I was suspicious of them , and doubtless jealous that they had so much of Joyce 's attention and that they could wish to band together with one another . |
| 3 | It confirms to me that I am far from the northern climates , the habitat of the Brussels sprout , where something sickly was spreading over my relationship with Victoria — just like the smell of overcooked vegetables . |
| 4 | It is them that I am appealing to somebody because of the erm the the th thought transference that I am using is feeling now compelled to pick up the phone O nine O four six four one six four one . |
| 5 | The only one of them that I was interested in , though , was either extremely elusive , or not there . |
| 6 | I have argued with them until I am blue in the face ; have indicated to them that it is near anarchy when the profession will not meet the Cabinet minister responsible ; but I have made no impression at all . |
| 7 | I lit the models and drew from them until I was happy with the composition . |
| 8 | She recently wrote to me and I am glad to be able to respond more fully now than was possible in correspondence . |
| 9 | Perhaps you brought out the best that was in me and I was grateful for that . |
| 10 | ‘ He started to beat me and I was afraid of him . |
| 11 | He said I just speak to him he said when I see him and they 're nice to me and I 'm nice to them . |
| 12 | Erm , I 'm slightly more concerned though about security in this building and in some of our other main buildings and it brought it home very starkly to me and I 'm sure to all members of the board when we arrived at our meeting a few weeks ago and spent er over two hours standing , we did n't stay out , more or less standing out in the street and . |
| 13 | ‘ He 's nothing to me and I 'm sick of you prying into my personal life . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ I know this is a bit of an unusual hobby for a restaurateur , but it 's a little dream come true for me and I 'm thrilled to bits , ’ he says . |
| 15 | He 's a gentle sweet old-fashioned thing who 'd do almost anything for me and I 'm devoted to him . |
| 16 | He has now left me and I 'm stuck with paying a hefty joint overdraft . |
| 17 | Forgive me if I am indelicate in saying so , ; had you ever troubled to talk to me often , I could have made it evident earlier . |
| 18 | At Festival time 1983 , Fania Williams , who had just taken over the Tron in Glasgow , asked me if I was interested in fairy tales . |
| 19 | Tremayne said nothing until we were driving back to the stable and then all he did was ask me if I were happy with what I 'd done . |
| 20 | So do n't ask me if I 'm available on November 7th to appear at the Platinum Ball in aid of Spavined Armenian Panda Orphans , because I most definitely am not . |
| 21 | As I understand the way need has been calculated , and the County will correct me if I 'm wrong on this , er the method does actually take account of unemployment , and it sets an eventual employment level of three percent as a goal . |
| 22 | But very often I think tabloid journalism is interesting in terms of language because it 's very punchy it 's succinct because i i in some of our terms you might find people into a three minute reader and a thirty minute reader because in attention span and intellectual capacity are quite different but to actually condense something into meaningful short bursts , even if they are politically biased actually requires a certain amount of skill I would suspect the clarity index which I ca n't find is the process that I mentioned the other night where you take erm some people call it the fog index a correct me if I 'm wrong in my figures , but I think it 's a piece of something like two hundred or three hundred words you count the number of suc erm colons and full stops or is it only full stops ? |
| 23 | She has told you that I was kind to her in the summerhouse , though I 'll assure you I was quite innocent then as now , and I desire you to keep this matter to yourself . |
| 24 | ‘ One of my daughters is an ardent feminist and she and I were appalled at this ‘ Bishop slams women ’ publicity . |
| 25 | At the close of a formal Intervention when each member has said his or her piece , often in the manner " I care for you and I am concerned for you and therefore . |
| 26 | I loved you and I 'm ashamed of it . |
| 27 | In the end , I deliberately threw her at you because I was desperate for a sign of jealousy from you . |
| 28 | Erm well I do n't really know what to ask you because I was prepared to erm |
| 29 | I 'm leaving them now for you , I 'm not doing them and I 'll leave every fucking plate in this house till you do them because I 'm sick of it . |
| 30 | I went with them because I was interested in seeing a new country . |