Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb base] i [vb base] [adv] i " in BNC.
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1 | And erm but I mean I remember when I I was doing er work with the Open University now I was a sort of er tutor with them or counsellor with them and I think we used to say ten to fifteen hours work a week |
2 | That really turned my stomach , even if , I mean I remember when I was carrying , when I was carrying the twins , and he used to go out huge things you know , and so much so that if he came home in the night , right , and I was already in bed asleep , I would be able to er , he would wake me in the bedroom cos I could smell smoke on him , but he did n't smoke , but where he 'd been the pub or a night club , I smelt |
3 | I mean I remember when I went , first went to my cheap caravan site where there is n't a toilet and you have to walk to the toilets , and I remember a couple of times when I was little , shitting my pants on the way to the toilets , you know , cos I could n't hold it in . |
4 | I mean I remember when I was at the New York Times and I wanted to use Cheltenham wide for a headline , Cheltenham bold well sort of bold wide , but it 's just called Cheltenham wide in the book , and because Cheltenham was always part of the New York Times library , whatever you call it , in the composing room . |
5 | I mean I 've actually I tried to persuade a colleague of mine that I could quite easily sexually harass a male student of mine , and the reason I could do that , or the way I could do that , is because I have power over him . |
6 | I mean I do n't I try to not to take a lot of notice of it you |
7 | Well I did n't tell him it he can wind it just erase it I mean I do n't I said I 'm alright love just to do all that , I 've got twenty tapes ! |
8 | Well I , yeah I do I mean I do n't I do n't need them just yet , I mean I think I sha n't need to get them till we come back from the trip . |
9 | ‘ I hope I know how I would behave , but you do n't know until it happens to you . |
10 | Yeah I know I mean like I ca I , I ca n't , I ca n't hold down my spirits , I can hold down erm lager though . |
11 | ‘ I think I know why I flunked my exams , ’ I said between huge mouthfuls . |
12 | No I always think I mean it it just annoys me though I think I get well I just get I just think it 's a waste of the day . |
13 | ‘ I think I remember where I know the name from . |
14 | And er the amount of money that 's in the appeal fund , whereas it shows a great feeling of warmth from the general public , I think I do n't I mean there 's people dying all over the world , even at home here in Orkney , there 's people that dying , they do n't receive any great compensation for that . |
15 | He 's been lucky of course , in that respect , in that he has had something to occupy himself over the last few months as far as the Gulf war is concerned , and in that respect , of course , I think I do n't I think it would be very difficult to fault him . |
16 | Erm but I think I think certainly I would have thought a place like Reading probably half their people set the exams anyway so |
17 | Well you know I do well I understand |