Example sentences of "[adv] i [verb] [pron] [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So I collect my own granite gravel here in Devon , from an area where it contains a rather nice orange feldspar , and is thus a warm colour rather than the usual light grey of garden centre granite . |
| 2 | , that oh dear , you have to take this stuff with water it says , it is a horror one so I bought us some chocolate eclairs , have you got them ? |
| 3 | So I showed him that letter you had . |
| 4 | I s so I showed him this tin full , I says well look they do break do n't they ? |
| 5 | And anyway I carried him half way along and I had to put him down |
| 6 | Erm like I think we all sort of ruled out er |
| 7 | You 'll never know how nearly I took you that night . |
| 8 | Well I kept me own present , I stayed in bed half a day did n't I ? |
| 9 | Well I heard what that bloke said to you last time when I went before , do n't worry , once you 've paid for it once you 've paid it they 'll sort it out from there . |
| 10 | Yeah well I told her this morning . |
| 11 | Well I told you that man was trimming trees at the bottom , the other day . |
| 12 | Well I set you some horse racing questions just now for this wonderful prize ‘ Racehorses of nineteen ninety ’ . |
| 13 | He said well I give you that Avenger estate he said cos I thought you were building your house , that 'll be handy for you you know yeah you did and you let me down badly ! |
| 14 | Six years ago I had my own head examined by the most distinguished of this country 's living phrenologists and was provided with a six-page report of quite startling accuracy . |
| 15 | And then ten years ago I started my own company er started in a very small way to begin with . |
| 16 | Anyhow I gave them some antibiotic powder to put in its drinking water just in case it had a mild infection and they went away happy and said they would tell their friends . ’ |
| 17 | How is it then I put it this way . |
| 18 | Gabriel went on , ‘ And then I saw her that night , remember ? |
| 19 | And then I could add them together , or if that 's a bit awkward , what I could do is I could think of the hundred and one as a hundred add one , I can think of the seventeen as ten add seven , and then I multiply them this way and I multiply all the bits and then add all the bits up at the end . |
| 20 | Yet I found my own conviction that the attempt would result in my death steadfast and stubborn . |
| 21 | Previously I ran my own school of machine knitting and also taught machine knitting for the local Education Authority at a nearby college . |