Example sentences of "i [verb] [pers pn] [be] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In fact I do n't know what made me think he was that way in the first place — unless it was you , of course , leading me off the trail ! |
| 2 | I mean they 're all history . |
| 3 | They should all be the same , let's put them together anyway , even if they 're not , we should put them together because erm I mean they 're all part of the same company anyway . |
| 4 | Well there 's Lewis and Pringle and Reeve and Defreites and Tuftnot , I mean they 're all bowlers |
| 5 | But anyway I mean it 's all part of the picture . |
| 6 | I mean it 's all part really , of , of learning respect for the teachers and |
| 7 | See I mean it 's all paper that |
| 8 | Yeah , I mean it 's that kind of co-ordination , yeah , to get that , to get that , right |
| 9 | Erm he makes a distinction between poor peasants , some being utterly destitute and some just being less destitute but er basically as er seventy percent of the population erm they 're the main group that 's pushing revolution forward and s so therefore I mean it 's this group that the Communist Party must n't alienate , you know , they mu must n't do anything to harm this group , associations the Communist Party must n't attack erm the associations . |
| 10 | They find it very difficult to get into Torbay to try and trade cos it 's very , I mean it 's another hour on the trip really is n't it ? |
| 11 | And er I mean it was all luck everything that sort of happened to me that night anyway I mean it it was n't so lucky for other people but I suppose most survivors have their their tale or so . |
| 12 | And his wife , who is in a wheelchair , commented , ‘ I realised it was all rubbish — he 's a wonderful man . ’ |
| 13 | I had in mind Vladimir Nabokov , if you 're willing to consider him as an American writer , John Barth , Richard Brortigan , Robert Coover. erm As I say they 're all writers who might come under the heading of , of postmodern meta-fiction writers who do not take for granted that fiction has a , a direct and clearly understandable relationship with society so that it can erm give you a very clear picture of society at a given moment , which was generally the case in the , with British fiction in the nineteenth century . |
| 14 | ‘ I say we are all leaders . |
| 15 | there are advantages erm and quite honestly if erm er the way I put it is that salary company car and BUPA and all that sort of thing |
| 16 | ‘ I do not understand you , ’ he rasped , ‘ but coming from you I imagine it is some acid comment . |
| 17 | I imagine it was all part of the same reaction . |
| 18 | Fringe , flat out at racing pace , had a wildness about him I could n't really control and I guessed it was that quality which won him races . |
| 19 | I know it 's some time ago , but I do remember , vaguely . |
| 20 | offices as well , but erm , and I know she 's half time and some offices have only got a quarter , but as I say , she 's the busiest person I know and , and she 's |
| 21 | Well I assume they 're some sort of |
| 22 | Some sort of coven or a secret society , and I believe they are all party to it . |
| 23 | The argument that he would is that the behaviour was tantamount to a statement ‘ I believe you are another homosexual , ’ which the average heterosexual would surely regard as insulting . |
| 24 | I find it 's this flexibility that I use most . |
| 25 | ‘ I guess we 're both losers , Mark . ’ |
| 26 | But I suppose they 're all boys really , I mean are all boys like this really ? |
| 27 | I suppose you were all sweetness and light , were n't you ? ’ |
| 28 | ‘ I suppose he was some kind of tenant . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ I suppose it 's that woman ? ’ |
| 30 | Aye , well it 's it 's , I suppose it 's all money for him as well . |