Example sentences of "i [vb base] [prep] [pron] [noun] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But have they always been able to machine it Norm I mean to my mind it 's always been sort of , you know , you buy , whatever they are like for afters and that and that 's how you use them to make your garden shed or whatever |
| 2 | I mean to my mind you might just as well spend your money on , what are you doing idiot , on a well made piece of furniture today like some of those we 've seen in , in |
| 3 | I mean up our road they do n't fetch that much , but there are one or two |
| 4 | I mean I think that 's extremely important to allow children to erm you know play things out in the best way that they which is in a sense their way of coming to terms with things erm and to answer their questions as honestly as I can and to admit it when I do n't know the answers erm and also , I mean in our family we 've taken various actions to try to stop the war and we 've , you know , taken part in demonstrations and written letters and erm |
| 5 | Well they might not because there are people I mean like me students who might not . |
| 6 | and even when I yell at him times he 's gone , you know , I do n't know |
| 7 | But you know I think if I say to her hand it in week four then |
| 8 | You know and , as I say with my partner I have n't mentioned it yet , this business about cover |
| 9 | As I clamber to my feet he starts to run . |
| 10 | When I listen to my radio I am only marking time . |
| 11 | A Fraud Squad detective said : ‘ I hope for his sake we find him first . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ I hope for your sake they have . |
| 13 | ‘ I hope for your sake you 're playing it straight . |
| 14 | You know which I I i wa , I was n't totally embarrassed about it but I just we , I think she was , you know , that sort of generation and that era , which I hope with my son it will be totally different , like come to me and say anything you like , you know ? |
| 15 | By the way Tom while I 'm on it erm I mislead you yesterday erm I look in my list I realized I |
| 16 | Then , in a voice that was almost stern , he said , ‘ When I look in your eyes I 'm absolutely lost . |
| 17 | As I lie on my bed I can feel it coming in the window . |
| 18 | If I swim on my back I do n't do my front |
| 19 | And when I daydream of its beauty I think , too , of the people I met on Koraloona , of Doc Reid , the eccentric , wayward medic who first taught me about the island ; Bill Robins , the captain of the Mantela when our ship was attacked , and who before that was to become my first real friend ; Jason Purvis , the starving beachcomber and would-be great novelist who at last did achieve a kind of fame ; Paula Reece , the beautiful American with cold , appraising eyes who so loved the island — and several of its free and happy inhabitants . |
| 20 | ‘ I have no intention of robbing Grantham and Marsh of their triumph if they deserve it , and from what I hear of their reputation they probably will . |
| 21 | Very good , very , very good , no I think as I say the only thing I said to Mr I told him that I 'm very upset because I 've always been treated ever so fair by him I mean they 've really been good to us , you ca n't say they 're not , I mean no other Council I do n't think is as good as Harlow Council , well I say that because I know by my friends who live away they 're not er , they do n't get half the benefits that they get here , I mean we are looked after are n't we ? |
| 22 | Erm every time I get off my toilet it 's awfully hot . |
| 23 | Joan while I remember in my car I 've got some things that I want your professional advice about . |
| 24 | But I believe in their treatment there is little to complain of ( 114 ) |
| 25 | And I find with my running it 's the same : they said ‘ you 're too short . ’ |
| 26 | Rather taken aback , and with no time to think of a suitable reply , I said , ‘ Well , I suppose at your age I can only stand back and hope you do n't make too many mistakes . ’ |
| 27 | Whenever I go into his kennel it 's a toss-up whether he escapes or not ; he wins about one in fifteen times . |
| 28 | When I go to their gigs they all walk around with cartons of orange juice . |
| 29 | If I go to my baker I 'll er , I 'll fetch one back and I 'll show ya , they , they used to grow a lot during war to make jam on to subsidize folk to make jam and stuff like that you know |
| 30 | around the m around the Mansfield =field , and these Children , at School they know far more than I do at my age I think . |