Example sentences of "[pron] [vb base] [adv] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Extract 1 : The ghost One day me met a witch Jamaica [ inaudible ] me ( gor ra ) mother — me saw her dere , me sit down an she tell me all the story alrigh% ? |
| 2 | ‘ I 've had them make up a bed for you . |
| 3 | But I could have them send up a tray if you 'd rather stay in bed . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ When I see the Giotto frescoes at Padua I do not trouble to recognise which scene in the life of Christ I have before me , but I perceive instantly the sentiment which radiates from it and which is instinct in the composition in every line and color . |
| 5 | I cite only a few . |
| 6 | And I back up the line I had to go . |
| 7 | I back away a bit , and kneel down . |
| 8 | I feel somewhat like a Saint Bernard as I track down the American conductor John Nelson by telephone across the Alps . |
| 9 | In Chapter 14 I sketch out the fundamentals of a structuralist theory of truth . |
| 10 | I sketch out the whole scenario in seven minutes flat . |
| 11 | NOT and I repeat NOT the main carriage , as someone I know once did ! |
| 12 | The Examination Council came into being some erm nine months ago and has already been involved in quite a lot of activity , I mean particularly the erm problem of sixteen-plus examining , whether we should move from a system of erm O-levels and C S E , or to a combined system , Sixteen-plus Examination it would probably be called . |
| 13 | Well there 's , no I mean surely the same will apply on a Sunday ? |
| 14 | I mean alright the pub garden 's next to it . |
| 15 | Well I suppose you see maybe what they 're trying to do I mean as far as I know I mean previously the Inland Revenue or the valuation office part of the Inland Revenue they actually used to run a scheme where |
| 16 | because this is , I mean I did n't hear the dogs last night , only the kid , but I mean nevertheless the day before if you 'd of been in there , so but , but the kitchen can be done , toilet can be done |
| 17 | You know we were asked , Do you want your own bank account really and we decided er democratically that we 'd have the one bank account really for make sure the D H S S did n't start snooping really and you know er that 's worked very well I mean certainly the men very much tell us everything that 's going on and erm well you know I do n't think there 's any conflict of erm I do n't know you know it 's it 's difficult I suppose it 's amazing really the way it does work you know and that er you know but it 's quite loose really because it 's er that 's in a way the way one of it 's successes probably you know that 's it 's not a very structured I mean probably the lodge is more structured I mean men are used to their lodge meetings are n't they you know ? |
| 18 | I mean probably the members did n't realize what was going on . |
| 19 | I mean just a friendly little party . |
| 20 | Yeah I mean just a few different should you use a little bit of green powder paint . |
| 21 | mhm Well I think it can go from anything , I mean just a vague feeling of suddenly being put off what you 're talking about because you 've suddenly become conscious of how you 're looking . |
| 22 | If someone who said this was asked , ‘ But what do you mean by ‘ It 's afternoon on the Sun ’ ? ’ he might say , ‘ I mean just the same as I mean by ‘ It 's afternoon ’ on the Earth' . |
| 23 | I also said that if someone were asked , ‘ But what do you mean by ‘ It 's afternoon on the Sun ’ ? ’ he might say ‘ I mean just the same as I mean by ‘ It 's afternoon ’ on the Earth' . |
| 24 | Similarly , if someone were asked , ‘ But what do you mean by ‘ Someone else is in pain ’ ? ’ he might say , ‘ I mean just the same by ‘ pain ’ when I say someone else is in pain as I mean when I say ‘ I 'm in pain ’ . ’ |
| 25 | I do n't mean goggles I mean just the glasses with the side pieces . |
| 26 | that 's what I mean just the blood tests ? |
| 27 | I mean Just the same do n't walk on your own . |
| 28 | I mean even the , the su surface out of the play in playgrounds . |
| 29 | Er they 're very good in fact , I mean even the erm if you look at say the result from Clerical Medical over ten years , erm fifteen thousand invested , er currently er returning something like forty three thousand over er the five the ten year term , so that 's not bad . |
| 30 | Nobody in industry has actually got an absolute guarantee , I mean even the British Telecom schemes said they 'll pay , they 'll pay the rate of inflation if they feel they can afford . |