Example sentences of "[vb base] i was [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I mean I was already bald at the sides . |
| 2 | I mean I was just doing my job . |
| 3 | Well i I 'm happy , I mean I was just going to make that point , sir , but I do have other points , but I 'll wait . |
| 4 | Erm I mean I was just finding myself expressing the views that er given the dramatic change in the composition of the County Council since the election , I would have thought something as major as the East Grinstead by-pass would need to be considered by the new council anyway and er I think it would be perhaps er assuming too much er to believe that the present council would follow the line of the previous council that 's only er a personal expression . |
| 5 | Yeah , but , I mean I was just , erm , I found that very informative as well , I was very disappointed that if that much money er , information was available that we were not given it as members , because it would have made decision making far more sensible , but erm , |
| 6 | I , I , I mean I do n't know , I was n't there for half the things she was talking about last night , I mean I was upstairs for three quarters of an hour trying to go to sleep |
| 7 | and you assume something 's gon na happen and just cos , I mean I was too embarrassed to speak to him on like Monday and Tuesday |
| 8 | Well I was gon na paper out and start cutting out some faces I think cos I mean a I may just as well I mean I was quite happy to let Paul help me out but then |
| 9 | I think a I think actually who you have 'em with like with Sue I mean I was quite positive about this er I can understand you sort of just w who did you have 'em with before ? |
| 10 | I was taken here but at the time I mean I was n't one of the really seriously burnt , I mean I was still conscious and I was still walking around . |
| 11 | Yeah that 's the numbers linked to the division , erm Cynthia I mean I was only going to be looking at N Y C C and C S S S funded staff , yeah ? |
| 12 | I mean I was only |
| 13 | And he , and I remember ah , er er , I mean I was only , well I was sort of and he had his feet up on the table , he was smoking a cigarette and he , and he had a laid back attitude . |
| 14 | She says three pound fifty she says that was from taking us down from there and sitting waiting , well I mean I was only in about , well I was n't in five minutes |
| 15 | Yes I mean I was very conscious that out of those , the top boxes we , I had n't got the information |
| 16 | Yeah , I worked with a voluntary group for a while and I remember helping one lady go through , she was raped , and go through the courts , and all her past life was brought up , I mean I was so upset for her and yet the fact that he had actually raped twice before was n't brought up , but her past life was brought up and the man actually got off in the end because she just could not cope with being on the stand and dealing with it all and it was just so terrible that , that , that the , the ina , |
| 17 | And er they treated me there I mean I was about two weeks in a room on me own , and taken out then into the main ward for another four weeks . |
| 18 | And he went , I mean I was there for blooming ages . |
| 19 | Yeah well I mean I was there and all they did was they did n't say anything to each other , in the same room , just acted totally normally but did n't say anything to each other . |
| 20 | ‘ Anyway , Corbett , you forget I was once a soldier . ’ |
| 21 | It was something like ‘ Jonnson ’ but as I say I was only half interested until he started mentioning how much he loved Leeds . |
| 22 | On one of these trips to London when I was at school , good when we went with the Brownies , I went two or three times and er , one time when I was a bit older , I mean the first time I went as I say I was only about seven , but , when I was a bit older I went again , they said if |
| 23 | Not in the grocery , I suppose there would be , I mean erm as I say I was never thrilled with the clothing department and when I did get involved with the deals , er I 'm afraid I was a political animal and I would 've have been more interested in the political side . |
| 24 | . However , after about eighteen month at , as a yard foreman , as I say I was still branch secretary of Portobello branch , and carrying on as usual , er I put in for There were this yard inspectors job wanted at Street Station . |
| 25 | Anyway , after what I did ter that silly ole goat at the sawmills the coppers might fink I 'm a villain an' try ter get the ole boy ter say I was there . |
| 26 | I 'll not have any man say I was ever afraid of a sharp edge in my life ! ’ |
| 27 | We arrived here yesterday from Flinders at which place I was especially gratified to [ word not clear ] my acquaintance with the Natives and other things , and I should have left the island with a light heart and proceeded to Kings had [ not ] a fatal accident happened to one of the men who shot himself dead by incautiously pulling the gun from the boat with the muzzle toward his chest , the cock of the gun caught the seat of the boat and all was over with the poor fellow in half a minute . |
| 28 | After catching on a short pole and rod and line I was quite happy with the venue but was still convinced I needed another practice session — time was running out and the only day available was the one after the Division 1 National . |
| 29 | But when I missed it last year because of the Euro-Asia match I was severely criticised by the chairman . ’ |
| 30 | At the Scotland-Wales match I was severely reprimanded by a steward 30 years my junior for daring to place one foot on the hallowed turf as I made my exit from the ‘ schoolboys ’ enclosure ’ . |