Example sentences of "[pron] [vb base] [adj] [conj] [pron] " in BNC.
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1 | I mean you 've got to try and keep yourself afloat , and then even that 's not going to help you , if nobody comes along and picks you up either , so I mean that But I mean I I did n't Oh well I Suppose I could say I gave up hope a few times but obviously if you s The struggle to survive comes through in the long run , and I mean it 's it 's not easy to give up hope , |
2 | so I was n't quite sure of the answer that you gave back with me walking back from the camera so I just wanted to qualify that so that , I mean all that I noticed was that there was nothing that , that , no information that you tried to get out of him . |
3 | I mean interesting because I 've never actually done the job that you 're doing . |
4 | so that we know and also it puts the guy in context for I mean these if I remember I mean H M S O are mega bucks buyers |
5 | Nevertheless , I eat more than my fair share of oysters , and filch one of her lobster claws after I 've eaten my own . |
6 | Despite criticism of these research findings , I remain convinced that they offer a framework for schools to investigate themselves as organisations and for teachers to analyse themselves as individuals when meeting disruptive behaviour . |
7 | Although many local authorities in their strategy documents state that they aim first at rehabilitation , I remain unconvinced that they are devoting the same resources in terms of skilled social workers with small caseloads and adequate financial support to natural families , as they do to finding and supporting new families . |
8 | He says , I remain concerned that it is not yet possible to agree an implementation plan for recommendations made in his previous report . |
9 | I run the search room there , which means that erm people come into Pelham House , they usually meet me at a desk and the end of a telephone , and I put them onto the documents that they want to look at and I make sure that they 're ordered up from where they 're kept in one of the various repositories and strong rooms that we 've got . |
10 | I make sure that my face shows nothing too . |
11 | My hair always seems to look lank and lifeless , even though I make sure that I wash and condition it regularly . |
12 | The time I have available to practise is my sacred time and I make sure that I accomplish everything I set out to do . |
13 | I make sure that I really condition my hair and that 's about it . |
14 | And the place is used a lot erm like the local Trade 's Council meet here , and I make sure that I open up for them . |
15 | And I make sure that I 'm here and I open up for them , and I make them a cup of tea . |
16 | I hate these as it were things you know ? |
17 | Who 's Sorry Now , and What Can I Say Dear After I Say I 'm Sorry ? . |
18 | Yeah I know , but there has ai n't there , you know but I say that and I live in an area where there 's not a neighbourhood watch scheme and I ai n't setting one up to until I retire |
19 | There 's also want more money to cheapest in the country and I say good and I hope we can fit it in this budget time and I hope we all support this , for this . |
20 | I say penultimate as there is one final technique that I use . |
21 | I say penultimate as there is one final technique that I use . |
22 | He weighed 196lb and , when wishing to indulge in a man-to-man talk ( I say man-to-man because I became convinced he did n't believe he was a dog at all ) he would rear up and rest his forepaws on my shoulders and look down into my eyes , which are a rather attractive dark brown and reside about five feet two inches above sea level . |
23 | Agree flexible arrangements for your son to visit ( I say flexible because he wo n't want to feel obliged to turn up every weekend ; that way , the visits wo n't become a chore for you or for him ) . |
24 | I say this because I have the feeling that you no longer wish to join your cousins in Wisconsin . |
25 | I say this because I am anxious that having decided to reject the modernist notion that there is no Devil — and therefore no Christian dualism — we should not be tempted to fall into the opposite error of conceiving our adversary as no more than a fiend . |
26 | I say this because I believe that those constitutional issues have to be decided once and for all at this year 's Party Conference . |
27 | I know I say this and I hear others , but I wondered how often the complaint was truly justified . |
28 | I realize now that that is what I want more than anything else . |
29 | You know , the thing I want more than anything else — you could call it my dream in life — is to make lots of money . |
30 | ‘ What I want more than anything is to have somewhere I can look forward to . ’ |