Example sentences of "[adj] [pers pn] [verb] [pron] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I mean , I 've often spoken to you about how I hated the loneliness of my childhood — how warm and rich I found your family life . |
| 2 | ‘ I 'm sorry I wrecked his house . |
| 3 | I 'm sorry I ate your pie , blacksmith . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ Sorry I blew my top , but I had visions of finding you down there on the rocks like the first time . ’ |
| 5 | I 'm sorry I spoilt your sleep . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ I 'm sorry I broke your doll , ’ she said . |
| 7 | I 'm sorry I forgot my mother 's birthday . ’ |
| 8 | And they 'll they 'll anybody new in the estate agent in sta in staff terms they 'll let them look at that and say well that 's what Lynda 's here er sorry I beg your pardon |
| 9 | Oh right yes sorry I beg your pardon . |
| 10 | I 'm sorry I opened my mouth ! |
| 11 | Sorry I lost my place . |
| 12 | Oh I think so , I mean I , again I hope there are n't any Catholics in the audience who are offended by my remarks , but it 's just my personal opinion , that yeah , th th you know , th th that is the case and at the least I mean whatever judgment one makes about this thing , I , I repeat what I said earlier about you got ta be terribly careful when using the word natural . |
| 13 | Selby are looking for an allocation of twice that , and if you a if you accept that the County are correct and I can see no reason to erm to vary from that , in fact our submissions er set out very clearly why we think every parameter is stretched to its limits , i if you st i if you accept that then at the very least I think its incumbent upon Selby to put forward a cogent argument for doubling that figure . |
| 14 | Mystified I adjusted my position so I could see , and dabbled an experimental finger or two in the tank . |
| 15 | With that I washed my face and went to bed . |
| 16 | We used to , we , I used to go when my husband was alive we used to go to erm Devon cos I had a brother living in Devon we used to go there , but er unfortunately I lost him when he was only fifty with a coronary , and so erm , in , cos and after that I lost my husband you see so cos we I 've never been away like that before , not , not since , years ago that was , he 's been gone twenty one years this Christmas sixteenth might be so , I 've not been able to so I , I , I go with the erm , I went with the Red Cross this year the year before last I went erm er , Char Charlie took me away we went to er a chalet we stayed at and er a friend of mine we went there for a week had a week there , that poured of rain every day , this year it poured of rain every day |
| 17 | After this I put my name forward as a candidate for the official biography and so informed my editor at Collins , Philip Ziegler . |
| 18 | Feeling slightly puzzled by this I continued my perusal of the instructions . |
| 19 | On this I take my stand . |
| 20 | By this I mean their tendency to explain racism in terms of an ‘ ideal type ’ or model , which makes certain a priori assumptions about its origins , causes , meaning and effect . |
| 21 | However , you may prefer a lower figure with a different on-going environment and on this I need your guidance . |
| 22 | When I pondered this I decided my role was to be a walking example , an end product , a result , a victim . |
| 23 | Although I was unemployed I paid my subscription as I knew the money would be put to good use . |
| 24 | When I was eight years old I joined our school choir . |
| 25 | At fifteen years old I started my drama course and I could n't have been happier . |
| 26 | I 'm afraid I spilled my temper out on you . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ I 'm afraid I lost my temper . ’ |
| 28 | I 'm afraid I lost my temper and said if he 'd fallen foul of the IRA it bloody well served him right for supporting them . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ I 'm afraid I lost my temper . |
| 30 | At this she changed her tone , and asked quickly , ‘ Is he all right ? ’ |