Example sentences of "[vb base] [pron] [vb base] [vb pp] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I fear I have shocked you , Alice , ’ he was saying , albeit with a slight smile lifting the corners of his mouth , ‘ but as you know , the option of marriage is not open to us . |
| 2 | I just want to read three anecdotes which , and I mean I 've given you sort of odd statistics and the advantage of anecdotes is that they actually put flesh on the bones I think , and they really give you a sense of what it meant to be er a peasant in China in the nineteen thirties . |
| 3 | But there is I mean I 've assured him that things are being done . |
| 4 | And that 's it , I mean I 've made it as plain as I can . |
| 5 | And that 's it , I mean I 've made it as plain as I can . |
| 6 | Just wan na put a little thing that , I mean I 've written her a letter , I just put a little thing that erm |
| 7 | I mean I 've done it for love ! ’ |
| 8 | If you like then , I mean I 've done it . |
| 9 | but if they are wankers nothing you do , and including , I mean I 've done it in the past , slowed right down and nine times out of ten it jus it just incenses them to drive even closer . |
| 10 | I mean I 've seen it |
| 11 | I mean I 've stopped I 've I I do n't any longer get up and get anybody 's breakfast for them . |
| 12 | Well we 're not having much joy with these people from I mean I 've rung them about four times in the last er week . |
| 13 | I mean I 've learned something . |
| 14 | No yeah I I mean I 've sold I 've sold advertising on the medical practice booklets but er |
| 15 | I mean I 've got one at home what . |
| 16 | I mean I 've got plenty of black , so mustard and black whatever , whatever , cerise and black or something , that 's daft really you know |
| 17 | I mean I 've got your address which is erm is here , am I missing any part of the address ? |
| 18 | I 've got , I mean I 've got my spots where I park it , I , it at Woolworth 's and outside the post office because it keeps it dry . |
| 19 | I mean I 've got my own thoughts , I have to be careful here that you know I 've got to try and pull together what you think because at the end of the day it 's it 's very important that it reflects the way we work in school , not the way I perceive I we work in in school because you 're the people at the chalk first . |
| 20 | There 's no weight to that , I mean I 've got my |
| 21 | I I mean I 've got I 've read it once and and now I 've lost it |
| 22 | By rights you know , would you mind moving into Concorde so can have Brunel , I mean I 've got I 'm , I 'd like to say yes I 'll do my move into Concorde broom cupboard |
| 23 | I mean I 've got it as well . |
| 24 | and he says no I , I reckon I had a word with our Margaret she said no it do n't matter , but if that 's gon na be the case I 'd rather give it to him back , I mean I 've got it |
| 25 | The colouring to the hair , I mean I 've got it in another colour , but I , I think it |
| 26 | Yeah , but I 've had it , I mean I 've had them a week now have n't I ? |
| 27 | I mean I 've had mine flood and I 've had its thermostat go and it boiled everything . |
| 28 | Yeah but I mean I 've had it since your fortnight before Christmas on and off . |
| 29 | I mean I 've had it since , I remember getting , washing me nappies and putting them on there |
| 30 | about ten now and they 're all in this white ones are metric , she said what the hell 's this she said , I mean I 've had it thirty four , five years something like that , forty years |