Example sentences of "[vb base] [noun sg] [conj] i [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I invariably gain weight if I 've eaten rice the evening before because it retains water and is often served with spicy food which is dehydrating . |
| 2 | I lose weight when I go there because there 's absolutely nothing good to eat and , even if there were , it would cost too much . |
| 3 | I cry , and I reach out and , lo and behold , I touch wood and I know that it 's one of the posts which hold up the catwalk . |
| 4 | I say wonders will never cease I have just written a receipt for Mrs and I have put it in her envelope and I have written my name in , in on , I 've put from and put my name and crossed out caretaker and put treasurer and I have put underneath we do not have a caretaker so we will see what happens How did , how is it that they got to go back with them ? |
| 5 | I hate motoring unless I have to . ’ |
| 6 | I carnt watch as I speed closer |
| 7 | I , you know I do n't mind , I enjoy handicraft but I find I 'm out Monday playing darts , I 'm out Tuesday doing handicraft and I look after a little boy who 's got Cerebral Palsy four mornings a week and comes three in the afternoon and it 's quite a lot . |
| 8 | As the Arches paper is off white , in areas I needed to highlight , and so for an opaque light tone , I would sharpen the leads into a plate and add water until I had a thick consistency a little like gouache , and would apply that direct with a brush in flat colour . |
| 9 | Oh I 'm I think I 'm a semi veggie I just eat meat when I fancy it . |
| 10 | ‘ Nice try , but I know unreality when I feel it . ’ |
| 11 | I like cooking and I like playing with the children , doing things for them — I do n't like the basic cleaning . |
| 12 | I 'm not all that religious , I reckon you can be good without goin' to Church , and that , but I know wickedness when I see it , and it ought to be put a stop to . ’ |
| 13 | I like football and I find all the other views I 've heard all a bit negative ! |
| 14 | Or peach melba , but I only like strawberry but I thought |
| 15 | I like chicken cos I like that . |
| 16 | I quite like maths but I do n't like the teacher cos though I like maths I just do n't like the lessons . |
| 17 | When I am freezing I get cramp an I go crazy . |
| 18 | You can actually do really big stretches , although I 'm careful to warm up before I play and cool down slowly again afterwards , because I get tendonitis and I have to keep myself in shape . |
| 19 | ‘ That 's not a word that I know sir but I think I take your meaning . ’ |
| 20 | She tells them what she wants , she said er one , Fred said something to her one week and she said , well you know , you can get some sirloin , she says I like sirloin and I like it with fat . |
| 21 | ‘ It 's for the job , ’ he says proudly , ‘ I get promotion if I speak good English . ’ |
| 22 | I distinctly remember Bill and I making no comment . |
| 23 | Yes I think you know I mean democracy if I use that word is supposed to be er by the people for the people is n't it you know but I mean I 'm always amazed . |
| 24 | In fact I rather hate paint and I seem to be constantly at war with it . |
| 25 | ‘ I hate coke and I hate spliffs … = ’ This is rampant iconoclasm but it is n't wanton . |
| 26 | ‘ I feel cross because I waited for you this morning and you did n't turn up . ‘ |
| 27 | it 's completely anonymous number you know it 's only to be on that , said I 'll wipe it off then , you bloody well wo n't , I think he wants to tell people before he can say very wrong , could say something personal , if it was personal , no longer it , no you were n't personal to you , but I 'm quite happy to arrange it if you wish , no , no , no , no , no , , I should n't have to tell you not to take my points in full , there we go it 's driving me doing that in the factory having without people 's permission , I want to know , I ask permission if I 'd er wanted to as a without being asked to do it , I would of gone and seen personnel and asked , I would not of dreamed of doing it in a work 's situation unless I was asked , say anything personal I 'd turned it off not that it , apart from me and Stuart |
| 28 | I say I usually use celery but I say that grows wild in the school , so we use that |
| 29 | Do n't lose track keep track cos I tell you what I was |
| 30 | ‘ I play football and I like watching it . |