Example sentences of "[vb base] i [verb] [to-vb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ If by that schoolgirl remark you mean I desired to sodomise you , you 're right . |
| 2 | Oh But I mean I get to work I 'm so bloody tired . |
| 3 | And er I mean I tried to indicate you know to him that he could claim against the company and get his premiums back , but unfortunately , there was no letter and no i indication , and the person was no longer with the company . |
| 4 | Yes , the time when it has to come in , the day I say I want to collect it , now you might need to say to yourself , oh dear , Mrs said the deadline was , have I met it ? |
| 5 | I want I want to tell you a secret |
| 6 | Extract 2 oh listen I wanted to tell you one of the girls in my supply class we 'll hoover when we come back wo n't we she said to me she looked at my shoes and she said you 've got flashy shoes or something I said I got them in Spain she said Miss are you Spanish I thought it was really funny |
| 7 | Now listen I want to see I want to s Have you got buttons today ? |
| 8 | When I remember the tears you shed I long to see you again and so make my happiness complete . |
| 9 | I think everyone 's got their own ways of dealing with them , you know certainly some people ignore them , you know I prefer to ignore them rather than taunt them , er possibly because I was n't really friendly with any of them that did go back , I think people who were close friends have found it very awkward and I know even now they 're probably looking daggers at each other you know , that sort of thing . |
| 10 | You know I hate to say it but privatization might be required , right there 's too much government involvement , there 's too much erm er there 's too much inefficiency , right , by and large there 's an awful lot of er bribery , corruption , patronage in developing countries , their government sectors are very very large . |
| 11 | And he added : ‘ It is important to me that the boys know I offered to do it for nothing . ’ |
| 12 | They know I planned to attack them . ’ |
| 13 | I know I want to sing it |
| 14 | I forgot to I know I forgot to record it for you . |
| 15 | Only I know I forgot to pack it away . |
| 16 | Well yes I know I tried to pick her up |
| 17 | I said here I said got she said oh I have to go into cash now I suppose I have to owe you another bleeding pound here you are . |
| 18 | ‘ I suppose I have to say I 'm a conservative , ’ she admitted . |
| 19 | Because of the numbers of people involved and because of , well , I suppose I have to say it , the inevitability of leaks . |
| 20 | I guess I had to see you , drawled Jay , because I was so scared of seeing you . |
| 21 | Like , I 'd been to church , been to Sunday School , so I knew all the stuff in the Bible , but I guess I needed to envisage it … see it , in my own terms . ’ |
| 22 | I bought the DesignaKnit 4 Professional some months back and I feel I have to give it nothing but praise . |
| 23 | I 'm not doing it for monetary reward or because I 'm asked to ; I 'm doing it because I feel I have to do it . |
| 24 | I 'm not doing it for monetary reward or because I 'm asked to ; I 'm doing it because I feel I have to do it . |
| 25 | I kept just killing time until it had gone eleven o'clock and all the cinema-goers had gone in for the late shows , at which point I decided to call it a day . |
| 26 | " Before I go I want to thank you . " |
| 27 | ‘ So it is , ’ she agreed , ‘ but before you go I want to give you something . ’ |
| 28 | Mark I forgot to ask you what was in the caravans , the sleeping arrangement . |
| 29 | I mean I we I would I , you know , personally I think I prefer to do it myself than put th leave it up to them cos mostly they do n't know what they 're on about anyway . |
| 30 | I think I prefer to get it like that and , instead of having a whole onion it 's better when , they 're , the big ones like they are bit too big are n't they ? |