Example sentences of "[num] [noun] i [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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1 | Oh eleven shillings I think it was eleven shillings a week . |
2 | And , on meeting up with the Apache after 30 years I like it now . |
3 | And a pint of milk 's thirty eight pence I think it cost me two pound thirty eight up here . |
4 | There was only a tiny little row in between two streets , there was about six houses I think it was . |
5 | think to myself well it 's six months I wish I 'd have done it in August , now . |
6 | within six months I know I 'll have no more money problems . |
7 | and er he said that when they took it up three years ago of course they from the first six months I think it is and we got on to them and they they did agree |
8 | REAL LIFE After SIX miscarriages I knew I 'd get lucky WOMEN 'S LOOS The scandal no one talks about ! |
9 | Like her mum , she 's sent off for a cat catalogue , she got it , you know within thirteen days I think it was . |
10 | And one of the last holidays I took , and I was on my own , I went to the United States for , and Canada for er the , the six weeks I think it was or eight weeks . |
11 | oh about six weeks I think he was on er and then he decided he was well enough to go back to his |
12 | No , an oak table and an oak sideboard and that was all and just four chairs or six chairs I think it was , yes , er and it was erm that furniture was a utility , er I 'd forgotten about that , it 's taken me back now , that was a utility dining room suite of really first class quality , it was a tallish sideboard with two doors with big bow legs and a square table , erm , but it was solid oak really good |
13 | This is about five or six receptionists I said it to and they said : ‘ Oh , no . |
14 | ‘ When I reached eight tries I realised I was in with a chance of records and the lads helped me as best they could . ’ |
15 | Well no , I mean , a tha even tha that one the other day with the eight workers I mean it |
16 | Yeah , well I 've only got the one I 've only got the one erm golly how long have I had that yellow must have had it four years or more I 've only worn it about three times I think it 's erm a telly mac and it 's a yellow one erm and it is a bit longer so all these go underneath it , quite well |
17 | Now three minutes I told you it was three minutes did n't I ? |
18 | Erm within the last two or three months I think they 've appointed three or four non-executive directors . |
19 | So er we used to go through the motions and er after about er three weeks I think it was , no , yeah , two or three weeks anyway . |
20 | Three years I took it easy , stayed out of sight , made contacts , laid pathways . |
21 | I know with mine it was a pound and , I renewed mine for two years , well three years I think I never drove , I just wanted to have a provisional , but now , I think like if someone said it was fifteen or seventeen |
22 | ‘ Naturally , I demand your written undertaking that the eighteen months ’ hard labour I have agreed to do here cancels out , fully and forever , the three and a half thousand pounds I owe you . ’ |
23 | In particular he thinks the educated should have at least two votes , he does n't say how many erm that 's a matter determined case-by-case I take it , erm erratically it could be a thousand votes I mean he does n't rule that out , he does n't say it has to be more than one er two , but erm his view is that the educated to a specially privileged in a specially privileged position because they are erm more able to use their vote sensibly or to be given more than one vote , so we need now there 's going to be a question erm how do you know who the educated people are to make such suggestions , anyone with a university degree will be pleased to hear gets more than one vote on Mill 's system . |
24 | So so when he 'd done it he said well two hundred and fifty quid I heard him and he said but I suppose you know the of it oh I do n't know and he said why did n't you do it ? |
25 | After the next fifty yards I drew it out and took a look at the bad news . |
26 | Well , in those 3 weeks I hope you er leap ahead in your er training , and er let us know how you get on . |
27 | For one instant I saw you , erect on tiptoe , ruling your orchestra and transfigured by the expression of a conqueror . |
28 | If all this had to be summed up in one sentence I suppose it would have to be that Wittgenstein 's treatment of the ‘ Other Minds ’ problem is an extended illustration of a point in philosophical logic : namely , that the meaningfulness of some of the things we say is dependent on contingent facts of nature — such as that the Earth revolves on its axis , and that we moan with pain and react as we do to others who moan . |
29 | five minutes I think it is . |
30 | Er one case I know he , he 's so well known amongst the old lads er he used to give you so many sums to do each day and I think it was four or five long division . |