Example sentences of "[indef pn] [subord] i [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Sorry to haul you off , girl , ’ Mr Hollins said in a low voice , ‘ But I reckoned it would be more comfortable for everyone if I got you out afore they had to start making excuses . |
| 2 | Nothing if I had my way |
| 3 | Since he can do nothing unless I write it down I think that before I light this last cigarette of mine I will let him go into the cottage . |
| 4 | I suppose there is one although I suppose there is one , but it 's linked with privatization the competition one |
| 5 | If we get her on the show that really will be something cos I know she 's shy but well done . |
| 6 | ‘ Think he would give me one if I mentioned him in my article ? ’ |
| 7 | I says no I ca n't , he says it 's not very far , I said it 's not the distance that bothers me it 's the fact that you want us to sit there till eleven o'clock at night and not get paid for it , he says yeah but if you want to say something , I says I 'd say something if I thought we 'd be backed on it , but we 're not , oh I 'm not going anywhere to be if I 'm not being paid |
| 8 | ‘ Perhaps I 'd be able to contribute something if I knew what you were talking about . ’ |
| 9 | get my face slapped or something if I do it wrong ! |
| 10 | I 've definitely got one cos I remember her sheet now as I was looking at it , but where it is I 'm buggered if I know . |
| 11 | Yeah but just try that one cos I told you that |
| 12 | Yeah , I said yeah I am , I said I 'm gon na drive up and see , so we got in , went up to Wendy 's , you could n't see through the door Pen , Penny and Kev said well we 'll drive round as well , I said well she 's had us up and down , cos one minute she was quite strong then the next she could n't cope , I said Wendy all I want you to ever know is that I 'm there , if ever you want me phone me , I do n't care whether it 's middle of the night , middle of the morning or whatever , so she says alright , anyway Penny went up , she said she could n't see anything she thinks she 's gone a bed and then me and Rudy went up , it must have been quarter to one cos I took him for a little walk and I got out the car and walked round the back and then , I could see her curtains were open and I could see a light on , so I went round the front and I shouted through the letter box , Wen it 's only me I 've come to wish you a happy new year , let's hope next year will be better than this one and she come to the door and she was broken hearted |
| 13 | I 'm playing this one because I like it . |
| 14 | I think it 'll be a good one because I got it from one of our clients . |
| 15 | more information I mean this is , I mean this is part of what I was talk mythology I mean we 're talking about the index survey so when I raised the example of Churchill and the Churchill ex example is , was a good one because I mean he was an intellectual in his way , you know I mean he was a big bright cookie and but his was in terms of word count because he had a use of words for the way he used his words was how ordinary people would understand him I mean if you go back to you know we will fight them on the beaches and everything else I mean you think of the number of syllables he used in those words etcetera , etcetera I mean that 's sort of what I 'm getting to I mean he had his sharp succinct approach you know |
| 16 | So oh sorry that should be minus one because I taking your word for this one here . |
| 17 | I need this one because I lost it . |
| 18 | I wanted to bottom that one because I think it 's a fairly easy one to do . |
| 19 | Oh right , yes yes the Sweeney it 's quite good it ba , ba , ba with Dennis Waterman , ba , ba , do , ba , ba , ba , ba , ba , ba quick mow that jogger over got him , now we 've got time turn this when we 've done this , erm , put the plants in and everything till I gave it at table tennis |
| 20 | I thought I heard something before I heard him . |
| 21 | I let her get them out and offer me one before I shook my head . |
| 22 | She muttered something as I wiped her face . |
| 23 | But there , there , most recent one was over a Sarah Patten , and the they are now repeating that one as I understand it . |
| 24 | She only has one when I make it , it gives me something more to do . |
| 25 | I think we 'll have one when I get ours other house . |
| 26 | I REALISE I 'm in a minority of one when I say I 'm bored with Beres Hammond 's indisputably soulful voice , but many of his records seem to lack the sheer excitement of ragga . |
| 27 | ‘ Perhaps it is saying something when I tell you he was aiming for the optician 's and ended up in the carpet shop , ’ he said . |
| 28 | I 'll tell you everything when I see you . |
| 29 | Erm , thought it would be nice at handicrafts afternoon and then we could throw the handicraft meeting open to anybody if I told them at the meeting before were going to have it . |
| 30 | ‘ But I would never set out to hurt anybody because I know what it 's like to be on the receiving end . ’ |