Example sentences of "i [verb] [pron] [verb] i " in BNC.

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1 A couple of months later he did come to the Hammersmith Odeon with Bernie and me to see them play I could seethe relief on his face when he realised they really were a band .
2 I mean nobody thought I could do that .
3 I ca n't think of enough comments about enough people , I mean what do I say about Phillip ?
4 er I mean it depends I suppose the extent to which there 's any tutorial element but I mean erm whether they have you there for a week or something and teach you some of the practical
5 I mean I thought I 'd be absolutely frightened out of my mind but erm no .
6 Quite a few turned up with us , I thought , I mean I thought I would n't know anything , but no one else had read the book .
7 Well , well no , no because it was then about , that 's what I 'm is , then four o'clock you see , so I mean I knew I would n't make it anyway that 's why I thought I 'd better ring cos the job that we finished was half past three so I thought well even if I come home I shall be late even if I do n't get changed and washed or anything .
8 I mean I wish I could get away from school .
9 I mean I went I called to him and I thought where 's
10 I am trying — I mean I know I let the boys lean too much . ’
11 Well they had to do , , and everybody 's got here that he 's a , he 's engaged , and there , and I mean I know I 've used doing my scribble , but here 's a little spout here like that and it 's got a tap on it , and that 's what it is .
12 One day I have a lie in I mean I know I do n't lay in there no more than eight
13 I mean I know I told you this
14 and you know , I mean I know I 'm a Geordie , Geordies are hard workers , I mean they 're noted for their hard work and it 's , it 's horrible because they 've always , they always suffer
15 I mean I know I 've got a lot of experience in a
16 I mean , I mean I know I do n't really want to work with old age pensioners , but I start in a
17 But everyone is in a way , I mean I know I 'm being
18 But when you loved it , did n't you I mean I know I did when I was a young person first drinking erm I definitely had the feeling that if I was drinking to excess I was n't doing the right thing , whereas the impression we give in Oxford that drinking to the excess is perfectly acceptable behaviour .
19 Still the point was well made , I mean not sounding like you can sort of freeze an article to , not compromise the sort of committee , I mean , it is , dead if you give it away and you would n't consider pressure groups , they 'll pick up their report and their copies anywhere , and take bits out and quote you , I mean , I mean I know I 'm in this , I like to distort , like them to know our official disposition before it 's dead .
20 I mean I 've I 've chased more people off
21 But it , if if we wanted to change what we 've done already we we could at a certain stage have a level three , I mean I 've I 've ordered these books , you know mathematics level by level
22 Cos it 's it 's puts it do , I know you were saying about it 's difficult to answer yes or no to a question but i in this case it 's really true because I answered no but I 've I 've got erm I mean I 've I 've got a degree in politics and I studied er , I did a a course women in politics
23 I mean I 've I 've debriefed him and there is a heck of a lot more to confined spaces
24 I mean I mean I 've written a letter to my cousins in South Wales asking them if they can point me at any places that might record , but I 'll actually make the contacts .
25 I I mean I mean I 've been up since half past three this morning ,
26 While you 're looking through that er I mean I mean I 'm gon na ask some questions but there 's a chance to have a look through Oh spent a bit of time er in the sunshine aye ?
27 She 'd So I thought well I 'd I Well he 'd I did n't say what he 'd done I did n't ask about that , I mean I had I had enough trouble without asking questions like that you see .
28 I mean whether I 'll ever work offshore again 's another thing , but I would like to try going offshore I mean then again I mean I reckon I could work offshore no problem at all , but whether I could sleep on the platform is a completely different matter .
29 I mean I guess I 've got as many inner tensions as most of us , but I do n't think of it in that way .
30 erm you know like for instance I mean erm I mean I suppose I feel British but I mean I do n't feel I have any very strong identification with with other British people because there are so many other people in the world speak English and erm often people from other countries who in many ways you identify with them more .
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