Example sentences of "i [vb base] [verb] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cos people often used to say to me because I 'd , I 'd played everything you could play except golf , and , and er , and I , I , people used to say you did two men 's work and you I , I met a chap one day , this was an instance , I 'm not trying to blow me trumpet do n't think that at all . |
| 2 | The second is : every command you give must be broken only by you , by which I mean do not tell your dog to sit then go off and make a cup of tea and forget all about him . |
| 3 | Another thing that might be worth doing as well I mean do n't make it too complicated we ought to about which things to put in . |
| 4 | I mean do n't go . |
| 5 | Well yeah but it was still , it was , I mean do n't forget and it it it 's perhaps a point you know , erm a valid point . |
| 6 | I mean do n't forget do n't forget do n't forget when everybody was wearing their sickles and hammers in this country they had millionaires in Russia . |
| 7 | Now , cos I mean do n't forget originally we used to take milk out twice a day , morning and night , because you had to fetch it from the farm . |
| 8 | I mean do n't forget . |
| 9 | but they 're not in control of their body , so you must watch them , talk to them and if , if you can walk along the road with them , talking to them now the , there is the other type where you get the aura , they know they 're going to have a fit , so if somebody at your work place comes along and says to you I 'm gon na have a fit in five minutes , I mean do n't laugh at them and think ha ha , take them to a room where they 're safe and this applies to all epileptic fits , they 've got to be safe , so you 're going to clear a room of any danger , they 're laying down on the floor theirself because they 've got time they know they 're going to have this fit , if they 've got something to put in their mouth alright they will put it in their mouths themselves and once again they 've got five minutes to do it in and then that person will go through their fit , you stay with them , you comply by their wishes , if they say to you right , well just leave me when I come round I , do n't touch me I 'll be alright , they know , so you , you comply by their wish wishes , erm but only go in when you feel it is necessary , if they say right , erm I , I should regain consciousness in ten minutes and they have n't , you 're there , you stay there in case make sure they 're safe , there 's nothing there that can hurt them , then they 'll probably get up at the end of the fit and erm go into a room for a rest and say thank you very much and er , erm that 's it . |
| 10 | Yeah I mean do n't think Rob would be interested . |
| 11 | Anyway , you simply hand over everything you 've got and try to be polite with it , by which I mean do n't tell him how to do his own job . |
| 12 | I mean do n't have any problem with the neighbours or nothing |
| 13 | I mean do n't say it to okay you know ? |
| 14 | But please do n't , I mean do n't say that to George cos that 'll really hurt her |
| 15 | Yeah , and I usually consid I mean do n't like it but I usually think it 's reasonably safe |
| 16 | But if you 've got any more questions , I mean do n't hesitate to come back , because at the end of the day I 'd rather you know too much than not enough |
| 17 | I mean do n't get me wrong |
| 18 | Er most people who claim invalidity benefit I mean do n't need it anyway they 're people who 've got , you know , the existing bad backs , people |
| 19 | I mean do n't worry about , Oh well that was n't right . |
| 20 | but I mean do n't worry I mean they might be |
| 21 | Oh yeah cos er the screws will hold it , I mean do n't worry about that . |
| 22 | Er that does n't , I mean do n't take it about six o'clock , seven o'clock at night you could have , that could have worn off by the time the |
| 23 | yeah end happy but , but not , I mean Foxy is n't really I mean do n't play do n't say any of this to Phil , would you ? |
| 24 | Okay basically you say that , well I I made most of mine up , erm like I said , but his erratic behaviour , the way he gets so frustrated so , you know , really fast I mean do n't use these words cos this is actually what I said |
| 25 | I mean going round selling stuff and that sort of thing , they 're asking them , they 're doing a man 's job |
| 26 | I intend to go on doing that as long as he wants me . |
| 27 | I intend to keep on going as I have been . |
| 28 | I hate pointing out niggles so early in a review , but I 'm afraid I have one here . |
| 29 | now I 've got two little girls he said I hate to turn away knowing what he 'd done to the last little girl |
| 30 | The weather ca n't be controlled and I hate sitting around waiting for it to clear up because I ca n't sit still for too long ! |