Example sentences of "i [vb base] [adv] [pron] be " in BNC.
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1 | When I back there I am sure I will have changed to a certain extent and I hope it will have helped to develop my managerial skills . ’ |
2 | Let , let us leave it till then because I mean otherwise we 're gon na get bogged down in this and whe when we really are briefing procedures . |
3 | I mean either we 're not there or there 's too many of us there . |
4 | Well I mean surely it 's , that 's the point now is to try to make a fair erm law and one that is ideologically erm designed seeing we 've got to power , or we 've got certainty of obtaining power , therefore land ownership has got to be land ownership which has been capitalism Marxist |
5 | I mean surely there are people in the careers ser |
6 | I mean you buy it you 're not gon na , I mean alright you 're gon na have a bit more grown but you 're only gon na get a bit more muscly . |
7 | I mean I 've filled in a few forms for them but I mean probably you 're a passive owner like me in the sense that I do n't go and actively trade them , er I keep them in a long term investment , and that 's it . |
8 | I mean here we are , we 've been talking about taking holidays in this area , and I imagine that much of the work that you do as a local Tourist Board is not actually directly aimed at people who live in this area . |
9 | But what you do a lot I think is you know how to do quite a few things but you 're concentrating I mean here you 're thinking , Ah all I 'm doing now is where w w get the commas in the right place . |
10 | what can I do , well I mean the there are , but I mean well they 're not , it 's not as expensive is it , once your |
11 | I mean there 's , there 's the practical side of actually having , I mean well there 's various aspects of it you could have someone as a figurehead |
12 | And I mean whenever there was one in the flats , you could hear it probably throughout the whole complex . |
13 | but worth trying that , that would certainly help , but I just wondered even if you know sort of local press , I mean presumably they are in their league for doing this |
14 | Cos I mean presumably they were n't between eighteen fifty and nineteen fifty they were n't practising excessive birth control |
15 | It 's really come to the fore and has been seen as a political force for a much shorter time than , say , a hundred years , and I am wonder if , in that short time , because that 's how we can judge things , I mean presumably you were aware of the way women were treated before the Women 's Movement started raising it 's profile , and you 're aware of the way things are now , do you see much change ? |
16 | I mean presumably you was born this side of the river ? |
17 | Now he does say he would you know he even thinks he could be a Gold Cup horse and emulate Dawn Run I mean again it 's it 's great claims this early on but er they would n't be running him if they did n't think he 's got a chance . |
18 | the thing , I mean again it 's , it 's different , but |
19 | Ho how can you , going to be , to do that , I mean right you 're a poor peasant and I explain to you all the benefits of land reform , what are you gon na say to me ? |
20 | Well , oh yes , I 'm sure I 'm not saying that 's the only thing that controls people 's food intake I mean clearly there are things cultural some cultures , the Japanese seem to love eating raw fish , I mean how they can bring themselves to do it I do now know , I mean the raw is I do n't think I 'd want to eat again , but er erm not always if they were cooked either , but erm the , the er and certainly if you look at the Australian Aborigines even though we take the Australian Aborigines as our kind of primeval people , they have astonishing food taboos , I mean their attitudes to food are very very culturally er effective to , to a quite extraordinary extent , some so that somebody somebody discovered that eating a tabooed food by accident , they 'll get very ill , a kind of psychosomatic illness . |
21 | no , so we did n't have an invite I know , I mean normally I 'm taken every year you know , there , to see the old time musical which is great and I look forward to that but cos I did n't get , get there and I love going to Leah Manning as I say we have dancing there on a Wednesday afternoon it 's great , I enjoy it ever so much and I meet all my friends there that I have n't seen for years , you know , that I used to go to clubs with and they 've all arrived there now you know it 's great to see them , I thoroughly enjoy it . |
22 | in the end I mean normally it was the other way round , the Labour candidate could n't wait to get out , cos you know trying to get out the door and John was |
23 | I 've told you that , I mean today she was asking , she , she was standing there while I loaded the dishwasher she says I 've got to learn how to do it have n't I ? |
24 | I 've got a Congress fund which , I mean today it 's getting so dear to go to Congress erm you know , the hotels are so dear . |
25 | I mean today I 'm not gon na open me shopping on the bus but I mean it 's not nearly as bad as it has been |
26 | towards that council , I mean like she 's gon na have it tough again you know what I mean ? |
27 | He went on to said he wanted to talk about the hunting debate , erm , it occurred to me to wonder why they could n't find anyone in Stonygate in favour of hunting , I mean perhaps there are n't any people in Stonygate in favour of hunting . |
28 | I mean perhaps it 's not something there used to doing too much , but is it not possible to get them to amuse themselves ? |
29 | I mean certainly there 's the horrid sort of thing that happens on date rape |
30 | Well if if you add to those two factors , erm isolation and and loneliness , erm then the consequences can vary I mean certainly there were large numbers or quite a few elderly people up in the flats , who who survived who survived very poorly really . |