Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb base] [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It may well be that some of them regret having made the decision . |
| 2 | These kinds of variations can seem very confusing , which is why I advocate taking the job slowly , one section at a time . |
| 3 | It is for these two different reasons , then , that I advocate adopting graded tests . |
| 4 | I regret dragging you back here , but I had to be certain . " |
| 5 | Now , I suppose I regret holding out on him . |
| 6 | ‘ In some ways , I regret losing my opportunity to perform this piece , but I do n't begrudge you yours . ’ |
| 7 | But Mr Tebbit told Mr Hurd : ‘ I regret having to say that I disagreed with almost everything he ( Mr Hurd ) said and agreed with almost everything the Right Hon gentleman said from the Opposition front bench . ’ |
| 8 | In this instance , I do not particularly welcome this debate , because I regret having to make these points tonight in this way . |
| 9 | I regret interrupting you . |
| 10 | They think it was the stress , I mean moving down to Cornwall ! |
| 11 | I 've got the spare tablets but I mean getting the prescription . |
| 12 | I mean getting a job on the land ? ’ |
| 13 | we 're not a society yet , so I mean thinking about that , we have tried to become a society before . |
| 14 | And she had given a certain name to it , and I ca n't remember what the name was now , something like fiddling , I mean fiddling is too obvious , it was n't that , but it was something like that , an ordinary everyday term like that . |
| 15 | You know it 's funny when I 've been up when I 've been on a diet , I mean smelling , smoked out , smoked out on the house |
| 16 | I mean hearing from God is much more important than scotsport , is n't it ? |
| 17 | By ‘ personal care ’ I mean nursing someone who can not fully look after themselves and/or performing domestic tasks which they are unable to undertake . |
| 18 | When I say dinner parties , I mean drinking parties with a cooked meal thrown in . |
| 19 | I mean looking at a book and see the distance between , in there they give you the distance between Leeds , Ipswich , Leicester and Scotland and then you come to kilometres and |
| 20 | I did n't know what to say , and they said , well where were you , well er , I said we were all standing on the balcony and we , we did n't hear you , erm , it was ab I mean looking back now , it 's funny , but it was ludicrous at the time . |
| 21 | unless we can divert money from other sources , but that 's erm , well I mean that 's the reality behind fifteen years of fairly steady growth , and I mean looking at at plateauing out , I think . |
| 22 | And if we have n't got a full slate well I mean looking at that list we 're doing quite well . |
| 23 | Erm I mean looking at the , er the only solution , I feel erm another poor factor of this committee is probably er erm unnecessary and if I look at appendix four which lists the possibles , if I can find , erm it is n't actually necessary to have rules all like this , er next years erm , next years priority will be dealt with next year . |
| 24 | There 's erm And I mean looking after the parish hall as well , why should we bother with that ? |
| 25 | I mean looking at the game you just could n't believe United would only get a point out of it erm when you went in at half time only one nil up , you so dominated the game I do n't think Charlton had a chance did they ? |
| 26 | When you 're , until you 're in danger of breaking down , I mean breaking down would be when you 'd approach the hoop like that and you realize you ca n't run it . |
| 27 | I mean using rave music cos it 's got a beat in n it , it 's got a lot of beat in it . |
| 28 | you ca n't go , you know I mean lugging that around , I this is what put 's me off London this really |
| 29 | ‘ I mean serving up a one-legged chicken in front of all those guests . |
| 30 | ‘ I mean removing the obvious , stupid ways of doing things which grow up within a business . |