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

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1 Now , she were a bit upset cos I bought her dinner and that , and she were were n't too happy cos I paid her bus fare .
2 Well it 's like er now that sometimes when you 've been doing the message you know you might talk a little bit different but I mean he 's had elocution lessons .
3 But in saying that , I , I would n't of minded if I had to go to college full-time cos I enjoyed it .
4 He 's three months old and I love him and I would n't do a thing to harm him .
5 Well it , it must have been heart trouble the earliest memory I have of that is mother sending me with a neighbour out of Street , a Mrs , to tell my Aunt Lucy which was my dad 's sister , who lived in Street house , house was right opposite their gateway , now Aunt Lucy and there was er her family she w married a fella in and her daughter , her son and me uncle was my dad 's brother , I lived in the house with her , but er I remember tagging this Mrs from the Street down to Street along road and past the hospital , then along Walk and I up in Street , and er tagging Mrs and er Mrs had never met Aunt Lucy and er me Aunt Lucy suffered , what in those days they call it white leg , a woman 's complaint she was bedridden and er when we went in she must have asked why we were there , Mrs was a little bit flabbergasted and I blurted it out oh me dad 's dead , and me Aunt Lucy nearly went into hysterics , so that 's , that 's all I can manage I remember about that .
6 A few years back I got a girl pregnant and I think she was forced to have an abortion , which is opposite to Lesley .
7 One firm offered them forty five , four hundred and fifty thousand pounds , I said I wanted three hundred thousand , cos I done a lot of repair , a lot of renovating , and I made the bar open and I made my money through selling drink and getting in entertainment .
8 Erm I think the , the thing about it , which I th the good points about it th are the light on it , the light on the water here , the light on the waves here , and even on this one and also , I think , the choice of mount is very good , that you know , to choose the blue , it may be a bit obvious but I mean I , you 'd be surprised what some people do with their mounts .
9 She continued : ‘ I am 70 years old but I felt I must make this sacrifice for them , even though the constraints on me in the future are very great . ’
10 I was twelve years old when I started my periods .
11 You were eight years old and I suppose it is to your mother 's credit that she wanted to spare you any court proceedings .
12 I ca n't keep the eye open and I fumble my way to the bathroom to clean my contact lens .
13 Er well I left the stuffing cos I , I did n't think I 'd left it in long enough , I put it in a bit late and I thought we 'd leave the stuffing .
14 Dr Jim Swire , of the Lockerbie Action Group UK Families Flight 103 , said : ‘ The coincidence of the two flight numbers and the anniversary is a bit sinister and I find it hard to believe there is no connection .
15 ‘ Besides , I want you to come and read to Mrs Gotobed while I settle her , it puts her mind at rest for the night .
16 Some of it I find a bit er a bit too obvious but in the same way erm on , on the sociology side , I get a bit angry because I see what society does to people .
17 Well she go Hilda got a baby boy about eighteen month old when I knew her like you know , and er she lived by I think it was I think it was you know and er what happened to her I be I think she had to go in a home or er you see and er baby boy was adopted like , the baby boy that 's about all I know about her that 's about all .
18 That was more than a tad retro so I distracted myself and put some music on .
19 There were two Yorkshire Members present when I began my speech , and there are now three .
20 Rap , at least in the States , is the most direct and powerful form of music available and I think it does have the power to change the way people feel and think .
21 Actually I was cos I I had the back door open and I thought I 'll just leave it and if he wants to come in he can and I poured him a a bit of a drink of milk and er , then I went in the kit , in the bathroom and the door was still open and then suddenly I thought God I wonder where he was ?
22 And granddad does n't li want people to see him sort of you know when he has to get up and walk about and go to the loo with the door open and I mean it 's not so bad for us because we 're all related but it 's awful for You know I mean I ca n't imagine Jody or Jessica or Alison or anybody liking it very much .
23 Well because I have n't had a doctor 's note and it makes it a bit difficult if I cash it .
24 ‘ I got a bit worried when I found you 'd been sending your subordinates out to buy crucifixes . ’
25 a bit befuddled and I think everybody else was er
26 He 's proud that Romeo & Juliet introduced children to both Shakespeare and Prokofiev ‘ in a way that makes them think it 's not culture and a bit boring and I wish I could go and watch Neighbours . ’
27 It was about five inches long when I bought it a month ago , and now it is approaching 10 inches .
28 My face is round and a bit chubby and I want someone to tell me which styles would suit me .
29 Robins interrupted my thoughts by saying , ‘ Sorry about the word ‘ posh ’ , but I 'd heard before we left Sanderstown the last time that a young man had been appointed assistant to Doctor Reid , and I was a bit surprised when I met you .
30 Nigel 's comment after first viewing the interior was , ‘ Well , it 's a trifle Hollywood baronial but I like it . ’
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