Example sentences of "[conj] i [vb base] it [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She goes to a gym twice a week to do some weight training — ‘ I do n't enjoy it , but it perks up my bottom and lifts my breasts , so I hope it does me good . ’ |
| 2 | Owen knew his parents had been having aromatherapy massage , so I think it made him feel grown-up and important . |
| 3 | He should never forget that and I hope it haunts him forever . |
| 4 | ‘ It brought me a lot of luck and I hope it brings her just as much . ’ |
| 5 | The best hot pot ever and I hope it chokes you ! ’ |
| 6 | if they 'd keep for Christmas that 's why they charged so much for them , those Mackintosh reds and that , and I mean it told you then in one of those magazines that were , John was reading that he said make sure that you wash those apples before you eat them . |
| 7 | Yes , and I guess it kicked me in the face when I was already down … ’ |
| 8 | I board the plane feeling no pain , eat the evening meal and continue with the G&T theme , land in Gatwick and make the connection via the smoking area of the bar and another gulped Gordon 's , then pass on the second offered dinner but not the accompanying booze and quietly pass out somewhere over the West Midlands , to be woken by a dishy blonde with an impudent , dimpled smile and we 're here we 've landed we 've arrived , we 're on the stand at the airport and I 'd ask her what she 's doing later because I 'm drunk enough to not care when she says ‘ No ’ as she probably will , but I know I 'm too tired and besides my left eyelid 's stuck again and I suspect it makes me look a bit like Quasimodo , so I do n't say anything except , ‘ Uh , thanks , ’ which is cool or sad , I 'm not sure which . |
| 9 | Even though we spent that money we are projected to come in with balances of three million pounds in excess of the budget figure set by the Conservatives , and that is a six million pounds difference that 's come straight out of the twenty-four and I think it tells us two things . |
| 10 | Keith was with him through all of it and I think it made them very close , ’ adds Rigby . |
| 11 | And I think it brought him to his senses a lot after that , he thought well hello I 've got what do you call it now ? |
| 12 | So I kissed the computer and I think it kissed me . |
| 13 | And I think it puts you at their as well . |
| 14 | And I think it did me good . ’ |
| 15 | I knew that if I let it go it would collapse on to a teapot and mugs still waiting to be cleared from the sideboard , which would confuse the situation still further . |
| 16 | I if I say it cost you an arm and a leg ? |
| 17 | If I rush it unsettles me for the whole session , and I invariably feel as though I have not done something right . |
| 18 | Cos I mean it tells you on there , I ca n't remember , it tells you on there every tablet I 've had , all for this . |
| 19 | I c I , I tell this story cos I think it illustrates it very much , I expect most of you have er if you have n't been you 've heard of Dale in Derbyshire , and it 's this river with a , a lovely walk either side of the river , you walk along the side and then you come to the point where there 's a bend in the river and there 's these gorgeous great enormous stepping stones . |
| 20 | This all ( this morning ) seems a highly coloured raving — but I hope it lets you see how dazed and alone I feel just at present . |
| 21 | I am afraid it is written in enviro-jargon , which will need translating into ordinary English or Welsh , but I hope it helps you think about the kind of issues that need to be got across in a popular television programme . |
| 22 | I 'm sorry I ca n't boil all this information down , but I hope it helps you prepare a brief for Peter Johnson . |
| 23 | He was a Scotsman depending San Francisco and er situation that what you described but we were handing out food at Christmas Eve to people and people were coming up and er for their own proud they were saying things like I 'm a vegetarian or I do n't eat cheese pasties that was the case that was the only thing you had left but I mean it makes me really angry that we did not have this situation ten or twelve years ago . |
| 24 | I wish Mr Lessingham had kept the details to himself , but I suppose it helped him to talk about it , especially as he lives alone . ’ |
| 25 | Erm but I think it cheered him up saying oh do you wan na come to a party at the weekend sort of thing . |
| 26 | I do n't think he 'd have wanted to jump off a cliff or anything , but I think it bothered him — you know , the weight gain and things like that . ’ |
| 27 | I think there 's been surprisingly little er perhaps it 's a slightly romantic notion , but I think it 's it 's got something to do with , you 're all enduring the same kind of misery together . |
| 28 | Yeah , because I mean it had them in our exam , |
| 29 | ‘ Because I guess it suited him . ’ |
| 30 | I take a bus but er I 'm learning how to drive now because I think it gives you a lot of independence . |