Example sentences of "[conj] i [vb base] [pron] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If I 'm going anywhere where I want them to see me as a ‘ teacher ’ you know with all that that implies , then I 'll wear my wedding ring . |
| 2 | Or I mean I think he 's , she 's bitten him before , if he had any sense he 'd leave them at the gate or something , I mean somebody would go for them . |
| 3 | I was not dilating and my husband said , ‘ Perhaps you 're not very tolerant of pain ’ which made me feel awful although I realise he meant it kindly . |
| 4 | I took this seriously , although I suspect he said it just to make the others laugh . |
| 5 | ‘ I said I was subject to them , not that I let them rule me ! ’ |
| 6 | ‘ Meaning that I let you kiss me once I realised that was your intention , because I too thought that it would serve a purpose and stop Terry Lewis making any more waves . |
| 7 | It 's just that I 've I mean I want a curtain there as well because otherwise it all looks a bit heavy but I do n't think I could put a blind down there because of the way |
| 8 | There are so many possibilities for pressed flowers that I hope you find it hard to contain your enthusiasm ! |
| 9 | Yeah well b well what I 'm trying to say and I ca n't emphasise it too strongly is that I do n't want anybody going round like writing another stupid letter to somebody saying that erm you know the reason we 're inundated that it has n't been advertised properly cos I tell you what it 'll come back right in our faces cos it 's our bloody fault Well that 's right well we know that I mean I told them all I told them all quite clearly when I was up in Glasgow that they 'd be quiet for at least a month because p it 'll take time to filter through . |
| 10 | It it 's one of those unfortunate things that I mean I think we 've we 've got to look around and see what we can do about . |
| 11 | and all that I mean you know they 're not hav they do n't have to be as committed |
| 12 | ‘ Not that I mind 'er pullin' me leg , I 'm just thankful you ai n't beatin' 'er black an' blue , it upset me when — ’ The landlady stopped . |
| 13 | They are in the sense that I think we believe they 're mandatory , do n't we ? |
| 14 | And they told me about Azul , in Jersey , and before that I think it was before that they showed me the forensic photographs of all of them : Bissett skewered on the railings , grotesque and spread and limp ; the blood-smeared vibrator used on the retired judge , Jamieson ; the drained shapeless white body of Persimmon , tied to his grid above a pool of blood , then nothing when there should have been something ; then what was left of Sir Rufus Carter , blackened bones , distorted and bent , the black skull 's jaw hinged down in a blind scream but the flesh all gone very much a dental-records job and it was all black , the nails , the wood and the bones too but it 's their mouths their jaws I remember , their silent screams , hanging slack or jammed open and it gets worse because they show me the fucking video they show me the video they think I made or that I think they think I made but I did n't ; they make me watch it and it 's horrific ; there 's a man and he 's dressed in black or dark blue and he has a gorilla mask on and he keeps sucking on this little bottle he 's carrying which must be helium because it gives him that baby voice disguising his own voice and he has this fat little guy strapped to a chrome seat , his mouth taped , one arm tied down onto the arm of the chair , shirt rolled up and the little guy 's shrieking as hard as he can but it sounds quiet because the noise is having to come down his nose while the man in the gorilla mask looks from the camera to the guy in the seat and holds up this huge fucking syringe like something from a nightmare from an old movie from a horror film and I can feel my heart beating wildly because that 's what this is . |
| 15 | Now look at that I want you to see them in the bath , they enjoy themselves like children . |
| 16 | ‘ So much so that I want you to do it again . ’ |
| 17 | When I drive off , I am so churned up inside that I find myself hoping I sha n't make things worse by having a coronary on the way to work . ’ |
| 18 | because where all the sort of a route that I reckon I know I , I am not gon na know it all . |
| 19 | I was jealous and confused , so I let them twist me up — distort everything . |
| 20 | I did n't want to but I was frightened they would think it was true , so I let them do it . |
| 21 | You 've got some in the cupboard so I assume you like it , ’ she said , making for the kitchen . |
| 22 | The difficulty is I am not an employee of yours , so I hope they accept it . |
| 23 | 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 . ’ |
| 24 | I chose it , so I hope you like it . |
| 25 | It 's all right , honey , I do n't really talk like that , I do it to irritate Matt , though it usually does n't because he 's so thick-skinned and thinks everyone else talks like that anyway , so I guess I do it for my own private amusement . |
| 26 | I had long hair , then my mum cut it off and it was really short , so I think everyone thought I was a boy anyway . |
| 27 | Owen knew his parents had been having aromatherapy massage , so I think it made him feel grown-up and important . |
| 28 | ‘ Obviously we have to move fast , so I want you to accompany me to a dinner that the developers are giving tonight . |
| 29 | ‘ I 'm just getting myself back on track , building myself up mentally , physically and emotionally , so I need somebody like him organizing my life , keeping the diary , ’ Justin says of Dom . |
| 30 | ‘ And I hope they like it — Laguna is the look of the new generation of Renaults — cars designed with passion and excitement . ’ |