Example sentences of "[coord] i [verb] [adv] [pers pn] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My tutor was a delightful stern lady , and I remember when I had written about John 's gospel , the epistles of John , and the book of Revelation , she looked at me over the top of her spectacles and announced ‘ Young man , you have assumed that because these books have all been attributed to a man named John , that they are all by the same person , who was also an apostle . |
| 2 | I was n't always a successful businessman and I remember where I come from . ’ |
| 3 | the festivals car park , you know the whole thing and I mean then he kicked them off did n't he , so they moved up to Cross Street so in a way it 's their own fault , they could of let them stay there , I mean every body wants to be settled somewhere like |
| 4 | And I mean recently I came across somebody who 'd got some part holdings in diamonds , and of course the diamond market 's gone into rapid decline because of the er is it Namibian diamonds , and , and the Russians er breaking up the De Beer market . |
| 5 | Securicor have joined the cowboys on the contract guarding and really I mean you must be getting sick of us getting up every time about security guards , but it 's an important problem and you must know that a lot of you must work at places where you 've got guards on the gate and we all should take a bit of interest in going to see these guards , find out that they 're working for two pound or two pound forty an hour , they 're working as many hours a week as they 'll actually work with no overtime rate , no night rate , no benefits worth having and I mean really I wish you 'd go to your companies and try and arrange site allowances , cos that 's the only way we 'll get any improvements , but when we talk about resolving grievances , we just took in Yorkshire region someone to a tribunal for constructive dismissal . |
| 6 | ‘ It was a photograph of Mark and I heard how he 'd qualified as a chiropractor and set up in Falmouth where it 's uphill work . |
| 7 | I was gardening and he said er er I bent over to do something and he said I just went dizzy , he said , and I fell over he said and then I realized my right side was paralysed . |
| 8 | And er he and I know where he worked at Brass Foundry on Road , and he fell ill . |
| 9 | And I have to sort it out , sit there , sort it out and then work out how much it 's gon na come to , and then I know then when I go to the shop I know what to get , and I know when it goes in the cupboard I know that I 'll have a meal for every day of the week . |
| 10 | Er Eric and I know fully we 've been through that , fingers crossed behind our backs . |
| 11 | And er so I said she dissolved into fits of laughter so after that she explained it by saying well I used to be a trainer and I know how I got to avoid the stock phrases . |
| 12 | Only you and I know how I survived . |
| 13 | I LIKED Kevin and I know how he felt at the start of the film . |
| 14 | You know I mean it 's so annoying and I wish now I 'd done at the time , wrote their names down . |
| 15 | were quite pale and I thought here we go it 's me next . |
| 16 | But , ca n't do that , and I thought well it does n't really matter . |
| 17 | I kept kicking it the other day and I thought well it feels ever so light , I thought there was quite a few left . |
| 18 | I lost one , er a good towel and I thought well I 've had that I bet it 's over Larry 's |
| 19 | And then later on , oh and then she was going to see room bookings and try to find me another dining hall cos I said it 's pretty late notice , and she said oh no , it 's a week and I thought well I had booked it two months ago . |
| 20 | I had a look through and I thought well I want to go and |
| 21 | And I 'd got them here and I thought well I do n't know what to do with them and I b b interested in I 'm interested in going back in time , I 'll go anywhere where I can see something and I 'd been over there and they 'd got some Home Guard stuff in a case , only a small show , and I asked them if they 'd like it and they said yes . |
| 22 | Like , when they all went off and I thought well I do n't see , why do n't they just stop it . |
| 23 | But I saw , I went into town yesterday , have n't been into town and I saw er , I 'm just going up past the job centre I had to go to council about me money and I thought well I suppose I ought to make an effort and look in the job centre cos I , I ai n't done because I 've been in catering all the while |
| 24 | Well here are , one , two , three on the bounce and I thought well you know that 's a fairly good start , jack , queen , king king high was a bit dodgy you never know do you ? |
| 25 | And I thought well she 's got two chances that way , either I could win , or she could win , or neither of us 'll win . |
| 26 | I was a Sunday School teacher erm when I was in my secondary school and I wondered what God would want me to do with my life when I left school and I thought maybe he wants me to be a missionary and I thought it was only teachers and doctors that could be missionaries I was wrong was n't I ? |
| 27 | He was speaking rather excitedly , and I thought perhaps he had been drinking . |
| 28 | Erm , and feeling there was it must of been he said today I 've cooked Sunday lunch and erm , she ate half of it and I thought then she finished it . |
| 29 | I must admit on every form I 've put the two and I thought afterward I 'd better |
| 30 | And he went bump , bump , bump took the prize down and I said , and I walked past we said like , to his mate Chris , I said , he 's improved a damn sight more than I 'd have thought . |