Example sentences of "[v-ing] [prep] [noun] i [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Somewhere there , but off the would n't it be but erm it was an event erm when I had a rise in wages my mother being a dressmaker she used to have a machine under the little front window and when I got a , I had a , they 'd put my wages up to ten shillings , and when I got in mum came over and said what 's the matter with you she said you seem as if you 're walking on air I said I 'd had a rise in wages and it was up from eight and four pence up to ten shillings I do n't know what that seems but still . |
| 2 | said she phoned me the night before last and she said she 's been looking at flats I thought I 'd just ring you to tell you we 've been looking at flats and they range from two hundred and fifty to four hundred and eighty pounds a week for a flat |
| 3 | Er now , on another topic , I will go back to the idea of regulation later , you 'll see that life expectancy is obviously important and er when you 're looking at retirement I mean it 's always been described as the longest holiday of your life and it certainly is that , and life expectancy is rising all the time , these figures have actually been superseded . |
| 4 | And then there 's two police cars going towards Wisbech I saw them |
| 5 | Which is a bit different and I 'd like to see it , that 's just one of my things , but again when you 're in , going into retirement I think you 've got to think about this , I mean I went , nobody twisted my arm , I went into that situation and I 've enjoyed it for a great many years , but now I 'm thinking I 'd , before I , it 's too late I want to have a , a l a fling in autumn as it were . |
| 6 | Saturday night and stayed with his friends like and I , I and I did n't like it , I could I was lying in bed I thought I heard noises and all and I had all the windows |
| 7 | I think we 're just gon na have to let him moan I would n't mind , but until last weekend , he never give a dickie bird about going to sleep I think it was that came in and set him off she should 've just left him on to it instead of trying to do it herself |
| 8 | And I 'm going to car I thought you idiot ! |
| 9 | We talking about this and I was saying about coming from construction I says I 've says I 've to go up the cut like |
| 10 | Well it is , it 's different if you was , if you was starting from scratch I suppose you know , first baby you 're inclined to , you want everything new do n't you with these new |
| 11 | So Mr Chairman sorry to bring it up again but er I think it 's in line what this gentleman said er bearing in mind I think it is a fact that this is a reasonable theatre enjoyed by people from a very large catchment area could you please tell us what support the the er playhouse has had from the local authorities adjacent to Harlow . |
| 12 | I 've do It 's like it 's like practising for football I mean you might be the best footballer in the world and you say you know they say well you 've just won the cup say |