Example sentences of "the [noun] and i [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Your asking me as chairman of the board and I think I can speak to the board I think that the theatre has actually managed very well . |
| 2 | ‘ He came round the desks and I kicked him in the back of his legs to get him to the floor and I used my shirt to put out the flames and Hazel gave him first aid . ’ |
| 3 | The reason why I joined the original class was that I had become intrigued by what I had heard and read about the Technique and I thought it might help prevent a second hip operation . |
| 4 | ‘ He said he would kill her if I did n't hand over the money and I believed him . |
| 5 | It rang while Elizabeth was in the field and I picked it up and someone spoke to me , but I can not speak , so I tore it from the wall and then no one could speak to me . ) |
| 6 | So I kissed the computer and I think it kissed me . |
| 7 | So the net effect of your suggested criterion is to get us rather further from a decision than even the chairman and I thought we might be at ten o'clock this morning . |
| 8 | ‘ Willie can do the illustrations and I think you 'd better be Editor , Carrie , ’ suggested Zach . |
| 9 | ‘ No , I had some work to do in the kitchen and I left them here . ’ |
| 10 | It 's wrong , Mr Deputy Speaker , if they 're living in this country erm on a semi-permanent basis and happen to have been here last October they 'll have a vote so will any everybody else who 's a citizen of the European union , so will peers of the realm who happen to be living elsewhere whether they 're in this country or outside this country under these regulations and previous regulations , have a vote in the European elections and I think it 's wholly wrong that erm citizens of other European countries namely France because that 's the one and it 's remarkable is it not that France is the one that 's gon na be the cause of this whole edifice collapsing if we do n't submit to their extra demands but citizens of France who are citizens living in their colonies , as I 've said in South America , the West Indies and the Pacific , will have a vote in the European elections on June the ninth and yet we have got citizens for whom we are responsible for in this house , we can not shirk it onto anyone else , we deny them the responsibility and I think it 's about time the house addressed this matter . |
| 11 | I shall just have to play on and ride out the recession and I feel I still have three good years left in me at the top . |
| 12 | So I think her mother 's gon na be in for a bit of a shock because they all think that they 're gon na get married so quick , I think she just wanted to get that ring on her finger so she can reap the ackers and I think she 's gon na do a runner . |
| 13 | ‘ I think the banks will keep it on the lane and I suppose it 'll just roll to a halt eventually . ’ |
| 14 | But luck , the storm and I introduced him to the Bomb , and that settled his game . |
| 15 | ‘ I asked him what his impression was of the University and I remember him looking at me and saying : ‘ Very friendly , very prosperous and doing very well ’ . |
| 16 | with that in the clip and I want you to get it curly . |
| 17 | We were in a supermarket , I do n't know where it was but somewhere in the states and I told you I think they 're boast were sixty something varieties of peanut butter . |
| 18 | I 've seen the play and I thought it was quite like a farce . |
| 19 | Erm I mean maybe they have n't had very much , but erm but in , in a sense there 's a sort of huge commitment on their part to that , because they actually , I remember some chap came over to do the talk and I think he 's got four kids and he said , well you know , I did n't know how my kids were going to react to people fine you know |
| 20 | It is too easy to dwell on the environmental down-side of the industry and I believe it is about time we brought home to people the improvements we bring to their life-style . |
| 21 | So we 're watching that programme , Is this Your Last Cigarette ? or whatever it were called last Sunday on the telly and I thought I 'm stupid cos in six month 's time I shall say I could have packed up six months ago . |
| 22 | She told an audience of deaf and hearing people : ‘ I am very happy to be here at the launch of the dictionary and I hope it will help people to greater interaction . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ He jumped to the side and I missed him . |
| 24 | This is something we said we were going to discuss at a time in the future and I thought I 'd stick it on and see how much time we 'd got left . |
| 25 | At the same time , I would warn Obair * , the same as I would warn anybody setting up a scheme , to make sure that the scheme is properly run , to make sure that the scheme is n't used to take jobs away from either the domestics , the home helps or any other jobs in the health service — make sure that abuse is taken away and I certainly wish them luck in the future and I thank you for inviting me here to speak . |
| 26 | This is the grey area , we did n't call on the company we called on the implants and I hope we have n't done any damage , but what we have done and what the p |
| 27 | Lord Hulton was waiting at the entrance and I thought I had better warn him . |
| 28 | Thank you for the interest you have shown in the post and the Department and I hope you are not too disappointed . |
| 29 | Thank you for the interest you have shown in the post and the Department and I hope you are not too disappointed . |
| 30 | Foreshadowing the pressure his party will exert on Labour , Mr Ashdown said at a news conference in the National Liberal Club in London yesterday : ‘ I think they 've got to get down off the fence and I believe they will . ’ |