Example sentences of "a [noun] [conj] i [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | because where all the sort of a route that I reckon I know I , I am not gon na know it all . |
| 2 | It did n't never have a jinx when I had it . |
| 3 | I remember seeing a cable and I thought it was a telephone cable so I was n't worried . |
| 4 | Right well just that er it 's been resolved a bit since I handled it cos er got this meeting set up which I do n't know whether , whether you need to come , it 's on the second of February |
| 5 | I had an actor once who was condemned to hang for stealing a sheep — or a lamb , I forget which — so I got permission to have him hanged in the middle of a play — had to change the plot a bit but I thought it would be effective , you know — and you would n't believe it , he just was n't convincing ! |
| 6 | As as I said we 're we 're not very formal but er you know that also has its especially if people that er maybe erm , how can I put it , are not used t taking everything back to a meeting and you know they maybe make a decision and go ahead with it and then it gets shouted at a bit but I think we we can all take being shouted at a bit as well . |
| 7 | But the cook was in fine form and they seemed to be thawing a bit when I left them chattering away in Greek with Denholm sitting among them and not understanding a word they were saying . |
| 8 | Course , I 'ad to 'ang about a bit until I saw yer go out , and afterwards I met 'im at the Elephant an' Castle . |
| 9 | " I want to please you and you 're not a bit as I expected you to be . " |
| 10 | I think if you had asked Freud what 's the minimum number numerically for one of , for the Bond Freud Crowds , Freud would have thought for a bit and I think he would have said three . |
| 11 | Yes , I think , I mean , it varies from day to day , but as you say the rumours at the moment are that the is being upped a bit and I think it would be different . |
| 12 | Yes , yes I use the M four quite a bit and I suppose I 'm so used to that I do n't mind it . |
| 13 | He said hastily , ‘ I 'll be going away for a bit and I guess I 'll be ravenous when I get back . |
| 14 | Since this news broke , I have been subjected to numerous snide remarks concerning my ability to spot a footballer when I see one . |
| 15 | There is little sign of a struggle so I conclude our murderer arrived as a welcome visitor . ’ |
| 16 | Even a sentence like I finished mine tomorrow morning can be contextualised so as to present itself in the guise of a jocular paradox : |
| 17 | I know a whore when I see one . ’ |
| 18 | The blast furnace heat at Aswan jumps off the tarmac and hits us like a blow as I lead my group towards the terminal building . |
| 19 | As to whether the duchess was in pod — if she was a duchess as I 'ave me doubts — who cares a tinker 's cuss anyway ! |
| 20 | I started — and still do — in a field that I call my Chagall field because Chagall once painted one exactly like it . |
| 21 | But when I think about how I feel for you , it turns me into a Hercules and I feel I can conquer the world . ’ |
| 22 | I only want a bike because I want it and want it and want it . " |
| 23 | If there is a link and I believe there is , then that 's where we must look . |
| 24 | I said we 'll try this shop , I said at least have a look and I said we 'll go round to the other 's , I said he made he 's mind up when he walked in , . |
| 25 | Some of us , some of us tried to make a plea and I hope we will try , still try to make a plea that there should be a significant Roman Catholic er , element within the membership of the World Council of Churches in the future . |
| 26 | We were talking I think this is the thing about clawback , er this year our erm receipts taken into account are two point three eight million as opposed to last year er this is taken into account we drew four hundred and seventy five thousand , that 's a huge jump erm the government by in telling us we can send this er this er what I call minuscule carrot erm this year er the capital receipts from November last year until December next year erm a anyone had undoubtedly for most of that back in the in in the use er er a grant and I think it , as the government have actually kept extremely quiet on this subject , that seemed to be the scenario that seems most likely to happen . |
| 27 | ‘ I have n't slept under a roof since I started my journey . ’ |
| 28 | She said it was a remnant and I thought I 'd make a box for the sale . |
| 29 | Then I , I put it in a saucepan and I stewed it the next |
| 30 | ‘ And I never run a horse unless I think it 's got a real chance . ’ |