Example sentences of "it [adv] [conj] i [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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1 | Oh I I mean I have n't been I had it on but I put it off because it was |
2 | ‘ You 'll ‘ take care of me ’ because you see yourself as getting it all when I breathe me last , do n't you , eh ? |
3 | I could n't see myself doing it so as I said I was n't going to make a fool of myself by putting my name as being nominated forward er as a candidate etcetera lose interest that 's the first thing that happened because they knew I was an outspoken bloke . |
4 | Er , you know , well of course they were young girls and er , you see and there 's , there was nothing we could do , you see , and , and er , anyway the doctor , as soon as the doctor did come , it was because th the young staff er they had to , they took her away to the mortuary , you see and erm then I , I had to carry on with her work and , and do the best I could and mine as well , you see , but of course er the Manager he appointed another Assistant Manager to go and collect the money which I used to do got it in because I took her times of duty as well and er , you see , and then after that er after several weeks I suppose it was , I do n't know how many because I forget how many , that they appointed me as Manageress and I was in that position for twelve years , you see and |
5 | Dad said to me , ‘ Just imagine if you had packed it in when I told you to ! |
6 | I went out and saw it a minute ago and I thought I 'd bring it in and I thought I had n't seen you for a couple of days . |
7 | We 're just saying oh well we 'll see how it goes and we 're sort of putting it down whereas I suppose we should hit them straight away . |
8 | Mind you , there 's one dream I have regularly , I do n't need to write it down because I have it so often . ’ |
9 | Alice wrote it down and I stuck it behind the clock . ’ |
10 | She was willing to give everything up , but we talked it through and I said I could manage on my own . |
11 | Erm here I 've got some formulae calculating production figures er we 've got different quarters formulae found are somewhat similar er there 's a so that I can copy one to any of the other adjacent cells outside will work I do n't have to edit the formula or do anything to it soon as I copy it , it 's alright for that cell . |
12 | ‘ But you must have known that letter was going to arrive this morning , or you would n't have been round here , trying to snatch it away before I saw it . ’ |
13 | The parent attitude would be ‘ do it thus because I tell you to ’ , again crossing the stimulus/response lines . |
14 | Well mm well you , you can but it 'll be nice to , it will be nice to have something , something , you know , kind of some sort of list we can , we can refer to and , and say oh yes oh great he 's handed that one in now and , and sort of knock it off because I know they do keep records in the office but , you know just , just something so , so we know where you are erm and it also kind of er will perhaps help concentrate the mind on what you need to get done erm so er |
15 | There are areas that are just what they want things passed on the hoof. left , right and centre when anyone else outside these areas wants it we 're told no money , no capital , ca n't be spent this year , wipe it off and I think you should be very careful or you might have a backlash where you least want it . |
16 | Will you keep an eye on this sterilizer and turn it off if I forget it ? ’ |
17 | quickly wipe it up while I get them a drink darling . |
18 | I mixed it up when I wrote it down If you find something in the text books looks about right and similar to that , use the text book version , I might have written it down wrong . |
19 | Then , last year , my husband took it up and I thought I 'd have another go .. |
20 | No , not at the min not at the min I have n't erm , there was one shoved through just this morning and I was on the phone I just picked it up and I shoved it on the |
21 | So one day , I got a newspaper , I rolled it up and I walloped her like mad . |
22 | I can only just make it out and I wrote it No charge for the free eye sight test . |
23 | Well when I , when I re-do it I 'll write it out as I type it and I 'll let you see it . |
24 | I crossed it out because I thought it was gon na say cos I thought it said , survey managers are instructed to work at all times |
25 | ha , ha , I bet you will , it wo n't take that long to unpick it though but I mean you 've got a , quite a selection there to choose have n't you ? |
26 | I think he is off of it now but I think he must be quite a leading light |
27 | I think he is off of it now but I think he must be quite a leading light |
28 | Should we not first see how this or should we say , look let's go for it now because I mean you know , we 've been going now some years , what another year because |
29 | Now what I want you to do I want to just have a look at it now and I want you to play with it over the holiday on your own . |
30 | I , I said well is it alright if I take them because I 've not actually come to see their work |