Example sentences of "[noun] i [verb] i " in BNC.
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| 1 | the reasons I said I I I I could go along with that approach as well . |
| 2 | I was then granted unconditional bail , in spite of the fact that the magistrates knew all about the cocaine , which was one of the reasons I thought I 'd never get a sentence . |
| 3 | ‘ As a midwife I thought I knew how to communicate with mothers , but my skills with deaf women were abysmal , ’ she says |
| 4 | Rev Jim Caterer , vicar of Standish , said : ‘ I never say something is impossible but in this case I wish I could say just that . |
| 5 | You probably all knew this … but just in case I thought I 'd let you know . |
| 6 | In any case I think I can answer your questions without disturbing her . ’ |
| 7 | With my accent I thought I 'd be smashed to pieces or fucked in half after five minutes in here . |
| 8 | I knew he 'd fought James on it tooth and nail , and though in all honesty I felt I 'd won him round to some extent since , the prejudices remained beneath the surface of benignity , waiting only for some unwary blunder on my part to crack the surface and let them burst through . |
| 9 | Em I think I 'll talk to you now |
| 10 | Chairman I think I have to offer an apology to members and Mr in particular and the town of Bungay with a rather erm over which sentence expressing the press release , I mean we are continually trying to issue news items , press releases , progress reports and anything we 're doing and usually the press are very good and quoted for a basis , sometimes they get it wrong and mangle it up with some bits of disaster , on this occasion that is not the case , the , the actual press report did determine the phraseology used in my in lease them so I have to accept the responsibility for the phrase to act of your recommended this morning so it down sake , could abandon ideas which they can buy it , of course those crazy ideas used in and out of the court is what matters . |
| 11 | Anyway i , d' you wan na use your hose I mean I 'll put the car in the garage if you do . |
| 12 | Oh it 's a lovely little lane I 've I 've always loved that lane . |
| 13 | ‘ I like the inside lanes , and if I get the right lane I think I can go under 20 seconds . |
| 14 | For an instant I thought I saw his face behind the mask — it was only an instant and then it was gone , but I nearly fainted . |
| 15 | For a fraction of an instant I thought I had ceased to exist myself . |
| 16 | I see that as a big change I mean I see that , I think that was coming without sponsorship . |
| 17 | As an auditionee I knew I worked best if I attempted something outrageous so I prepared Lord Foppington from The Relapse and you just have to let go with his Lordship otherwise there 's no point to it . |
| 18 | There was no doubting her sister 's passion as she struggled to express her resentment , writing : — on my life Lily I declare I want only what is best for the child and would not be Cruel to him nor the cause of Cruelty and what you asked was Cruel the child knowing no Italian and being Fearful of leaving me the only Mother he has known and who he loves as his own . |
| 19 | That cooker hood was filthy , must of been all the Christmas shopping cooking I mean I think I 'll put the new filter on , I 'll have a go any way |
| 20 | started school I thought it was gon na be a bit I thought I would n't like it there but when I got there , I did like it mum . |
| 21 | bit I went I mean I was feeling a lit , was n't , I 'm gon na barf ! |
| 22 | If it were n't for the bit I earn I daresay me and my bairns would be in Dudley House an' all . |
| 23 | I am not so naive as to expect a blinding flash of understanding , but bit by bit I think I am beginning to see patterns of behaviour , and even — in some cases — to recognise individuals . |
| 24 | Yeah That 's the only bit I hated I 'd rather have been at work all week and I did n't |
| 25 | As a as a churchgoer and a committed christian I mean I I quoted earlier on this morning from the Sun newspaper this morning which is ranting and raving this morning on the subject of erm well it claims that the the Archbishop of Canterbury er Dr Carey is saying that erm Charles could never be king of this country erm because erm he had an affair with Camilla Parker Bowles |
| 26 | I said no staying at , mum , she said well bring mum I said I do n't think her a her her scene . |
| 27 | But her mum I mean I know |
| 28 | Mum I think I need a bit more on my carrots . |
| 29 | Having taught English Literature for a long time in universities , on both sides of the Atlantic , and having spent some years pondering the questions raised in this book , I have come to some very tentative conclusions about what might be done ; they are not , I might add , of the kind I thought I would come to when I began working on it . |
| 30 | There 's things that we are doing like I 've been told by a couple of people this evening the autumn programme they think it 's very good very progressive very enjoyable I thi that that to me that reinforces the autumn programme by several people so people who here are people here this evening feel they we say something about what is n't on the agenda or what is on the agenda but I think that 's what the meetings for but I do n't think it 's a bad exercise to talk to the people who actually pay come in the building I mean I think that 's a valid exercise . |