Example sentences of "[pers pn] [adv] i [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You see , what troubled me most I think , was the apparently vast , shapeless extent of it . |
| 2 | Take me somewhere I 've never been before . |
| 3 | Outside the last bar the cab was waiting remorselessly , the driver with his face averted , waiting to take me somewhere I did n't want to go . |
| 4 | It was as if I owed him financially for everything he 'd given me , he 'd drawn up a sort of balance sheet , setting adoption against the chances he 'd given me ; because he 'd taken me on I owed him . |
| 5 | Without the spectators cheering me on I do n't think I could have had such a good race . |
| 6 | If it 's below sea-level we 'll just say that if it 's you owe me rather I owe you |
| 7 | I think I mean it was interesting cos someone said earlier about people coming in I mean once you get them in I mean I always feel it 's like the pantomime each year which is an amateur pantomime yet the actual people coming in to see that I mean it 's well in the ninety per cent 's and you talk to people when they come to see the pantomime and ver invariably the the mum 's or dad 's say no I do n't normally come to theatre but I come to the pantomime and they enjoy it very much and when you talk to them they can say well what you think of it ? |
| 8 | Er , my Lord may I say that er in relation to the witness statement erm , clearly the credibility of this , the plaintiff Mr is going to be substantially in issue er and therefore er I propose er not to simply to tell him er and say erm in your witness statement your evidence erm but clearly to take him to those areas which are in dispute and to ask him to deal fully with them in I appreciate it 's going to erm take some time to do that but it is important in my submission that your Lordship has the ability to er assess the plaintiffs . |
| 9 | As I was putting them down I saw a piece of paper leaning against the spice-rack . |
| 10 | But my grandparents had worked at Drogo since it was built , so we 've had a long link with the Drewes ; the family put in a word for me so I got the job . |
| 11 | I did it , she said in a clear voice : I heard someone calling me so I got up and came downstairs . |
| 12 | yeah I 've got a lot of relations , I 've got twenty , twenty seven er grandchildren , that includes the great grandchildren , twenty seven which I have er to get something for all at Christmas it 's a pantomime I 've got stuff here and everywhere sorting out for them , cos my little grandson tonight is coming round to wrap them up for me so I got to mind I have n't , leave his present in the way otherwise he 'll know what he 's got yeah he 's got , I got a tape for him , he wanted a tape called Madness so I 've got him a tape for it so I 've had to put that out the way so he does n't wrap that up , no he comes and does them up for me tonight , and a friend Ian will help him as well , so you know it 's , it 's great really |
| 13 | No one seemed to want to serve me so I walked out and went home without so much as a plectrum ! |
| 14 | His watery blue eyes gazed bulbously at me so I let the fool have his way though Benjamin agreed with me . |
| 15 | I was going to knock for I was still intrigued by him but Benjamin called me so I let the matter rest . |
| 16 | That sounded great to me so I opted for the hike . |
| 17 | I want to hear you begging for me so I know it 's real . ’ |
| 18 | And then the whitewater caught me so I proned out and hung on — I was eaten up then I was spat out and then I was eaten up again and spat out again and the beach was right there , so I threw the board away and just rolled and rolled and tumbled , and I ended up in the river on the far side of the berm . ’ |
| 19 | I think my G P actually sent me further down hill into anorexia after I 'd lost about , about when I was seven stone I went to see her , I 'd never seen her before and she said well you look perfectly acc , sociably acceptable to me so I went on to lose two more stone before going back to see her and was admitted to hospital as a medical emergency ! |
| 20 | The sounds were muffled from up on the roof but they still bugged me so I went indoors . |
| 21 | She kept talking over me so I told her to shut her face and cut her off . |
| 22 | The Lucan case intrigued me so I told the police that I would consider working on it . |
| 23 | You ask me so I told ya no point in arguing , you wo n't make a very good politician , shut up , sod off |
| 24 | She was the same size as me so I knew that her clothes would fit me . |
| 25 | There is no deck chair for me so I sit on the lawn at Ma 's feet and draw some barley water up the straw , gently so as not to disturb Pa who is reading . |
| 26 | Tony Curtis was standing next to me so I said I was there to try and collect money from Mr Curtis . |
| 27 | My family did n't like me so I had to work hard . " |
| 28 | Then in the end we came to a river so wide I could n't see the other bank ; I felt frightened and thought this must be the end of the race , and I wanted to stop , but Father plunged straight in without looking at me so I had to plunge in too . |
| 29 | He come at me and he was six foot two and he come he were gon na knock hell out of me so I had to protect myself and we got fighting in the shop . |
| 30 | And then I got all the she 'd mis-changed me so I had to go back and get it . |