Example sentences of "[vb base] [conj] i [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And in fact , if we look at even more , I mean where I work is a Family Centre in Berinsfield erm and I interviewed erm some of the carers of young children , and most of the women I interviewed had , in fact , been subjected to marital violence by their male partners and in many ways this had been triggered off by arguments over who should take care of the children and over the woman not being in her place , so although it 's important to maybe look at the macro level , I really think we have to look at how men and women behave towards one another , particularly where child care is concerned . |
| 2 | And I lay where I fell , fighting to hold back the tears which threatened to engulf me . |
| 3 | So I set about a solution which has led to healthy plants which remain where I want them — despite being planted in very high flow undergravel filters . |
| 4 | HEAVEN is my witness that I do not want to be unfair to British Telecom , so I must , with frank and honest gaze , report that I have had several letters saying that I am up the pole in carrying on about the method of charging recently mentioned in this column . |
| 5 | I have a Roland U220 which would give me the sounds I want although I know it would not give me the great note-sequence loops which McLaughlin uses so beautifully . |
| 6 | I realise that I had been less than a block away , watching the drugstore explode . |
| 7 | I 've spent the night thinking about everything that happened , and I now realise that I made a mistake about you being involved with Harry Martin . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ I realise that I come into the picture as a relative , and I do feel natural interest and concern for my great-uncle . |
| 9 | For the first time , it occurs to me that my body has needs for food , needs of its own that I ca n't try to overrule with dieting and ferocious exercise and fasting ; and in a bigger way , I realise that I have needs of all kinds that I had tried to ignore : a need for food , a need to be loved , a need to feel accepted , a need for independence , a need to grow up , and a need for security . |
| 10 | I 've always got on well with adults , but it 's only now that I 'm starting to get on with my own generation , and I realise that I have to do that if I 'm to become a whole person . |
| 11 | I realise that I have little I need to hide . |
| 12 | When I say that I mean I 'm operating without back-up . |
| 13 | Well sort of well well you see er when I say that I mean erm er er insurance men , postmen , and postman was a very good job in those days you see . |
| 14 | They say that I mean any changes any in temperature are very noticeable so w Like it is working in the middle of winter offshore would be something I would have to come to terms with but no I mean I do n't think there 's any problems work-wise . |
| 15 | They say that I mean if you see owt , |
| 16 | I say that I thought we had already been through all this . |
| 17 | Is n't that , meant we , we say that I know time goes on but in years they took to pay the loan . |
| 18 | I always say that I enjoyed the R and R but it was as I go down |
| 19 | I would have to go to my constituency and say that I had been outbid by Tory Ministers , and that after complaining for all these years about their accruing power to themselves I had found that I had been wrong all the time . |
| 20 | I know that my hon. Friend will understand if I say that I had some difficulty in persuading everybody to come round a table when I was talking only to the parties in Northern Ireland . |
| 21 | Just believe me when I say that I had nothing whatsoever to do with any of this . |
| 22 | Well just say and just say that I had a bit of a ba an and I 'd like a check over that 's all just say that to them if you want alright ? |
| 23 | You will understand , I 'm sure , when I say that I hope Jessie has found peace by now , and is no longer a drain on you . |
| 24 | When I say that I saw Karen at the funeral , I mean that quite literally . |
| 25 | I 'm gon na ring them up and say that I 've found her ! |
| 26 | And say that I 've busted my bra strap ! |
| 27 | But as I say that I recommend them because they were er excellent . |
| 28 | wanting , you know say that I sent away for erm |
| 29 | I am sure that I am not alone when I say that I learned more through the Iii-service courses organised by Basil Rocke than through my entire period of earlier , formal training . |
| 30 | I think , while I say that I want children , and do I have a child , that i , it 's not made particularly easy . |