Example sentences of "[vb base] i [be] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 No , I I mean I was on the phone and th , there was a knock at the door and this woman came round and said she was from from the
2 Yeah we I must admit , would a , would a parent , I mean I was at a very simple level , following instructions , go and get that ruler Jimmy ?
3 I mean I was at the party but I did n't see anything suspicious . ’
4 I mean one day , I mean I was in a customer care meeting for three hours on Monday , so obviously I lost some there , but you know , that particular day I was on a , just on the phone personally on my B M S for just over three hours , and just looking at the other things that I had to deal with .
5 He said that 's when they put presents round and er he come in on the Friday on the Friday night and I mean I was in a right state , I mean we 've been in there about seven weeks and I was like at the point of like a nervous breakdown and he said to me how do you feel about me taking Matthew from you , so I said I he said I think you need a break .
6 like you just , they just went , oh and but I think it 's finally , I mean I was in the
7 I mean I was in eight and a half hours yesterday , eight hours a day before
8 But , now that , I mean I 'm in the second year of being a student , and I took on the position of women 's officer for the we , for the west of Scotland area
9 I mean , I mean I 'm in charge
10 I REALISE I 'm in a minority of one when I say I 'm bored with Beres Hammond 's indisputably soulful voice , but many of his records seem to lack the sheer excitement of ragga .
11 Oh , well , I say I 'm on early but I will be , I could be an early or a late .
12 Oh yes , you say I 'm on a diet , they say oh well you have lost a lot of weight then .
13 I could ring them up and say I 'm in touch with your competition in Portugal
14 I would reckon I 'll be finished with Norman about ten o'clock it takes me an hour and a half to drive down half past eleven say I 'm in here about twelve o'clock right , cheers
15 Say I 'm from the Ministry of Justice . ’
16 ‘ But just for now , ’ she pleaded , ‘ For tonight , let me be with him in my thoughts , Cati dear . ’
17 But , once again , let me be on the positive side because I mean there 's no doubt about it there are firms which are doing extremely well in spite of recession at the moment , and they are training people as well , but they 're not training in numbers we really need when we go across the patch as a whole .
18 ‘ He never let me be in the sodding pictures . ’
19 Sex with him never really satisfies me and only works if I imagine I 'm with a woman .
20 and then the first day I stop , I 've usually got flu , I 'm exhausted , I ca n't get out of bed , I feel rotten , but if I keep going for like , three weeks to a month , just on six hours , that 's fine , but the first day I stop I 'm like , in bed for a week ill usually .
21 Put I 'm in full time education tick it pay for it she said er what you on then ?
22 Patrick Scott , managing director of BSB Datavision , said : ‘ I hope I am in the embarrassing situation of earning more than BSB . ’
23 you 've got ta think er think , it was like erm one of the guys was saying oh I 've got a real problem getting the names , I said well how do you ask and he said well look I 'm in the people business John but I do n't suppose you know anybody do you
24 Hi , John , it 's that time of the year for us to talk about your pension , look I 'm in your area next week , when can we get together ?
25 Mind you , when our Daniel come in now and then to visit they thowt I was on me way out too , wi't dog-collar , and that , dog-collars in them places meaning Death …
26 He said' I was in 4j with you at Drayton Hall in Banbury ’ .
27 ‘ I accept I was in the wrong , ’ said the 31-year-old .
28 ‘ I remember I was at a council meeting and they mentioned they were having difficulty letting an old shop on the end of Redcar pier , ’ said Mr Brook .
29 But I remember I was on the way into Howard 's bungalow , and Bogie was coming out , having just seen my screen test , and he said , ‘ We 're going to have a lot of fun together . ’
30 But ha I remember I was on my test and I pulled round er it was very , very busy and there were two rows of cars and I pulled up and I thought right there 's a gap down there and I want to go straight on and all these others were turning le turning right so I squeezed down through the gap and then I thought right I 'm gon na be here a little while shall I put it in neutral , blow no I wo n't .
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