Example sentences of "[noun] [subord] i [verb] i " in BNC.
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1 | My whole life is casual wear so I spose I get more ‘ mileage ’ out of the Leeds kit than yer average user ! |
2 | I only had four laps practice so I suppose I did all right finishing sixth . |
3 | The way people talk over here is pure poetry and nobody is really using that in songs so I thought I 'd have a go . ’ |
4 | I stopped going after six months because I felt I 'd resolved my immediate problem , and it had become a drag and an effort , largely because I had a problem with the silences . |
5 | And I would if I 'm gon na use that term because I think I would be taking a flier with you . |
6 | I hate that programme because I like I tend to come and listen to the content of what they 're saying |
7 | A few months after I left I met someone else and we had a wonderful relationship for a few months , but then guilt reared its ugly head and Marie persuaded me to go back because I 'd left her with two children . |
8 | I have took alopecia before I mean I thought maybe |
9 | I no more say who I am in this case than I say I 'm off to my wife 's right in the lost-in-cloud case . |
10 | I 'm glad it was one of my second-hand buys ; it only cost £10 so I suppose I 've had my money 's worth out of it a few times in the garden . |
11 | Cos I want to go home and , I 've got to home cos I 've I 've a stack of paperwork on my table . |
12 | and I thought , it came out erm , incorrect pin number , please remove your card , I thought at least I 'm getting it back you know so I whipped it out , I said to mum , I 'm gon na have to pay for this with a cheque , I said , I ca n't get the cash out , and she , she said why , and I said I , I forgotten my number , I was getting in quite a panic cos I knew I did n't have it written down anywhere at home . |
13 | He said : ‘ I undertook work as a Justice of the Peace because I think I have a highly developed sense of fair play . |
14 | ‘ When I had the idea of setting up a promotions business , I immediately thought of Pete because I knew I could work with him . |
15 | Fairclough as I think I 've maintained all along is probably better in midfield/ the Batts role where his f**k ups are slightly better hidden . |
16 | ‘ In my last year at school another teacher roared with laughter when I said I wanted to be a professional footballer . |
17 | Oh I was on about sewing cos I said I 'd let them , you know , they were all doing a bit of sewing the other weekend , they all had a go like erm ooh , you know , I was saying he that Scott can cook and that , you know , we 've had a note he 's having one on , supposed to be all all of them to be independent , you know ? |
18 | So anyway I went to Index cos I want I want and a watch I 'm looking for a watch cos , and I thought oh aye I come to rings , I thought well I owe her a ring so I thought oh better half eternity ring they 're cheap anyway . |
19 | Erm for instance if I feel I 've got to give Philip something er a tin of sweets is acceptable to both to both sexes is n't it ? |
20 | actually I tend to waste money cos I thought I 'd sit here and moan about taking them out the cost of it , but then I considered spending a hundred pound on a bed that he probably does n't even need , it 's daft really in n it ? |
21 | I do n't know yet , I just said to Christy what time will you be in in the morning I do n't have time yet , in case if I have I can ask you . |
22 | In the part of town where I live I see strangers who I would call truly beautiful at least once a day . |
23 | It 's not simply a matter of defying conventions although I admit I have been strictly brought up and I think it would break my parents ’ hearts if ever they came to know I was living with a man who was not my husband . |
24 | ‘ The plant has been neglected for a few years so I thought I 'd give it some plant food and water and to my astonishment this was the result , ’ said Margaret . |
25 | I was looking for the Mr because I remembered I said I would be here in this session and I 'd forgotten . |
26 | And he said : ‘ I 've been in a state of panic on a snooker table at various times during the past two or three years because I knew I was n't playing well . |
27 | I pretended to despise such modern aids , but that was really a defensive reaction because I knew I could never afford such frills for Masquerade . |
28 | I was 24 and had been married for four years before I discovered I was a lesbian . |
29 | ‘ There was a lot of pressure to make that birdie as I knew I was near the cut , ’ said Ballesteros , who is battling to emerge from a spell of wretched form . |
30 | ‘ If you mean because it 's your day off , there are no days off during this case unless I decide I can spare you . ’ |