Example sentences of "[verb] [noun pl] i [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I said I 'd make it up to you , and when I make amends I do it thoroughly . ’ |
| 2 | I mean , forget removals I thought they 'd help out , would n't you ? |
| 3 | In 1976 with the Tories gaining votes I left my friends , my lover , my job and my political life in Ireland . |
| 4 | Heiko Bleher — he 's done things I wish I could find the time to do . |
| 5 | But I was surprised that I got round the room , cos I 'm awful at remembering names I think I 'm gon na have to try and |
| 6 | I go to a charming Chinese lady acupuncturist and although I detest needles I found it painless and relaxing and it helped me tremendously before and after the operations . |
| 7 | before I made rissoles I did it |
| 8 | Er I du n no , I do n't like crusts I think they taste like shit . |
| 9 | T frankly , yes it did , but I mean you were reading it pretty well correctly the way they read I mean most of us read things I know I do myself , one reads things quicker than perhaps some would if we were reading them on a radio or something . |
| 10 | Well , yes of course , I mean I , the schools have got programs I mean you can , you know they er |
| 11 | Mind you and , and for compiling dictionaries I think it 's used for as well |
| 12 | I know times I get it , like maybe just at one side , if I 've been sitting in a hard seat |
| 13 | I just , I mean , why bother having roundabouts I ask myself |
| 14 | the chasm is too great though the gulf between God and man is , is far too wide and we try our various planks , our planks of being good , of doing nice things , planks of being religious , of being confirmed , of being baptized , of going to church of perhaps attending church , perhaps even becoming a member of a church , the plank of saying prayers I think you know and God does n't even hear us , the bible tells us , if I regarded iniquity in my heart God does n't hear me , he says I will not hear you , the only prayer that God hears from the sinner is God be merciful to me a sinner and we 've tried that plank and it does n't work , of course it does n't because that 's not what it means to be a Christian , the plank of bible reading , we can read the bible , we can memorise it , it does n't make us a Christian , Jesus said to some of the religious leaders of his days , you search the scriptures for you think that in them you have life , but you will not come to me , and so it 's not being in religious , er being religious or any thing else as we well know , it 's something far , far more fundamental than that , those words that Jesus said to Nicodemus you must be born again , that new birth , that new start , starting all over again , and so what happens , what 's it all about , what is it to , what is it to be a Christian . |
| 15 | Before starting comrades I think it 's time that we nailed a couple of lies that are being put about , about this union and other trade unions . |
| 16 | And more or less you just earn your bread and butter er doing things I mean it might be in the office |
| 17 | Of the letters I wrote to Eliot and kept copies I reproduce one , which might perhaps have some more permanent interest than the ephemera . |
| 18 | If companies such as our own can be successful while maintaining standards I think we will attract people who will get something worthwhile out of a business career . |
| 19 | By opportunities for learning that can be at depth , about learning about ourselves , but also the practical things like what do you say to a child whose father 's come back mutilated from war erm how do you write a letter to a bereaved person , and I think children I mean they are capable of doing this , I 've seen it with my own children , with some help they 're able to express quite deep emotions , you know , to somebody who 's had a bereavement , and if they can learn that now , you know , it 's going to be a lot easier later on . |
| 20 | Yeah because erm as we come home from work these two sort of big saloon cars , black ones sort of come up , mourning cars I suppose you call them and they stopped at 's and picked a load of people up . |
| 21 | ‘ Oh , Niall , ’ Jill 's voice cut in , ‘ thank heavens I found you ! |
| 22 | Children die before parents unfortunately and have wills I let everything to my mother , Mother I leave everything to my son . |