Example sentences of "[verb] i [verb] [adv] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some pensioner constituents who come to see me ask why they are penalised and punished . |
| 2 | I only wish Tata had lived to see me take up my place at Bedford College . |
| 3 | Surely you do n't want me to give up my evenings too . |
| 4 | See you when you started crying last night there was no need for that Matt , nobody can what do you want me to do please you when you kick , that was three things you kicked over in the space of minutes |
| 5 | ‘ You just do n't want me to carry on my business , do you ? ’ she hit back , angered at his refusal and refusing to see the rest as a compliment . |
| 6 | ‘ I tend to keep quiet about it — otherwise most of the women I know would want me to draw up their horoscope ! |
| 7 | My Houy master was very interested in me , and as soon as I could speak the language , he asked me to explain where I had come from . |
| 8 | But I mean they actually do work , er ten percent gross yield and erm if you asked me to explain how they get the ten percent , I 'd have to use some notes they gave to me cos it 's , cos it 's complicated , but they use derivatives , and they buy in er in the shares and options market , and erm the company I 'm thinking of actually own the shares , but you take options on them , and they take commission on the options , they also take dividends , er and by the time you 've read the , the , the spiel , it sounds a bit like you 've fitted all these petrol savers to your car and you 're driving to Nottingham , and the tank overflows , it 's that sort of |
| 9 | The cleaner upstairs , she asked me to find out what kind of cakes everybody liked cos she 's buying every single person an individual , like you know , a single cake for everybody . |
| 10 | But let me make it immediately clear what I mean by this ; what I mean to say is that Miss Kenton 's letter set off a certain chain of ideas to do with professional matters here at Darlington Hall , and I would underline that it was a preoccupation with these very same professional matters that led me to consider anew my employer 's kindly meant suggestion . |
| 11 | He wrote : ‘ Thanks for your hospitality over the past few weeks and for helping me see where I have gone wrong . ’ |
| 12 | Some of them became my friends and have remained so until the present day , but the sheer earthy mass of them made me realize how my few months of married life had changed me . |
| 13 | She made me put on my suit and collar and tie . |
| 14 | Make me understand why you 're willing to take such a risk for the sake of a story . ’ |
| 15 | But he did hurt me did n't he ? |
| 16 | Fits me does n't it ? |
| 17 | I realized I knew almost nothing about his background . |
| 18 | So I do n't think I 've ever I 've had it for about eight months now and I do n't think I 've yet listened to all five in a row without changing it . |
| 19 | There was no doubting her sister 's passion as she struggled to express her resentment , writing : — on my life Lily I declare I want only what is best for the child and would not be Cruel to him nor the cause of Cruelty and what you asked was Cruel the child knowing no Italian and being Fearful of leaving me the only Mother he has known and who he loves as his own . |
| 20 | And erm but I mean I remember when I I was doing er work with the Open University now I was a sort of er tutor with them or counsellor with them and I think we used to say ten to fifteen hours work a week |
| 21 | That really turned my stomach , even if , I mean I remember when I was carrying , when I was carrying the twins , and he used to go out huge things you know , and so much so that if he came home in the night , right , and I was already in bed asleep , I would be able to er , he would wake me in the bedroom cos I could smell smoke on him , but he did n't smoke , but where he 'd been the pub or a night club , I smelt |
| 22 | I mean I remember when I went , first went to my cheap caravan site where there is n't a toilet and you have to walk to the toilets , and I remember a couple of times when I was little , shitting my pants on the way to the toilets , you know , cos I could n't hold it in . |
| 23 | I mean I remember when I was at the New York Times and I wanted to use Cheltenham wide for a headline , Cheltenham bold well sort of bold wide , but it 's just called Cheltenham wide in the book , and because Cheltenham was always part of the New York Times library , whatever you call it , in the composing room . |
| 24 | I mean I know when we moved house I had folder and one of each had got in it the recycling directory |
| 25 | Well yeah but I mean I 've like you know ones and two and that into it . |
| 26 | I mean I 've actually I tried to persuade a colleague of mine that I could quite easily sexually harass a male student of mine , and the reason I could do that , or the way I could do that , is because I have power over him . |
| 27 | I mean I had so I it did help . |
| 28 | times of I mean , I actually think it 's a an awful lot of ask of a friendship , or of a family situation and also , indeed , if you I mean I think sometimes they can be very supportive but th the true understanding may not be there and erm I think that 's what led me to start up a self- help group in Edinburgh erm which is , has been erm running for the last two years now . |
| 29 | Cos I mean I do n't they wan na be cut out or anything like that . |
| 30 | I mean I do n't I try to not to take a lot of notice of it you |