Example sentences of "[adj] [adv] i [be] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | at eight o'clock I were sat outside |
| 2 | By eleven o'clock I was standing in front of Patterson 's desk laying down the law . |
| 3 | somebody 's on duty little bit like that so I 'm told just wo n't walk in shoes . |
| 4 | this year she chose a big one like I got for Arf last year , cos I ai n't got a double of that so I 'm going to have to tape it off , fill it up and then put it back on cos in case she opens mine . |
| 5 | I 'm going away on Monday so I have n't allowed for all this so I 'm trying |
| 6 | you ca n't draw it in yellow cos it do n't er take on this so I 'm going |
| 7 | Well her mother was saying , they got engaged and , you know , there was drinks and her mother was saying oh the wedding 's gon na be in February , it 's gon na be a quick wedding and all this so I was talking to her , I said Cath I said when are you are getting married then ? |
| 8 | Campaign on a what do you call it and erm and funny enough I was reading the Campaign yesterday and I was looking at the er thing and they 've got a sale on have n't they ? |
| 9 | I am sorry your reply is not clear enough I 'm going to have to shoot you it 's for Children in Need |
| 10 | Well , I 'm going to start on , I 've cut up some so I 'm going to finish cutting them up and lay them out . |
| 11 | I phoned the Edinburgh office again the nex and I thought I 'm giving this up I 'm gon na write |
| 12 | But a few well I was gon na say a few weeks ago , it might be longer than that , there was that very large coloured girl that was on |
| 13 | No brickbats for that , for neither of them did it out of a sense of malice , but merely because they thought it was the right thing to do , and no doubt also because they believed , quite wrongly , that to instil a sense of guilt into me would ultimately be for my good , If I did what they thought was wrong then I was made to feel that someone , usually them , had suffered . |
| 14 | Having a father who was 67 when I was born , it was marvellous to have our much younger , bachelor uncles who could be pleaded into providing piggy backs , swing-arounds , car rides or visits to the local pubs for ginger beer . |
| 15 | I 've got the Graham wanted to well unfortunately Graham this one 's a bit dangerous so I 'm having to do it so if anything goes wrong it 's me that gets it and not you . |
| 16 | but it 's amazing how I 'm affecting black kids . |
| 17 | We met in 1963 when I was working on the Daily Express 's William Hickey column , and Peter was writing on the Sunday Express . |
| 18 | ‘ Oh curse/d spite , ’ she said aloud , ‘ that ever I was born to set it right . ’ |
| 19 | That 's right , it 's just that I worked , I think , yesterday I could n't get into erm , I just could n't get into and yesterday I must admit I felt really rough and erm , I thought at three o'clock I was going to have to ring Iris , cos I knew you were still out you see and at three o'clock I thought I was going to have to ring Iris er just to come in cos I ca n't like your head was my stomach was churning over , it was n't till , soon as I get some food in front of me oh I get , you see I did n't feel too cracking in the morning and I thought well there 's lots of stomach bugs going about and I thought well I 'm having one of them , and I did n't know what I fancied for lunch and I cooked the kiddies theirs , they had fish and what have you , and erm , I thought well what can I have , I thought I what , I thought I got a little tin of salmon there , so I thought right I 'll have a salmon sandwich and I had that and believe me I felt , by three o'clock I could see myself picking me up off the floor , I only got spots before my eyes as such , but , I just had , I had four , five cups of water , I did n't drink any tea , and I wish then , well I do n't know whether I could have felt any worse when I had the sandwich or not to be honest . |
| 20 | A disembodied voice , that later I was to learn belonged to Cynthia , gently but firmly began to explain : ‘ I 'm not really sure that you should bring your work here . |
| 21 | Twenty five , yes an and for that he can make hims he does n't want to really to pay me for food at all so I 'm going to tell him that he can have his cups , spare cups of tea and a drink of milk an and some toast . |
| 22 | Because I used to be in a mental institution but they said I was well so I 'm allowed out now . |
| 23 | I thought you would do I thought there was something you 'd be doing I wo n't be sure now I 'm gon na put that tax disc in |
| 24 | Watch all tomorrow I 'm gon na be talking about games . |
| 25 | No details were discussed : ‘ I was n't there more than a couple of minutes , but I did n't feel rushed and I am not quite sure how I was shown the door . |
| 26 | ‘ I 'm not sure how I 'm going to eat this , ’ she complained . |
| 27 | I 'm not sure how I 'm going to structure the department , it depends on the people I get in all honesty |
| 28 | The project began back in 1976 when I was working for Capital Radio , London 's independent local radio station . |
| 29 | I 'm not sure why I 'm bothering to try to justify myself . |
| 30 | ‘ I 'm not sure why I 'm calling . |