Example sentences of "[adj] [subord] i [vb base] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Tried projecting negative of Bride from holograph enlarger , he wrote , but image thin and weak where I want it strong ( though indeterminate ) . |
| 2 | I do not favour either approach above the other but am using each where I feel it is most illuminating . |
| 3 | One more person would n't make any difference to the arrangements , for Rob had thought it wise to cater for up to eight extra guests — ‘ Just in case I 'm more popular than I think I am , ’ he 'd laughed . |
| 4 | He was real old so I suppose he had trouble with his false teeth or summat , but anyway , it was pretty disgusting watching him eat . |
| 5 | ‘ I 'll feel better about all this if I know you 've got it . ’ |
| 6 | What am I most likely to get out of this if I do it ? |
| 7 | Twelve thou , you see , I 'm just wondering whether I should quote on a C I F basis which I can do you see , on the basis of , this if I add it up . |
| 8 | Perhaps it 's quicker if I ask you , you just heard about it . |
| 9 | ‘ T is quicker if I carry you . |
| 10 | That 's interesting cos I mean it is a sort of a variant |
| 11 | ‘ Maggie , is it OK if I call you that ? ’ |
| 12 | I think you would be interested if I take you through the Severn Tunnel . |
| 13 | No , I just , thinking it 's easier if I take it down this way . |
| 14 | While he languishes in gaol , the real murderer will go free unless I unmask him ! ’ |
| 15 | I mean I , I was quite fascinated having lunch one day with a journ a Melbourne journalist erm and this was about six months after Murdoch had taken over the Melbourne Sun all this and we were chatting away and I actually threw in the stuff which were saying about how papers are there to make profits these days so that 's what drives them and that journalists journalists on newspapers such as Murdoch 's papers , write what they 're supposed to write and she and I got quite out of with one another and and the bottom liner was that she , she absolutely totally and utterly denied what we were saying and I said to her okay if you were given a story to write you know and it was opposite to how you would view it , what would you do and she said oh well I , I would have to write it and the issue with the Murdoch papers and it 's quite interesting because I mean I 'm sure you can with other newspapers but I , I 've just got a bit more is that Murdoch never ever writes a minute or a memo to his editor or staff saying this is what the line is ever . |
| 16 | Erm , I think that this erm , part of the agenda is most interesting because I think it 's other departments which also report back to the policy resources , which really , we as a erm , council do n't get much chance to see it 's doing . |
| 17 | Which is interesting because I think I saw her on Wednesday night . |
| 18 | And he would be the right one to b be on this because I mean he 's so intelligent , he would but he wo n't even I think he must of turned that tape on yesterday . |
| 19 | When our member then appealed to the Regional Secretary and said , well , I think I do wan na appeal and go further than this because I feel I 'm right , what letter did we then get in reply . |
| 20 | I 'm rather advertising this because I think it 's important to understand that although , and I 'm sure you know , that there 's this constant war really between , it was n't of course a physical war , but certainly tension , and difficulty between the university and the city . |
| 21 | I am doing this because I think I ought to and am in the position to do so . ’ |
| 22 | I thought I 'll only give her half because I know she 'll get in a mess . |
| 23 | ‘ Now eat this while I tell you how I found you . ’ |
| 24 | You see it 's it 's high whereas I mean I bought a high bed , but even my bed 's not as high as that . |
| 25 | There was n't a broadway of course , you must remember this before I tell you see . |
| 26 | ‘ I would n't mind if they were prepared to say they were wrong when I prove them wrong but they never do . ’ |
| 27 | This recorded that and recorded this when I open it , so , get two out , that 's one of yours , ah , that 's two of yours , erm , now it 's my turn , mine |
| 28 | I only know I 'm afraid when I leave you ; when you are out of sight , I feel lost , lonely . ’ |
| 29 | Well the standpipe used to freeze up and er when that occurred the grown men in the house used to light a fire round the standpipes , of course it was cast iron it was n't copper or anything like that , and light a fire to thaw it out , I do n't remember ever being without water but we used , it was a bit primitive but burn newspaper and stuff round the standpipe and er the old as I say we used to , the water for the washing we used to pump into the sink and er fill the old dolly tub with water for the washing and use the rainwater for washing . |
| 30 | I was not dilating and my husband said , ‘ Perhaps you 're not very tolerant of pain ’ which made me feel awful although I realise he meant it kindly . |