Example sentences of "[vb base] i [be] [verb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And it it was , I mean I was brought up in the country and it , I found it really shocking that people had to live like that , you know . |
| 2 | I did stop smoking for three months and then with everyone else around us , I mean I was putting on weight and then I went back to smoking . |
| 3 | Comp completely , I mean I 'm sat here in a live television studio with a girlfriend on my hand , I was housebound , erm just no interest in my hobbies , no energy , erm |
| 4 | And consequently that 's why he only p I mean I 'm talking now about oh about four years ago . |
| 5 | Mr. Chairman , ladies and gentlemen , it is n't that I would like to say a word , it is that told me to say a word , and I realise I am starting off in the right way . |
| 6 | There are those in the village who say I am blessed not to have children , because they mean pain and work . |
| 7 | So when you got pass there Ju do n't forget you say I am going up to middle class ! |
| 8 | She says : ‘ The Town Hall staff say I am wear-ing out their kettle . |
| 9 | The trouble is that it I know , I say I 'm going on about have n't got a copper and everything , then they walk up to the bar and pull out a great wad of notes |
| 10 | That 's why I say I 'm going up next go . |
| 11 | why you say I 'm going out with |
| 12 | As I say I 'm coming back Sunday ( my mothers 60th birthday in Harrogate on Saturday night … infact it 's her birthday everywhere but she 's in Harrogate ) so if I drive you 'll have to wait if you want a lift ! ! ! ! ! |
| 13 | As I say I was sitting there adding it up , a pound for this and a pound for that and your meal , a fiver for Maggie , I 'm twenty pound short off you |
| 14 | Greer seems to be saying , ‘ I 'm old , I 'm angry , let me be taken seriously . ’ |
| 15 | And he had to do that every year in order to satisfy his stance his hat that he was wearing , that he was actually being the boss , and knocking the workers down , look I 'm holding down , what twenty-two point on six , er and he believed that my need was that I could go back to my manager , and say , look I got him up to two point one , . |
| 16 | Well fo for that much money you can easily just say , look I 'm going away . |
| 17 | I said to her , ‘ Look I 'm going out in a couple of weeks , you must tell me exactly what happened so I can tell the papers about it . ’ |
| 18 | are not based on some economic theory but on things I and millions like me were brought up with : an honest day 's work for an honest day 's pay ; live within your means ; put a nest egg by for a rainy day ; pay your bills on time ; support the police . |
| 19 | ‘ Like I was sayin' earlier , ’ she prattled on , ‘ yer got ta be so careful wiv kids . ’ |
| 20 | I remember I was going in to record ‘ Cuts Like A Knife ’ and I said , ‘ I 'm taking you guys into the studio , ’ because who I play with on stage , I want them in the studio with me ; I like the idea of having one unit . ’ |
| 21 | You know I was thinking today |
| 22 | ‘ The fact is , I was that baby , and I know I was born here twenty years ago — ’ |
| 23 | Well I said to him look , I said I know I 'm fed up with this thing next door , and I do n't want to stay there , but Alan said that I 've got to stay there , right , so I said to him , you know , we have to start doing something and I said to him something permanent because he ai n't a handy man , I mean he 'll do it , because I mean it 's something like measuring steel in n it ? |
| 24 | ‘ Silly , you know I 'm looking forward to them coming as much as you are . |
| 25 | You know if I start saying something I 'm noticing myself think you know I 'm taking too long to say it . |
| 26 | I 'm getting , you know I 'm getting there . |
| 27 | and I just do n't want to move out of being a student because I find that , that more and more problems are , you know I 'm coming up with because , like Melanie saying there is problems with child care , there is erm positive discrimination against women , and we are always discriminated on the sexual harassment in the college is unbelievable and we have to campaign against this and that 's what 's gon na keep me being a student . |
| 28 | ‘ Were you about to say , as it is there will be problems when your parents and Jennifer know I 'm working here ? ’ |
| 29 | You know I 'm cleaned out . ’ |
| 30 | Sometimes she sings a song right and you know I 'm wondering where did this song come from . |