Example sentences of "[num] [noun pl] i [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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1 | Oh eleven shillings I think it was eleven shillings a week . |
2 | And , on meeting up with the Apache after 30 years I like it now . |
3 | If you walk into Spanish shops they 're on size eight shoes I mean what would you mean what are you talking about . |
4 | There was only a tiny little row in between two streets , there was about six houses I think it was . |
5 | think to myself well it 's six months I wish I 'd have done it in August , now . |
6 | within six months I know I 'll have no more money problems . |
7 | and er he said that when they took it up three years ago of course they from the first six months I think it is and we got on to them and they they did agree |
8 | REAL LIFE After SIX miscarriages I knew I 'd get lucky WOMEN 'S LOOS The scandal no one talks about ! |
9 | But for six years I carried his image in my mind , determined that he should somehow be made to pay . |
10 | Like her mum , she 's sent off for a cat catalogue , she got it , you know within thirteen days I think it was . |
11 | And one of the last holidays I took , and I was on my own , I went to the United States for , and Canada for er the , the six weeks I think it was or eight weeks . |
12 | oh about six weeks I think he was on er and then he decided he was well enough to go back to his |
13 | No , an oak table and an oak sideboard and that was all and just four chairs or six chairs I think it was , yes , er and it was erm that furniture was a utility , er I 'd forgotten about that , it 's taken me back now , that was a utility dining room suite of really first class quality , it was a tallish sideboard with two doors with big bow legs and a square table , erm , but it was solid oak really good |
14 | This is about five or six receptionists I said it to and they said : ‘ Oh , no . |
15 | ‘ When I reached eight tries I realised I was in with a chance of records and the lads helped me as best they could . ’ |
16 | Well no , I mean , a tha even tha that one the other day with the eight workers I mean it |
17 | Yeah , well I 've only got the one I 've only got the one erm golly how long have I had that yellow must have had it four years or more I 've only worn it about three times I think it 's erm a telly mac and it 's a yellow one erm and it is a bit longer so all these go underneath it , quite well |
18 | Now three minutes I told you it was three minutes did n't I ? |
19 | Erm within the last two or three months I think they 've appointed three or four non-executive directors . |
20 | Yeah I worked for fives years I 've plenty of practice |
21 | For the following twenty-seven days I approached everyone I knew , from the Bow Building Society to distant aunts , even fellow-students , but none of them showed the slightest interest in backing a young woman undergraduate to the tune of sixty pounds in order that she could buy a fruit and vegetable shop . |
22 | For three weeks I had nothing to do and I sat down and decided — I have recorded all these pieces before — to see if there was not something more behind the music . |
23 | So er we used to go through the motions and er after about er three weeks I think it was , no , yeah , two or three weeks anyway . |
24 | Three years I took it easy , stayed out of sight , made contacts , laid pathways . |
25 | For three years I consoled myself with the fact that one minute he was laughing and joking the next it was over . ’ |
26 | I know with mine it was a pound and , I renewed mine for two years , well three years I think I never drove , I just wanted to have a provisional , but now , I think like if someone said it was fifteen or seventeen |
27 | The three corpses I studied there had the noose placed in the same spot . |
28 | At approximately 1,500 feet I opened my eyes again and to my joy realised that I was very much lower down . |
29 | ‘ Naturally , I demand your written undertaking that the eighteen months ’ hard labour I have agreed to do here cancels out , fully and forever , the three and a half thousand pounds I owe you . ’ |
30 | ‘ At 18 miles I saw my parents standing in the crowd and this lifted me tremendously . |