Example sentences of "[is] [vb pp] and i [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ If the plane is overloaded and I lose an engine , maybe we do n't make it . ’ |
| 2 | We need not doubt that the epithet is justified and I think we are on the right track in attributing its powers to nerve cells with their trigger features and projective zones , but the connecting links are missing . |
| 3 | ‘ My ability to concentrate is limited and I have to avoid stressful situations , which is why , for example , I have not given media interviews . |
| 4 | The numbers coming to meetings can vary from 4 to 24 which is uncomfortable if a speaker is booked and I do not know how many will come . |
| 5 | It 's terrible but I find I do exactly the same with my children now : they come in from school and everything is dropped and I say ‘ pick them up ’ and I try to stop nagging them because I remember how much I hated it . |
| 6 | ‘ It 's done and I hope he likes it , ’ Finlayson told the adjutant . |
| 7 | ‘ But then , when my work 's done and I go home , I 'm happy to be his wife . |
| 8 | I think that is a central criterion to attach the effectiveness of self regulating organisations if the the methodical nature of their monitoring er a and the way that that is done and I hope all concerned will consider these matters carefully . |
| 9 | The type of abortion I am referring to is induced and I believe that the woman should be given the right to be able to choose whether she needs one , rather than certain religious leaders or laws . |
| 10 | At the time of the funeral a set form of words is used and I think it is helpful to look at what sense these words can convey to this majority population who are not regular church attenders . |
| 11 | I have noted that flicking is very common where such a substrate is used and I think it may be from mechanical irritation of the gills by tiny bits of coral suspended in the water . |
| 12 | If I could have forgotten that , even for a while , what else is gone and I do n't know ? |
| 13 | images or whatever , are n't so much to do with misogyny , some horrible male plot , some patriarch or conspiracy , it 's to do with the way our society is run and I think that 's , we look far more at class . |
| 14 | But that 's gone and I said I ca n't run in at half past five when you get home from school and chat to you because Nev will be coming at six and I do n't want to be there all that often when he 's there erm it 's just you know it 's just happened . |
| 15 | Yes , and she phoned me and she said I feel as though I dropped out of the bottom of the world she said , you know , I just do n't see anybody , I said well of course you were working on Mondays , you see she used to have Mondays to herself and I would often go round on a Monday afternoon and , we , we could talk , but that 's gone and I said I ca n't run in at half past five when you get home from school and chat to you because Ned will be coming home at six and I do n't want to be there all that often when he 's there erm its you know , its just happened and I also thought to myself and I 'm probably going to move a lot further away then Fen Lane . |
| 16 | ‘ MY VISION IS BLURRED AND I SEE BRIGHT LIGHTS ’ |
| 17 | I think the problem is perhaps that when we love that we no , we never love the same degree , the two people do n't li , love exactly the same way that in every relationship there is one who loves and one who is loved , one who kisses and one who is kissed and I think perhaps this balance if the relationship is weak , this kind of works it out that , that then they eventually split up , that one goes the other way and the ca n't stay together . |
| 18 | ‘ Yeah , they send me the stuff before it 's published and I try to proof read it as well as I can . |