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Example sentences of "i must admit [pers pn] " in BNC.

No	Sentence
1	But I must admit they were very nice .
2	I must admit they 're lovely to cuddle because they do curl up into a ball .
3	Although I must admit we were obliged to fork out for the tickets — a mere hundred quid each .
4	I must admit we were certainly not expecting such an abundance of fish , nor such a diversity of species , from such a small pool .
5	‘ Having shown these to a lot of players , I must admit we 've had a mixed response .
6	‘ Mary and I took our dogs down there this afternoon and I must admit we did n't like it , Mary was quite frightened .
7	They are becoming a lot more common , yes when you look in the report and accounts there are far , far more of these deferred pensioners there than er than ever used to exist and it 's something which I must admit we have n't given a lot of thought to yet , but it 's something because it 's growing that we will have to address erm in our federation , we will have to address that problem .
8	Well November , I meant the fourth of November it seems to be for ever anyway I spoke to the Head of the Department when they came back and he said I must admit we 've done nothing from the point of view of putting things on paper but a lot of thinking has gone into it I must really sit down now and commit things to paper .
9	‘ Well , I must admit it looks very like Elsie .
10	It looked like something indescribable , but I must admit it smelt and tasted good , and anyway we were all starving and would have eaten a horse .
11	I thought the half bottle of wine we left was symbolic of the extravagant life I was now entering , though I must admit it did go against the grain and I did think vaguely of ‘ bowser bottles ’ .
12	I must admit it was a muddy mess .
13	‘ I must admit it does sound as if your father is enjoying a new lease of life and possibly he is even trying to recapture his youth .
14	I must admit it was a muddy mess .
15	There were holes in the elbows and I must admit it had got so tatty that it was held together with nappy pins .
16	Someone must have brought it here for a purpose , but I must admit it looks abandoned .
17	Yeah , er I must admit it it 's alright , but .
18	‘ I enjoy archery because it is a simple country sport , ’ he said , ‘ and I must admit it continues to bring out the child in me — I always enjoyed playing with bows and arrows when I was young ! ’
19	And this is confusing , I mean I must admit it is confusing and even , even s writers in the psychoanalytic literature get confused by this , because sometimes they , they er do n't see that to some extent the two systems are overlapping and to some extent they 're about di slightly different things .
20	but I must admit it 's up to each person that organizes it to say that , great , we do n't need the collectors .
21	And it was done for the best , although I must admit it did n't turn out like that .
22	Yeah th but I must admit it was n't like that all hours of the day , they had , they just had massive lulls when they all just sort of sat there and playing like computer games and just did nothing .
23	yeah , yeah I must admit it 's a poor do when they know exactly where the criminal 's going to be at a certain time and then they let 'em go
24	I says Well I must admit it is yes I you know I He said I 'm going to get a policeman if you 're not careful .
25	‘ Well , I must admit he was n't so keen to start with , ’ Jackie said .
26	He had been going out intermittently with our Corporal Jane , who was beginning to get very excited about him , and I must admit he was very good-looking .
27	I must admit he 's neglected you rather shamefully .
28	I mean out of the three that he saw and prefer , I must admit he did prefer forty four .
29	I must admit I was getting a trifle worried but then I met them .
30	Allen , who has missed the last four games , said : ‘ I must admit I was a little concerned and went to see the same specialist that did the operation on my groin before .