Example sentences of "the [noun sg] i [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I mean , after all the shit I gave them they 've really stood by me and me girlfriend as well . |
| 2 | When I did get to the bike I saw it was virtually in pieces and realised that Darren had been attempting the job himself . |
| 3 | To soften the blow I said it was only because I was held in such high esteem in the football world that I had to get rid of any player or , as in his case , friend , who showed any sign of being a no-hoper . |
| 4 | If you could pour some tea in the tea in the milk I mean I think I would like it . |
| 5 | Then in the afternoon I realized we were driving through countryside . |
| 6 | Yes , when we came out here I 'll never forget Mark , not even saying thank you , not , not even for raising the money I mean I would n't expect that from the parishioners , that 's what we should be trying to do , but even for the food and that , till erm Kitty and and the way he got up then and said it , most ungraciously |
| 7 | He says he 's taken up running ; he says he 's given up smoking ; he says he 's planning to pay back the money I lent him . |
| 8 | Then the guy round the corner , y'know , the one who 'd laid the gear on me , came round last month and started getting heavy about the money I owed him . |
| 9 | Erm and I know one that I do know now said it 's Certainly , she said , it 's only for the money I do it , nothing else . |
| 10 | But I said I am the money I gave him his first flying lesson , I paid for it , like I bought his first three cars . |
| 11 | ‘ An' where 's the money I gave yer fer the pictures ? ’ he demanded . |
| 12 | Once I reached the ski-road I thought I was ‘ home and dry ’ , until turning a bend I was confronted by a bull . |
| 13 | Sometimes we can find it difficult to visualise positive outcomes ; if this is the case I suggest you refer to Chapter Three , which explains that all qualities can be given an opposite , more positive , interpretation . |
| 14 | Alright poppet , we we 're not going to vet we 're not going to the vet we 're not going to the vet I know you 'd like to but you ca n't . |
| 15 | Sure , I tell them that when they 're out on the field I want them to forget that they 're Momma 's little girls and project ! |
| 16 | I saw him play on Sunday and to be perfectly honest had he sat down in the middle of the field I reckon he 'd have had a bigger influence on the game . |
| 17 | ‘ If we perform adequately in the middle of the field I feel we 've every chance of making it through to the next round . ’ |
| 18 | Every time it goes on the blink I wonder who 'll win . |
| 19 | Is that the hour I ordered my dinner ? |
| 20 | If it were n't for the bit I earn I daresay me and my bairns would be in Dudley House an' all . |
| 21 | That 's , that was all the experience I had which you say experience of life . |
| 22 | Before leaving the kitchen I noticed there were dirty coffee cups and plates piled in the sink . |
| 23 | As soon as I rounded the line of fitted units screening off the kitchen I saw her slumped on the floor in the corner , huddled up as though against the cold . |
| 24 | In the kitchen I found my servant and a stray village child , both dumbstruck by this apparition . |
| 25 | the only thing but I mean you know you accepted what he said and then went on and , and by using your picture with the , with the cheque I mean you had him eating out your hand at the end did n't you ? |
| 26 | As I start painting the statue I realise I am going to have a problem . |
| 27 | As I start painting the statue I realise I am going to have a problem . |
| 28 | The doctrine itself , as laid down by Sir Edward Coke , may have been criticised as questionable in principle by some persons whose opinions are entitled to respect , but it has never been judicially overruled ; on the contrary I think it has always , since the sixteenth century , been accepted as law . |
| 29 | But , during the course of the recession I think what happened was that most companies stopped keeping stocks did n't they ? |
| 30 | With the Fokker lurching and shuddering in the storm I unfastened my safety-belt , staggered up to the pilot 's cockpit and was finally able to bellow into ‘ Buck ’ Buchanan 's ear that the mail had been left behind . |