Example sentences of "i [verb] [pers pn] be [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The 20th Century Fox logo always made me think we were about to see a war film , as the searchlights that had woken us in London in the blitz always preceded an air-raid . |
| 2 | But it was sort of let me think it was over and it only looked about that big . |
| 3 | He let me know you were all right . |
| 4 | shouting let me know he was there |
| 5 | This was one of the one of the things I asked him was n't it ? |
| 6 | I regret I am not likely to lose weight in China , as their habit , at least in Peking , is to give us at least twice as much food as we need , and however much we gently suggest that three platefuls rather than six would be sufficient , they still go on just the same . |
| 7 | I declare you are so much like your papa — whose soul God pardon — that it eases my sorrowing heart ! |
| 8 | erm supporting it , I mean they are just putting their name down so that they can stay out of trouble . |
| 9 | But I mean they are there to provide advice and we do get an awful lot of case work . |
| 10 | I mean they are more or less the same at the end as they were at the beginning . |
| 11 | Well I mean they are very contrasting characters . |
| 12 | I mean they are certainly the two most important things in my life , and I would have thought in most people 's — both work and good relationships with a family . |
| 13 | I mean they 're not they have n't sort of died out |
| 14 | I mean they 're not a linguist but the words they use will say a lot about what they think about . |
| 15 | I mean they 're not but let's say they b big packets of lots of electrons so we 're using things at erm let's say watts is equal to so many electrons per second . |
| 16 | because they do , I mean they 're not , they 're not going to ask you that as a question . |
| 17 | There 's only if the person you 're talking to thinks you do n't care , well I mean they 're not you know they 're not going to think very much of you are they ? |
| 18 | well we say that but I mean they 're not really Derbies . |
| 19 | I ca n't see how we 've had a revue in nineteen eighty-eight which has recommended a very specific course of action , none of which appears to have been implemented , I do n't see how we get a report which describes er , the intention of the county council as maintaining the ethos of the County Farms , whatever that is , as I , I do n't recall any decisions like that , and certainly if we 've made one , I 'd be interested in being party to changing it , I think wha what we have to say is we 've got a lot of land , are we using it to the best interest of the people of Wiltshire , and that is one thing it 's addressing , not a , a way of preserving the County Estates as they are , not a way of keeping a hundred and twenty farmers and their families erm , as tenants of Wiltshire , I mean they 're not gon na be out of jobs are they ? |
| 20 | There 's one bedroom and a living room and a kitchen and a bathroom and it 's qu they 're quite sizeable really I mean they 're not |
| 21 | I mean they 're not even three , yet they 're going to be the absolute youngest . |
| 22 | I mean , seven pounds to have , I mean they 're not gon na probably have an answer machine , but you know for things if things are going to be like that |
| 23 | I mean they 're not very but Ellie and Linda |
| 24 | But I mean they 're not . |
| 25 | Oh you can keep going though totally over the top I thought well Joseph 's was twelve ninety nine and Ben 's was fourteen nineteen ninety nine and that 's just tough that I 've got you know , I ca n't get Charlotte 's any cheaper than that , but , I mean they 're not gon na know how much I 've , they 're not gon na say well you 've got five pound more than what I have cos they 're not of that age so , that 's how I 've left it , that 's what I 'm gon na do , I 'll get her the circus and then they can swap them over and Joseph will be happy that he got something on wheels |
| 26 | I mean they 're not flying off . |
| 27 | I mean they 're not interested in ordinary motorists are they ? |
| 28 | Yeah , but I mean they 're not just you know , just well off , he are well well off ! |
| 29 | I th I mean they 're not interested in actual names , so if there 's two Johns they put John one and John two . |
| 30 | set the pace for Austria with the , track record run of fifty seven point seven four and the second bob is fifteenth see I mean they 're , they 're , they 're fifty seven , eight for nine against fifty seven , seven , four , so I mean they 're not half a second then , I mean they were , they were first in the two man and then they dropped six after one run so |