Example sentences of "i [vb base] they [vb mod] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I think if , if they adopted a policy of erm of struggle last time , I mean they would get to land reform indirectly but I do n't think you can erm initiate it from the Party as such like because that causes all sorts of problems through definitions and things like that but |
| 2 | erm now what then is the position what is the nature of the criticism or the claims being made by the group of palaeontologists whom I 'm going to refer to , for reasons that will become apparent , as the punctuations — because I mean they would call themselves punctuations . |
| 3 | I mean they 'll do nothing about sex , they 'll just do all about morals , wo n't they , and decent , respectable people I 'd say and biology 's just cold and clinical . |
| 4 | yeah well I mean they 'll want to and they 've got |
| 5 | I mean they 'll go to a concert and make judgments about what they hear quite happily … they come back and moan , ‘ We ca n't judge composition , how do we know what criteria to use ? ’ |
| 6 | I mean they 'll knit this Arran and . |
| 7 | Well they 're some of the best in the land , greyhound punters , I mean they 'll come they like their greyhound racing , real erm diehard people and erm they 'll come in any weather , I mean , the other Thursday when we really had a load of snow down , I mean no-one would come , you would n't even get off your couch for that , but erm we still had three hundred people attend which was erm even though as I say , we lost money on the erm meeting . |
| 8 | The other , the other weakness it possibly turned up is that , my experience is that , unless something bad there , the press do n't really want to do anything about it , if you 're just trying to sell your wares and say how good you are , and then hide a bit behind , I mean they 'll turn around anyway the circle , must be something . |
| 9 | Where yo where you are I mean they 'll have nothing . |
| 10 | I think that 's where they meet , I mean they may come from all the place but it 's the Judges Guild and I 'm due to speak to them tomorrow night . |
| 11 | Oh well I mean they may have been adjourned or a |
| 12 | So tha tha at that time , I mean they might get as much as three pound for mooring one ship up . |
| 13 | I mean they used to take things er the wedding ring , the jewellery if they 'd got any , towels , sheets , er suits , shoes , er did n't did n't want to sell them , did n't want to get rid of them , they just wanted to borrow money on those , and he used to charge you interest and ticket money when you took it in , and then you 'd got to pay interest when you took it out as well so it was , they were on a good thing . |
| 14 | I mean they used to provide the advisor to various secretaries of state I think did n't they ? |
| 15 | Ah I mean they will soften anyway and they are comfortable it 's just that the sides are a bit rigid at the moment but then they 're bound to be and they will give . |
| 16 | Yeah , but I mean they will make progress , I mean this colony |
| 17 | I mean they can go on the ferry . |
| 18 | I mean they can wear if you think about it they wear suits in the middle of summer where we 're into sleeveless linen dresses . |
| 19 | because men feel cold more , I mean they can wear , if you think about it they were suits in the middle of summer where were into sleeveless |
| 20 | That 's it , I mean they can live on |
| 21 | So they have they have in fact embarked on a course which now lets these newspapers really deliver them up on a plate I mean they can fry them , they can bake them , they can grill them , they can roast them because they 've put themselves in a position where they now deserve the criticism and the level of imagery which they 're getting . |
| 22 | I mean they can afford it between them . |
| 23 | Yeah but I mean they can afford to , it 's just like women or |
| 24 | Well we cou , we could write to both if necessary I mean they 'd want them to know that we , that our prisoner 's been released and that we can have another one . |
| 25 | I mean they 'd cut down on defence |
| 26 | I mean they must pay the cover |
| 27 | I mean , it 's unbelievable , you know th er , he 's done so many breweries and yet why they do n't talk to wo well I mean they must talk to one another . |
| 28 | I mean they must find they must find it expensive because I mean if they 're keeping that house on they have to have somebody going in to look at it , wo n't they ? |
| 29 | I mean all this sitting on the fence I mean they must have very sore bums . |
| 30 | Then you know I mean they must have what was going on oh aye they just completely ignore it . |