Example sentences of "a [noun] i [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well I 'll wait here for a bit I mean you 'll queue at the others if I turn round . |
| 2 | Nudge up a bit I mean it could 've been tonight . |
| 3 | I 'll put a bit I thought it had always been like that . |
| 4 | started school I thought it was gon na be a bit I thought I would n't like it there but when I got there , I did like it mum . |
| 5 | Shirley 's sort of getting on to you a bit I think we 'd better make a move . |
| 6 | ‘ I should have told Perdita years ago , but I 'm such a drip I funked it . ’ |
| 7 | Right we 've made a decision I know we can but er |
| 8 | ‘ Although when I approach a part I link it to someone I 've observed in real life , with drawing this observation is a much closer examination . |
| 9 | cos they think they 're not going to get a response I mean it , it , it ca n't get much er , ca n't get very much going on this . |
| 10 | I feel sceptical but would give them a try I believe they work but only in conjunction with a healthy diet and regular exercise |
| 11 | What have we got have a look I mean we do n't know that we 've draw this completely accurately . |
| 12 | I du n no , right let me do this and then I 'll have a look I mean I 've got to do this because I 'm not sure of it , |
| 13 | She says , yeah , she says , she , I had a look I found it our . |
| 14 | ‘ As a midwife I thought I knew how to communicate with mothers , but my skills with deaf women were abysmal , ’ she says |
| 15 | Though I know that the struggle is taking place somewhere , as a housewife I find it harder to believe that there is a part in it for me . |
| 16 | When I find a guitar I like I 'll just buy multiples of that exact one ! |
| 17 | And he had a dangerous driving or a speeding I think it is |
| 18 | The first time i spotted a puffin I thought I was seeing things . |
| 19 | He says I 'm a granddad I says you look it as well . |
| 20 | Of course , to wrap this up , I suppose there 's one other fact that perhaps the low votes in local government could be seen as w either two things depending on whether you 're an optimist or a pessimist I suppose it 's , it 's a bit of the argument like if you 've got a half gla and is your glass half empty or is your glass half full you know ? |
| 21 | As a P.C. I felt I was not a success . |
| 22 | Yeah so it 's absolutely clear even if it 's a precis I think it 'll be |
| 23 | Because I think you find that when you go all time , when you come to go into a salon I think you find you 're slower , do you know what I mean , because you 're not used |
| 24 | Run it without a tape I think it is to get the test signal . |
| 25 | aggro I said no money no cars ! you 'll get a car I said I know you will he said ! |
| 26 | For a second I thought he was going to hit me , but then he reached into his jacket pocket and brought out a wallet that he unfolded and thrust towards me , giving me just enough time to see that he held the rank of chief inspector , one of the highest ranks in the Bahamian police force , then the wallet was snapped shut and Deacon Billingsley moved to stand very close to me , so close that I could smell the cigar smoke on his breath . |
| 27 | We went into my room at last , with our arms round each other , and in the doorway I stopped dead because I 'd forgotten what Toby had said about John and for a second I thought I was in the wrong room . |
| 28 | for a second I thought it might be a struggle . |
| 29 | Volunteer Eileen said : ‘ For half a second I thought it was a hoax but as he began to name the four streets I took him seriously . ’ |
| 30 | For a second I think she must have gone mad , then she makes a really loud rude-noise with her lips , winks at me , points at the Monster and laughs . |