Example sentences of "i [verb] [pron] [be] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I asked what was the oldest part of the farm and was shown a flagstone path leading down to a valley . |
| 2 | I asked what was the problem and they told me not to bother my pretty head with scum . |
| 3 | I asked which were the next tallest and she picked out the only two of the next size . |
| 4 | I asked which were the smallest , and she picked out the three shortest ones quickly . |
| 5 | I came here eight years ago from Unilever , and the standards I respected there are the ones I would try to uphold at Cancer Relief . |
| 6 | Er I mean they 're the kinds of things I 'm interested in knowing . |
| 7 | I mean they 're the same , the same |
| 8 | I mean they 're the ones who are badgering me for , for qualifications , they 're badgering me for , I , I , I just told them straight that I will do it for them because I , I wo n't get paid for it |
| 9 | Oh yes , er yes they were , they were er of course there was a great divide there I mean between the Liberals I mean they were the only two parties in those days . |
| 10 | I mean which is the norm now more or less is n't it but he 's I think the third youngest in his class too most of his friends that he brings home are all nine already . |
| 11 | I mean we 're the mugs are n't we really ? |
| 12 | I mean we were the first show to put Demis Roussos on . |
| 13 | Er well er perhaps not , but what 's the , I mean what 's the context in wh wh which people quote that saying ? |
| 14 | Quite so it 's about feeling you 're going to make a fool of yourself , I mean what 's the feeling when you come in and you sit down first thing in the morning you look all round at the other eleven people |
| 15 | and I mean what 's the link between Hitler and communism ? |
| 16 | I mean what 's the position with ? |
| 17 | I mean what 's the hassle there ? |
| 18 | they , they still have n't got any , as you say they have n't got anything to eat , I mean what 's the point of you putting |
| 19 | Yeah , well what 's it , I mean what 's the . |
| 20 | Well I mean what 's the alternative ? |
| 21 | he gets sixty-three years , you know , I mean what 's the use of keeping a bugger like that for sixty-three years , it 's bloody ridiculous , in n it ? |
| 22 | I mean what is the wage policy for that country ? |
| 23 | I mean what is the point of saying he 's going to better us yet all he 's doing is pointing out these follies . |
| 24 | I mean what is the purpose of all this , bringing the cost of living down — I do n't know , a thousand things that politicians pride themselves on doing — it seems to me that they all should be taking second place to the lives that up and coming generations are going to live . |
| 25 | I mean what are the essential differences between European local erm county systems and and |
| 26 | I mean what are the vouchers gon na be for ? |
| 27 | But but these guarantees , I mean what are the upsides of them , what are the good points of them ? |
| 28 | Wha , what , why , I mean what were the circumstances ? |
| 29 | What was erm how , how badly was the south by affected by the Japanese , I mean what were the peasants likely to have gone through in the last few years ? |
| 30 | Why , I mean what was the problem with them ? |