Example sentences of "[verb] i [verb] [pron] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Why do you think I told her those stories , the other night , about demons getting their comeuppances ? |
2 | ‘ But that said , if people feel the way they do , if you do n't think I have your best interests at heart , if we are n't all pulling together as one , then I have personally failed . |
3 | ‘ When that failed I stuffed my right hand down its throat to stop it biting and then smacked it twice between the eyes with my left . ’ |
4 | ‘ Somewhere , ’ Lee said , ‘ I do n't know where — in Africa , I think — there dwell two tribes , close to one another — I mean I think their assumed boundaries could well be adjacent — who hold diametrically opposed attitudes to the birth of twins . |
5 | Well well I say I rang them first time . |
6 | As the day of rehearsals approached I got my usual attack of the ‘ I 'll never do its ’ . |
7 | I tried I saw him one day on , I crept up in my and I took it out of the window and all I 've got is the . |
8 | I believed I owed him some debt . |
9 | ‘ Fraid I disgraced myself last night . |
10 | Er , well I 've decided I want something this year |
11 | Oh he says I make my own prawn cocktail he says at home and lettuce and |
12 | Arthur says I scratch them any way |
13 | But er , I met a chap this one day , he says well I , I saw you this morning taking milk out , he says I saw you this afternoon taking coal out , he said I see you tonight going playing tennis . |
14 | And the angel said unto them , ‘ Fear not , for behold I bring you good tidings of great joy , which shall be to all people . |
15 | ‘ I do believe I hear our wonderful boys in blue . ’ |
16 | I wear I wear my big ones , my t you know the ones I wore for erm our party ? |
17 | Right , you know your dick yeah , right you know your dick , yeah you know it 's got that slit on the very end of it , if that was n't slit I swear your whole body would be full of piss . |
18 | ‘ I was alone in this new search as I was alone when I discovered I loved my own sex . |
19 | Remember I asked you this morning to just just after lunch to jot down what it was that you need to improve on just as you 're setting the clock just say something like by the end of this talk I 'd like you to congratulate me on having moved around a bit more having not put me hands in me pockets , whatever it might be . |
20 | and remember I gave you this word , that was suc succours |
21 | I know I saw it this morning it 's really smart is n't it ? |
22 | But you know I mean our oldest resident is a hundred and two . |
23 | And we had our hiccups and we had all sorts of you know difficult moments for all of us where we all had to face ourselves and You know I remember my little boy said , Oh Mum y what about my Christmas you know I was putting a lot of time into the the striker 's Christmas and he said how do you become a striker 's child ? |
24 | Er er , you know I told you that thingy ? |
25 | I know I had it this morning |
26 | Yeah I know I know I owe you ninety-nine P . |
27 | Anyway , you know I have my good days and when I do I like to get up and sit by the fire for a while . ’ |
28 | ‘ I 'll have you know I choose my casual clothes with great care . |
29 | I know I give you three pound one week . |
30 | ‘ That was straight talk I gave you that time , shamus . |