Example sentences of "[verb] i [verb] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You know , I do n't think I saw a single frame . ’ |
| 2 | The angle of the lamp cord on the bar made me think I saw a hearing-aid cable extending from Fielding 's ear . |
| 3 | ‘ I do n't think I had a great deal to do with it . ’ |
| 4 | I use to dread going in to work — in the two years I worked for the Inland Revenue I do not think I worked a full month — and in the end I left . |
| 5 | Listen honey , d' you think I lead a sheltered life ? |
| 6 | They realised I told a better story when I was composed . |
| 7 | I do n't mean I could do it myself , not straight away , I just mean I get a great sense of comradeship with these people . |
| 8 | I mean I get a few things in every week that , you know that you need , that you know er I go out on Monday and get everything else for the week like washing powder , and that sort of thing but u for food , I just get it every day . |
| 9 | You I mean you , you criticize him but I mean I know a few people who , who he |
| 10 | Joe and I mean I come a long way and they said he told them I wan na pop in Friday morning before we go He was surprised He said well I were n't surprised , I said but er you know I want a name yeah well , he just said well I ca n't he ca n't fault me on anything . |
| 11 | It is quite a lot to read I mean I read a short story last week . |
| 12 | That 's in the oh a lot of people did , oh yes , lot of people spent the money but I was one of the fortunate ones I had a little bit left because I mean I was , er I was very lucky myself , I mean I had a decent job at that time from time I left school and when I was on the dredging plant , I mean you take er in nineteen twenty five when er a schoolboy left school , his money was about ten shillings a week as an errand boy but I was one of the fortunate being a cabin boy on the dredger , I was getting thirty five shillings a week which was a lot of money and then after a few months they , I , they wanted another deck hand , so of course I went on there on four pound a week and then I was well off . |
| 13 | Oh yeah , I mean I had a horrible time with him for some time and it just , just |
| 14 | You see it 's it 's high whereas I mean I bought a high bed , but even my bed 's not as high as that . |
| 15 | Things have been patched up between us by Lord Coleworthy , who likes me and thinks I do a good job . |
| 16 | In order not to freeze I installed a wood-burning stove . |
| 17 | I have to pick it up , she said oh that 's good , as I say I had a brilliant interview when the other members of staff come Steve and erm , I forget what the girl 's name was , but she 's already had a |
| 18 | Erm I say I enclose a short story for your consideration . |
| 19 | Tell them if e'er I found a straggling Ewe , |
| 20 | But everyone says I have a nice complexion . |
| 21 | Mother says I have a true feeling for medicine . " |
| 22 | I was so close to these birds , they were like friends , and it seemed I had a personal responsibility towards them . |
| 23 | Whether I pay or go free , whatever the cost , I will not let it be said I killed a decent man to keep him from accusing me . |
| 24 | As results get worse , I still manage to bluff the board into believing I have a long-term strategy that will see us pulling away from the bottom within weeks . |
| 25 | The evening before the diagnosis was made I had a double whisky and developed sneezing and rhinitis , but on this occasion I developed severe bronchospasm within a few minutes . |
| 26 | When I turned I saw a long patch of the fluorescent dye that the Germans carried staining the sea a light yellow-green but could not pick out the pilot . |
| 27 | And I said , you must realize I 've a small company , and that 's , in one respect that I 've had to send those conditions because you 're failing to meet the agreed thirty days payment ! |
| 28 | You 've got all the you 've got I think a hundred voices . |
| 29 | As soon as the off-licence opened I bought a dozen cans of Norseman lager , hefting the packs under my arm as I went off to find a quiet corner of the station where I could guzzle them in peace . |
| 30 | If it was , I reckoned I had a few minutes while he walked back there . |