Example sentences of "[prep] [pron] [pron] [verb] i [verb] " in BNC.

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1 Oh that 's good I could n't you see it 's very difficult for me you know I have to look up there I can never distinguish one one one call from another .
2 Meanwhile , the Consul-General at Florence , Mr Wakefield-Harrey , whom I had first met in Tripoli , stayed with in Florence and met once more in Rome for the Chamberlain-Mussolini talks , had sent me a long Miltonic poem ( for these slightly underemployed officials in remote places often took to authorship as an alternative to the bottle ) about which he begged me to seek Eliot 's opinion .
3 But when she takes a step towards me I find I 've crossed the kitchen to meet her .
4 ‘ Forgive me , Mr Tucker , but despite everything I think I understand my husband better than you . ’
5 However , I said I would try so I put on my best uniform , nicely pressed , and as I paraded in front of him I said I had turned up the hem of my skirt and did he think it was too short ?
6 ‘ After 13 years of it I knew I wanted to go into painting full-time , ’ he said .
7 But looking at some still pictures of it I reckon I made a mistake early on which could have denied ‘ Obbo ’ of scoring a more orthodox try .
8 The particular songs of his which affect me have helped me to understand what I ultimately want to make of my music , and what I 'm failing to make of my music .
9 If you remember , you were quite specific in your requirements of what you wanted me to wear . ’
10 ‘ Although much of what he did I applaud , not everything that my predecessor did will I emulate , ’ Mr Dinkins replied .
11 Well , like her I think I 've got brains and , at 19 , I 'd also like a career .
12 I 'm thrilled — but for one which says I play Joyce Grenfell Jewish !
13 And when the girl came with them I says I think I 'll take them all if you can them .
14 I lived there for eighteen months with someone I thought I loved , indeed who I did , do , no , did love . ’
15 Erm to be honest with you I think I 've binned them now cos I cleaned up me room .
16 As they they got fed up with it I suppose I du n no er .
17 ‘ But being brought up in a strictly Christian home , I 'm so disgusted with myself I feel I 've got to hide it and atone for it with ‘ good works ’ . ’
18 last year 's individual with us he had I think he had he had five A levels of which four were grade A and one was greed B grade B.
19 As the clouds of imminent civil war gathered , Pelham hastened back to Hull where he later wrote : ‘ I kept the King out of Hull when he came in person ( although I had not such instructions from the House ) — where was a very great magazine in which I suppose I saved the State above £100,000 …
20 The area in which I feel I know the least is that of inverts .
21 I got this job in the machine sh in one of the lock shops and er for a fellow , I worked for him and er after I 'd been working for him they wanted me to work for somebody else but this fellow would n't let me go .
22 And I said to them I said I watched a film last night called Savage Sea .
23 They seemed to be mostly line-and-wash with an occasional burst of colour , and even when I got close to them I found I had to concentrate to see what they were about .
24 And she said to me what did I think of the idea of taking Pete back .
25 They did n't talk to me I mean I did talk to they because
26 So he said erm I said to the woman I went to the court this morning so he said when you explain to me he said I 've got money in my pockets cos I borrowed it from dad tha he said I owed sixty two pound so he said I said to the woman in the court how can I pay this the sixty two pounds when you 've frozen my account ?
27 A hectic programme for the 18-year-old : ‘ I may have played a little too much rugby this season but I so enjoy playing , and I try not to say ‘ no ’ to anyone who invites me to play .
28 I nursed my damaged finger , and showed it to anyone who wanted me to join in the rough stuff .
29 I found the uncles and their wives , and the cousins , too , who were respectively scruffy and stuffy , trying and used to dread the annual get-together — though now I thought back to it it seemed I 'd always enjoyed it in the event .
30 Now when did the I suppose the credit card they brought but as to what you say I mean the , these , these repossessions it 's not the fact they ca n't afford the mortgage .
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