Example sentences of "i [verb] [n mass] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When I meet people who are HIV positive or who have got AIDS , I am always surprised at how positive they are ; it 's personally inspiring for me to meet people who have thought out what they are doing about their lives and the changes they have made . |
| 2 | ‘ How do I make people speak naturally ? ’ 'What would they say here ? ’ 'What would he keep to himself there ? ’ |
| 3 | I asked Cal if it did n't make her feel like a baby . |
| 4 | I asked people if th if they would like a complimentary copy of the Saga magazine and all their brochures and they can do so by er , members like myself we 're asked from time to time , do we know any friends who would like a copy ? |
| 5 | I change 15% of the water weekly and syphon the substrate once a fortnight . |
| 6 | Do I want Flora or St Ivel Gold , is one form ; do I buy from Tesco or Sainsbury is the other . |
| 7 | The aim is to have about three suits per series — I certainly do n't want to come prancing on every week in something different , but neither do I want people to groan when they see me in the same old suit . |
| 8 | I sell people what they want . ’ |
| 9 | I made £9 profit the first year ! |
| 10 | I made £700 from it . |
| 11 | But Pete , I may be a bit of a shit mysel' and not exactly a paragon of virtues , and mebbee I 'm not what I made people think I was , but that does n't mean that it is n't true — ; the greed of the bourgeoisie , the oppression , the need to show it up for what it is . |
| 12 | So I made £70 a week . |
| 13 | When I say incomers I mean folk |
| 14 | Erm , I mean headquarters as from adminis , the administrative erm part of it I do n't know whether you saw the Barnardos This is Your Life lady |
| 15 | Its amazing how you , you came down here , but I mean duck never managed it did he ? |
| 16 | Yeah but I mean fish we we used to consider fish |
| 17 | I mean people who are sleeping in parks and doorways , in derelict buildings and under railway arches . |
| 18 | I mean people who are living in the old common lodging houses and in government resettlement units , people living in squats and dingy bed-and-breakfast hotels , and families living cooped up with their relatives because there 's nowhere else for them to go . |
| 19 | I mean people like you , whoever you are , wherever you 're from and whatever you do . |
| 20 | I mean people saw it and said , ‘ That 's not Shirley Bassey . ’ |
| 21 | By real guitarists I mean people like Hubert Sumlin , Cesar Rosas , Dave Hidalgo , Corrado Rustici , James Calvin Wilsey , and the host of mind-blowing talent there is in London alone . |
| 22 | I mean people are a bit narrow in this respect you know they do n't like people to talk about it too openly — but I do because I think it 's important but the trouble is that — erm — that 's not really systematic in the sense that I do it but how many other people do it you see . |
| 23 | The other three are subject to severe cultural condemnation and can be said to represent the non-Chewong person , by which I mean people outside the wider social universe of humans and superhumans , in effect Malays and Chinese . |
| 24 | " Goodness me , do n't start taking that as a compliment , she cares about everyone 's feelings , she 's an archetypal victim , she 's an absolute fool about other people 's feelings , and let me warn you , I may as well warn you , the more she dislikes somebody , the more somebody annoys her , the more careful she is not to hurt their feelings , in fact the only people she is ever rude to are people like me and Gabriel and Papa , I mean people she cares for enough not to worry about being fair to . |
| 25 | intended to stay , because the immediate reaction to something like that happening is n't necessarily erm , all bad , I mean people are quite glad that they are still alive and they 're quite prepared to put up with the possible fallout of the consequences of that so that they can stay in their own homes . |
| 26 | Down at about a thousand units erm you er b between ten thousand and a thousand units er you 'd suffer the symptoms of radiation sickness erm your hair would drop out and your teeth would drop out and you 'd vomit and your skin would turn a funny shade of green and and you 'd be very ill erm but you , you 'd probably recover er you might not but you , you , I mean people have actually had those sort of doses of radiation and have actually recovered er from it . |
| 27 | yes but I mean people do n't give up what they have , that 's human nature . |
| 28 | But I mean people are very kind on the whole . |
| 29 | and suddenly I mean people lived for centuries there |
| 30 | Seriously , I mean people , I 'm sure here have seen |