Example sentences of "[noun pl] [conj] [pers pn] [verb] i [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One of Crossman 's cardinal convictions was that Britain was run not as a democracy but as an oligarchy — and that view of his was perhaps partially reflected in my own youthful outburst against the essentially incestuous relationship between politicians and journalists that I thought I had discovered even within the people 's party . |
| 2 | I 've always been fond of animals and it interests me to have them about to look at . |
| 3 | You 've got your doubts and you know I 've had my doubts right from the |
| 4 | The reason I am interested is that at that time I was off work for six months and I suspected I had the illness . |
| 5 | They used to be Bangor fans but I think I have won them over to Glentoran . ’ |
| 6 | I stopped going after six months because I felt I 'd resolved my immediate problem , and it had become a drag and an effort , largely because I had a problem with the silences . |
| 7 | A few months after I left I met someone else and we had a wonderful relationship for a few months , but then guilt reared its ugly head and Marie persuaded me to go back because I 'd left her with two children . |
| 8 | She said Monday night I , er I do n't know whether we 've done the right thing by booking this holiday she said , I 'm thinking about the travelling in the air , it 'll be in travelling for eleven hours so she said I do n't know how I 'll be , I said it 's no use looking at it like that Alice now |
| 9 | Those erm erm fuchsias that we bought I reckon they 've doubled in size . |
| 10 | They might stop me having visitors if they think I reduce them to tears . |
| 11 | In my day well every man had an allowance er and we bought our own provisions but every man er they were supposed to be by the commissioners but you got I think seven and six pence a day each man got seven and six pence and we clubbed that money together and bought our provisions er like that . |
| 12 | I 've done my exams and I think I 've done well in them . |
| 13 | A nurse came in and asked for my X-rays and I remembered I had forgotten them . |
| 14 | It 's not simply a matter of defying conventions although I admit I have been strictly brought up and I think it would break my parents ’ hearts if ever they came to know I was living with a man who was not my husband . |
| 15 | She had said obstinately : ‘ I do n't see why he should chuck his weapons once he knows I 've got nothing . ’ |
| 16 | Now they have aerial wires attached to the masts and they made me think they must intend to use her for some sort of electronic surveillance . |
| 17 | With Keith , I fell head over heels in love with him from the first time we met , and I 'd only been going out with him two weeks and he asked me to get engaged . |
| 18 | ‘ I told the IFA that if we got to the World Cup finals and they wanted me to stay on I would and if we did not qualify I would stand down , ’ says Bingham . |
| 19 | I 'll give you two oranges if you let me take your photo . ’ |
| 20 | I know my body bulge is in the wrong places and I know I have signs of ageing , I was reminded even this morning by a close friend about my grey hairs , which I do n't give too hoops about |
| 21 | So this morning the fat little chap in the long white coat who was sorting us out in the Dean 's Office said I 'd better come along here for a few days until they got me organized with another partner . |
| 22 | ‘ I am capable of setting myself targets and I know I have the self-discipline to attain them . |
| 23 | She was saying four years four years and I said I 've not had it four years |
| 24 | If you go to see this football club to watch the football match , you are not allowed to park on the grass verge outside because the police do n't let you but if you go to a car boot sale at the football club the next day the cars , the grass verge is littered with cars cos it 's Sunday presumably and the police are not allowed to enforce on it so I do think that some of the traffic problems maybe need to be more carefully reinforced to stop this , you know , to stop the dealers you 're not going tyo these places but you know I think you do need to , you do need to , to regulate them but please , you know , do n't let's push them out altogether . |
| 25 | I do n't know about other artists but I know I have this urge to chronicle everything . |
| 26 | So we really do have to fight fiercely , and to do that , of course , erm one of the things that we do I think most effectively is to bring waves of foreign journalists here to write about how beautiful erm Britain is and indeed into your area , into the Oxford area , erm we 've got the Canadian T V crew coming next week , who 'll be filming and erm making erm documentary films for Canadian T V , which should be screened fairly quickly . |
| 27 | It it 's one of those unfortunate things that I mean I think we 've we 've got to look around and see what we can do about . |
| 28 | A week ago I did n't know what to learn and now there 's so many things that I know I want to learn . |
| 29 | Everyone loves me for the very things that you want me to cover up ! |
| 30 | Nearby the sea terns and eider ducks were nesting , the ducks beautifully camouflaged , sitting tight as long as they could , then moving quickly to reveal eggs of a gorgeous sage green looking so warm in their nest of breast feathers that it made me long for the comforts of my sleeping bag . |