Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] i [modal v] [vb infin] i " in BNC.
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| 1 | I mean I must admit I 've looked at some other flats . |
| 2 | No I 'd just be , I mean I must admit I 've , I 've not really seen one for years and years and years . |
| 3 | I mean I could do I think they 're fascinating and important — but I would prefer instead actually to talk about Darwinism Darwin as a biologist , rather than Darwin as a philosopher or as a influencer of morals and religious beliefs and so on . |
| 4 | in some ways to though , I mean I can understand I think people , some people |
| 5 | If I tried I suspect I 'd find I could n't articulate the words . |
| 6 | I find it I find I must say I find it difficult to understand why you find it difficult to understand that they they chose that particular route . |
| 7 | I mean you 've got to try and keep yourself afloat , and then even that 's not going to help you , if nobody comes along and picks you up either , so I mean that But I mean I I did n't Oh well I Suppose I could say I gave up hope a few times but obviously if you s The struggle to survive comes through in the long run , and I mean it 's it 's not easy to give up hope , |
| 8 | I thought no I thought I 'll reason I 've got a big box I thought two weeks , cracked it . |
| 9 | Got a got a pair of twos there ee by heck ! for four and a pair is six well I think I 'll have I 'm afraid two eights , two o , two eights , two tens and then nine did n't ask for that but I had to throw a pair of twos away for that and go in there you go . |
| 10 | Well I think I , I think I 'll stick I 'll stick , stick by the issue then yes . |
| 11 | Well really , looks like I 've only done two each but I think I 'll freeze I 'll only cut two up lovely ! |
| 12 | If I were Mrs Douglas and had put up with years of a philandering , self-important husband I think I might consider I was more deserving than him of the luxury away-from-it-all fortnight 's vacation . |
| 13 | It depends which relief road we 're talking about , but I think I would accept I mean I can accept the point that er Mr is making about er the relative er benefits in terms of traffic relief afforded by either an inner northern route or an outer northern route . |
| 14 | I think I should regard me with the contempt with which I myself regard the more vulgar visitors . ’ |
| 15 | Where we could ideally then I think I 'd move I Saw Three Ships , if if this is anything like the order , |
| 16 | ‘ I think I can say I 'm a tolerant man , ’ he said , not without a trace of smugness . |
| 17 | I think I can say I walked the best part of the rivers in my district . ’ |
| 18 | But I think I can say I had some of my happiest times in the army . |
| 19 | the end of the last straw you see , so I went in the Co-Op and I felt really , really fed up , I said I oh I said I could cry I said because I 've tried so hard I said not for lending you money I said , I 'm not meant to have any sodding luck so got a couple of bits and I really could n't get me act together and on the Tuesday dad 's gone in hospital with that fit , so I was thinking of him a lot and I thought I do n't know dad , you know I 'm sure , I 'm sure that he were n't gon na come out when he went in there , I thought they were gon na bloody find something with you boy and that would be it , so I come home here and I ai n't done no work , so I started off for work , both sitting here bloody bawling cos this house looked like shit , spoke to me sister on the phone and er I felt a bit better so I thought oh I 'd start doing the tree , so I pulled it all to bits in here , got the polish and duster out , put all the bread and everything for Alan 's sandwiches , it 'd be about oh , about half past twelve and the bloody phone went it was mum , she said Lyn do you think you can come up to the hospital with me , cos I 've got no transport and so I said what 's up then mum ? |
| 20 | So I thought now what do I say , do I drop myself in it or do I say well that was n't , that was Roy , I said well you know I said I must admit I said I I 'm sorry so erm then Roy said well that battery he said was me he said I , I borrowed Geoff 's car again and look the battery fell over in it so I 'm gon na help him er then I sa , a piece of that bloody great went across our French doors and this , there 's a went across |
| 21 | I said I must admit I 'm quite happy here . |
| 22 | I said I 'd phone me up . |
| 23 | ‘ I wish I could say I was worried by the thought . |
| 24 | And they told me my flat 's and go , you know I can move I 'm gon na pack everything before even a house comes through . |
| 25 | So she said I 'll do I 'll sort it out straight away for you well I had a phone call at |
| 26 | She said I must mention I 've had a few more deliveries from Ercol So we walked into the living room . |