Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] i [vb mod] [vb infin] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I said to Bev erm do n't mean to say , I mean I might get home and find she 's got a phone call but she said to me yes I mean we , she did think of going out yesterday , and it was me that stopped it but if I feel so inclined today we 'll go down if she 's in |
| 2 | Well I mean I 'll check now if you want |
| 3 | I mean I 'd prefer really to find a teenager . |
| 4 | Not not not a great deal I mean I 'd like possibly to try and stay in erm the field of archaeology to some |
| 5 | I mean that 's the only thing in here you ca n't put I mean I could do away with me birds and have another single chair standing there , but it shortens your room |
| 6 | I mean I could say well I could go on a diet , but , er and keep on this sort of thing like Margaret does you know |
| 7 | I mean I could say well like Elsie I could say ooh well I mean she comes , she leaves him I mean nine o'clock in the morning |
| 8 | They said it all had to be processed so it 's gon na have to go bef but I mean I will get very angry if that gets taken any further cos it 's ridiculous , is n't it ? |
| 9 | the same thing got the same make , I mean I can say well this is cheaper we 'll you know |
| 10 | I mean I can get obviously personal references |
| 11 | A lot of the operations now I do I think I can do better that I 'm now seeing detail that I never saw before with the naked eye . |
| 12 | I just wanted to s erm congratulate er whoever it was and put together the curriculum er programme which secured the three quarters of a million pound for all those which will I , I think I can understand extremely competitive and I would like to erm give credit to there because that will be enormously for the business which will give proper jobs er which is er very useful to the environment and , and , and really just to record erm that , that particular er success . |
| 13 | After that , I realised I 'd get nowhere thinking about you , ’ he continued , ‘ so I immersed myself in my construction company . |
| 14 | ‘ We must be true with one another or I fear I shall go quite … ’ |
| 15 | And it was well I I felt I need I 'll see tomorrow but |
| 16 | But I expect I shall learn quite a lot . |
| 17 | I found I would eat as much of the unrestricted foods as I wanted and I still steadily lost weight . |
| 18 | All the shops and cafés were sheltered under the arcades , and I found I could walk almost the entire length and breadth of the village under cover . |
| 19 | But I found I could communicate better with men . |
| 20 | Right that 's , that 's , that 's lovely Ian anyway thanks very much for seeing me this evening erm well as I say I 'll go away and prepare some figures and then I 'll , I 'll see you what , what say Wednesday next week ? |
| 21 | I promised I 'd ring home as soon as I arrived yesterday , but somehow … with all the mix-up … |
| 22 | I hope , I imagine I should say perhaps , that this is the last day on which the County Council will be represented formally at the enquiry . |
| 23 | Let it if not tomorrow , be on Friday — I protest I will stay no longer . |
| 24 | I hope I 'll do so , but I must confess that I tend to go and make a pot of tea whenever election coverage starts on the TV . |
| 25 | I think I do it because I 'm so depressed by the poor performance of professional investment managers in the city , and I hope I can do better than they can . |
| 26 | I vowed I would do better for him , but no doubt overlooked some of the conditions relating to repeat performances and foreign rights . |
| 27 | ‘ It is the sort of place I know I can do well at , but it is also an unusual sort of circuit too . |
| 28 | ‘ I know I can direct just as badly as the people who made all those clinkers with me , ’ he joked . |
| 29 | It 's another question as to whether I can do it on stage , but at least it happened , at least I know I can get there if I really try hard enough . ’ |
| 30 | I know I can play much better , ’ he said after only five official matches ( and one win ) in 10 years . |