Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] i [modal v] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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1 | He made me promise I would n't say anything about it . ’ |
2 | painting the kitchen once and I got into so much trouble it took him so long to rub it all off and start again , he made me promise I 'd never touch a paint brush again but he I mean , he would definitely be able to tell you what paint he used and |
3 | One girl was a hard , chain-smoking sales machine letting me know I could not set up a multi-national congress without multi-national advertising . |
4 | I regret I can not give the correct pronunciation of the Gaelic names of the mountains : I never mastered them , adopting instead roughly similar English equivalents ; thus , for example , Ceathreamhnan to me was Chrysanthemum … |
5 | I regret I can not give the petitioner relief . |
6 | But I regret I can not agree with some of the reasoning in the judgments . |
7 | Same way , one of the words about I mean I 'll just read it to you . |
8 | Yes , see who I mean I ca n't think of anybody who 's in the reserves who could do any better than the lot that are in , in at the moment . |
9 | but briar to that we 've got this game show , you know , a bit like er Blind Date and I mean I ca n't stand them any way , and I 'm thinking I have n't got the patience in the morning when I 've got dinners to put up and I 've got them to get going |
10 | I mean I ca n't stand Rik what 's his surname Maio ? |
11 | I mean I ca n't walk around holding it it 's a bit annoying . |
12 | I mean I ca n't go until I get a key |
13 | Should 've sorted out I mean I ca n't go up , I ca n't go up and give him any more help cos I 'm working tonight and tomorrow night . |
14 | No I can get the but I mean I ca n't go , I can go like and go and that 's it . |
15 | Well I do n't know I mean I ca n't answer for them . |
16 | I mean I ca n't give them anything cos I have n't got anything ! |
17 | review with them where they 're at , record how they 're doing , you know tra , I mean I ca n't tell them to do that , but actually ask them to spend five or ten minutes each session talking to different pupils and what they 've been doing and you know even if it 's a personal timetable some people wo n't get into it but it 's you know , trying to get them to be what are tutors are , you know , I 'd like them to do . |
18 | We have things like appraisals to do , she has e I mean I ca n't tell you , all I can is I 'm working at the side of her , she works all the time , she 's very fast , she 's very intelligent . |
19 | erm I mean I ca n't tell you off the top of my head , but I would like to know how many erm career advisory erm people actually help girls to direct their career . |
20 | I mean I ca n't afford to take care |
21 | She 's only fifteen , I mean I ca n't believe it , I . |
22 | I mean I ca n't take them off I ca n't cancel them off . |
23 | I mean I ca n't remember really but I should say he 'd probably be about six foot two or three . |
24 | I mean I ca n't remember when we last had a frost . |
25 | Yes , I I mean I ca n't remember they and the and . |
26 | I mean I ca n't see the government allowing a building society to actually get into erm er a case of insolvency , I think it , the , the , I think the Building Society Association would force a merger , but it may be on very poor terms or er you know , whatever . |
27 | I mean really I mean I ca n't see that before Monday |
28 | My input over there together with erm who did it last time ? erm Norfolk and Stafford the A L O from Norfolk and Stafford erm whatsisname from Stafford so I mean I ca n't see why we ca n't |
29 | Whether they have too much or what they have but , I mean they 're just they just think everybody owes them something , and it 's like Neil , I mean , to me I mean I ca n't see why he ca n't get off his backside and go and work in a supermarket but it 's not the job they want , the same answer I said |
30 | If you have them you know I mean I ca n't see , I mean you wear your trousers baggyish and long . |