Example sentences of "[vb base] i [verb] [pron] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ Somewhere , ’ Lee said , ‘ I do n't know where — in Africa , I think — there dwell two tribes , close to one another — I mean I think their assumed boundaries could well be adjacent — who hold diametrically opposed attitudes to the birth of twins . |
2 | Well well I say I rang them first time . |
3 | And the angel said unto them , ‘ Fear not , for behold I bring you good tidings of great joy , which shall be to all people . |
4 | I wear I wear my big ones , my t you know the ones I wore for erm our party ? |
5 | Remember I asked you this morning to just just after lunch to jot down what it was that you need to improve on just as you 're setting the clock just say something like by the end of this talk I 'd like you to congratulate me on having moved around a bit more having not put me hands in me pockets , whatever it might be . |
6 | and remember I gave you this word , that was suc succours |
7 | I know I saw it this morning it 's really smart is n't it ? |
8 | But you know I mean our oldest resident is a hundred and two . |
9 | And we had our hiccups and we had all sorts of you know difficult moments for all of us where we all had to face ourselves and You know I remember my little boy said , Oh Mum y what about my Christmas you know I was putting a lot of time into the the striker 's Christmas and he said how do you become a striker 's child ? |
10 | Er er , you know I told you that thingy ? |
11 | I know I had it this morning |
12 | Yeah I know I know I owe you ninety-nine P . |
13 | Anyway , you know I have my good days and when I do I like to get up and sit by the fire for a while . ’ |
14 | ‘ I 'll have you know I choose my casual clothes with great care . |
15 | I know I give you three pound one week . |
16 | ‘ That was straight talk I gave you that time , shamus . |
17 | I think I met his persian cat once , during a persian cat fair in Paris . |
18 | No , I did n't , I , I think I wore it one day we walked to er , house , we walked round the shops . |
19 | I think I told you some months ago that I would be asking you to consider that |
20 | Now I think I told you last time that er the whole time me and Anne had been together , we 're not drinkers . |
21 | So , I write , as well as this diary , some of my new novel ( a killer , this one , dealing as it does with post-Holocaust survivors ' guilt ; why do I set myself these agonies ? ) and start pinch-hitting for Gloria Hunniford on Radio Two . |
22 | Do I owe you some money ? |
23 | Oh , do I owe you any money ? |
24 | How do I give her that sense ? |
25 | Do I offer her some piece of information in return ? |
26 | I left them together while I went to make some coffee , and when I came back into the room , Shanti was saying , ‘ Patsy , where do I get my big feet from ? |
27 | Do I play my old songs ? |
28 | How do I find my local clinic ? |
29 | How do I find my local clinic ? |
30 | I wish I had my woolly hat on , not my straw one . |