Example sentences of "i [vb base] [pron] [adj] [noun sg] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | So I mean you mid winter wool but you can see without , it would not have the structure would it ? |
2 | The the problem that we did have , I mean my normal lecturing style until here in fact , was that I would just waffle y'know and generally do a few bits on the board and then carry on for an hour or two but the sh people were n't getting the notes down , that was the problem with that . |
3 | You see my brother Joe is wrong , he should have , he 's a workaholic , and they 're doing sixteen hours a day and they 're working , can you imagine , and I mean my youngest brother Brad who 's working with him said er Joe do n't stop , a week , no a fortnight la , a fortnight last Sunday they had to put a not air conditioning yeah it is air conditioning unit in Smith 's in Staines and they had to whatever happens they had to get it working for the next day , it 's got to be in and working and they worked all day , my brother , my eldest brother Derek weld it for nine hours non stop , to the point where Brad our , my younger brother and Joe had |
4 | Come up now , I make you some bush tea and you will feel better . ’ |
5 | Oh he says I make my own prawn cocktail he says at home and lettuce and |
6 | I make my own purse nets but some of good quality can be bought from all well-stocked gunshops . |
7 | But I want me Dirty Dancing tape back . |
8 | Just ask the old girls to make their and say well I want your National Insurance numbers ? |
9 | That I break his miserable china duck . |
10 | So , much against my better judgement , I put my own shopping bag on top of his mother 's trolley and picked him up . |
11 | I meet my European Community colleagues often . |
12 | I give him two barm cakes and we had one each and before we 'd finished , started our second half of our one , he 'd ate the two , give him a custard and he 'd ate it |
13 | He said well I give you that Avenger estate he said cos I thought you were building your house , that 'll be handy for you you know yeah you did and you let me down badly ! |
14 | This was such a success that now , as she writes : ‘ I run my own design business mainly designing kitchens in appropriate styles for period properties , my most challenging having been a ‘ Gothic ’ kitchen … |
15 | McAllister put down her brush , placed her hands on her hips in the manner of every recalcitrant servant and said aggressively , with the hint of a twinkle in her eye , ‘ And what would Miss Mates say if I neglect my early morning duties ? ’ |
16 | I still possess a tape-recording of a news report I made for Irish radio in which — to a background of Palestinian rifle fire — I hear my own voice informing listeners in the furthest villages of County Mayo that they are listening to ‘ the last shots of the Lebanese civil war ’ . |
17 | I know your local authority craftsmen and I have as you 're aware , just taken over the responsibilities and that is the first meeting that I had , that was why also there 's nothing in the report , because I thought I had a conference of people I had not spoken to the shop stewards I did n't have a f a feedback prior to the closing date of the report being concluded for print so I do and I have |
18 | I base that simply on what I know my own district County Council 's current budget . |
19 | I LIKE THEE DIPLOMATIC CREW ARRANGEMENTS |
20 | I like my lovely older-fashioned mahogany . |
21 | When I get my first wage packet let's blow it on an outing somewhere . |
22 | But it it might be worth if if I outline my own office view |
23 | I reckon our own world champs Field Marshal Montgomery would have done a much better job . |
24 | Boy used to think , I suppose we both work nights , really , it 's no wonder we 're as tired as each other , we 've been up working all night . |
25 | And , Carol , I suppose your spare time activities are largely taken up with your family these days ? |
26 | The battery on the ‘ bus ’ showed signs of dying and border guards were suspicious — I suppose my long telephoto lens did look a bit like an anti-tank gun ! |
27 | I suppose our earliest training course was held in the early 1950's . |
28 | So I collect my own granite gravel here in Devon , from an area where it contains a rather nice orange feldspar , and is thus a warm colour rather than the usual light grey of garden centre granite . |
29 | that particular word one way I use it one way mum uses it one way and er |
30 | I use my own life history very much as a case study — not to privilege my chronic disability or my particular set of life events . |