Example sentences of "[noun sg] [pron] [verb] i " in BNC.

  Previous page   Next page
No Sentence
31 As I start painting the statue I realise I am going to have a problem .
32 As I start painting the statue I realise I am going to have a problem .
33 When I had a lock that was sticking what did I blow What powder I did I blow into the lock to make it work better ?
34 Yeah it wo n't I mean , that wo n't stay on for an hour I mean I 've literally had a hot bath put the water on , you know , af it goes off at nine o'clock in the morning put that radiator , put that button on to reset the hot water for five minutes it 's bo boilers lit up ten minutes and then it 's gone off
35 I need bereavement , blackmail , earthquake , leprosy , injury , penury I think I 'll try stress .
36 I du n no , right let me do this and then I 'll have a look I mean I 've got to do this because I 'm not sure of it ,
37 Of course I wish I was a boy .
38 Of course I said I did . ’
39 ‘ Of course I know I ca n't change things in half an hour .
40 Of course I know I 'm not a boy .
41 Of course I know I 'm not crazy .
42 Of course I heard I 've heard all the arguments about co-opting , but I 'll tell the Noble Lord , Lord MacIntosh this that who 's going to do the co-opting , those who are already on the police authority
43 I hope you know how many years you 'll get for this said P C Garfield , of course I do I 'm not stupid .
44 When I find a guitar I like I 'll just buy multiples of that exact one !
45 Well , having talked about my interest in , in popular literature I suppose I should begin by saying I do n't much like the distinction between good literature and pulp literature but , on the other hand , I do accept that it has a function .
46 Er cos er my son-in-law I mean I put on the form right I 've got no children right .
47 With what little money I had I would try to wear unusual suits or hats , learning a combination of subtlety and the unexpected in order to gain attention .
48 Yes , when we came out here I 'll never forget Mark , not even saying thank you , not , not even for raising the money I mean I would n't expect that from the parishioners , that 's what we should be trying to do , but even for the food and that , till erm Kitty and and the way he got up then and said it , most ungraciously
49 Any money I earn I spend on myself or my lovers .
50 Well I saw this present I thought I could find it sort of erm well I suppose I would off everywhere .
51 So the first opportunity I had I left Bradley 's and went back to the Lock so it 'd been war direction , war service we asked and it counted as me service with the Lock , that I had n't interrupted me service being as I was directed so that 's how I say I had fifty years at the Lock .
52 Well I 've got quite a lot of experience I mean I 've
53 Mainly from my my M F I experience as a retail salesman I mean I dealt with contractors erm that for instance you know did up did up complete complexes bought loads of kitchens and bedrooms and that type of thing let er letting companies
54 And before the end of the first term everyone knew me as crocodile .
55 The first time i spotted a puffin I thought I was seeing things .
56 At first glance I thought I was looking at a cross between a gibbon and a goat .
57 Not not not a great deal I mean I 'd like possibly to try and stay in erm the field of archaeology to some
58 You ca n't beat a wet shave I find I find I mean people have said that oh having a wet shave makes my face sore and things like that .
59 Consciousness I love me more , I love him less
60 From my attic bedroom I thought I surveyed the world .
  Previous page   Next page