Example sentences of "[noun sg] i [verb] [n mass] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Q : In that case I imagine people will flee Darcy 's Utopia in droves . |
| 2 | I was only going to say Chairman I wish people would n't band the figures around the council chamber which nobody has seen before therefore ca n't assess . |
| 3 | I said to mum I said works out that I get it |
| 4 | ‘ Of course I have staff , but they 'll be busy with sheep or cattle work , or attending to deer . ’ |
| 5 | I see a set of conclusions that achieve almost everything that was demanded at that time and I am grateful to everybody concerned who 's actually sat down and actually really thought about what we 're trying to do and everybody has made some compromise here and I shall certainly support this amendment and I shall make the compromise because the one thing in here that I thought was necessary that is n't there is the statement that there will be a head of centre and having actually worked in a project , head of sorry , head of project and having actually worked in a situation where I was a joint manager erm in the long run I think people will see the the wisdom of of a single head of project . |
| 6 | There may come a time when I ca n't find any new records that I like — and I certainly could n't fake it — but at the moment I relish people putting their hands round the door and saying , ‘ You call that music ? ! ’ . |
| 7 | There may come a time when I ca n't find any new records that I like — and I certainly could n't fake it — but at the moment I relish people putting their hands round the door and saying , ‘ You call that music ? ! ’ . |
| 8 | We had Friday afternoons off and for that job I got £16 a week . " |
| 9 | I suppose I could if I could pull the machine out and were , were the pipe goes over into the waste I mean people do that in the Isle of Wight are n't they , were they 've got to , need |
| 10 | I find it quite disheartening because every day I meet people who 've become infected and people who are still taking risks so I find that quite worrying . |
| 11 | I mean there 's the argument I know people vary with their opinions but is it more productive on a Saturday ? |
| 12 | ‘ During 11 months on remand I saw people go on trial every day but never anyone win . |
| 13 | Last week I spent £20 on an electric kettle , which included a mains-connecting lead and comprehensive information regarding operation , safety procedures , a fault-finding guide and details of their other products . |
| 14 | The second week I lost 6lb , which was marvellous too . |
| 15 | In the first week I lost 12lb . |
| 16 | A woman I know works as a tax inspector . |
| 17 | In my role I see people suffer like you 'll never see and you call that pain . |
| 18 | I mean before they came to the centre I think people felt Save The Children only did work in countries abroad . |
| 19 | ‘ It is n't usually the first thing I tell people about myself , although the old dollies do have their ways of claiming my attention . ’ |
| 20 | It 's not the sort of thing I ask people at parties . ’ |
| 21 | And I mean whereas if I sort of came from a middle class background I think people would have thought differently of me . |
| 22 | But on the other hand I get $1000 a month tax free for five months every year , and so far in three years I have n't touched a cent of the money . |
| 23 | Whereas in reality I think people have got to take responsibility and say , this is a reasonable time for you to do it in and we will control that reasonable time . |
| 24 | There were lights in the new buildings , and from time to time I heard people shouting and laughing . |
| 25 | ( I did not earn , as Leslie imagined , three times his pay : in fact I got £200 a year , out of which I paid a pound a week income tax , a guinea a week for billeting , five shillings for transport , and the cost of meals at the cafeteria at Bletchley . |
| 26 | From that source I received fivepence . |