Example sentences of "[vb base] [pers pn] [vb past] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In a recent catalogue of a large funeral directors ' suppliers firm I counted 309 embalming preparations . |
| 2 | I mean I got that with my interview at I should be grateful if you would |
| 3 | I mean I got that one , see it ? |
| 4 | Then also , he also gave me I mean I got hundred percent mortgage which you are allowed on , I mean the law says er t the chance to buy so therefore you do n't have to have a deposit . |
| 5 | I did n't get involve with it , I mean I got involved in it and I did it |
| 6 | But I 'm not sure that 's right I just , I mean I spent three years |
| 7 | I mean I thought that migration was the er , would be the cure of all ills , in that , you know , we 've got wage differentials here in this , in this hypothetical economy . |
| 8 | Well I was hoping it 'd be interesting I mean I thought this was one of the key things at the training day I went to and I picked |
| 9 | I mean I I really could of a I mean I hired that ladder just to do about six foot either side . |
| 10 | I mean I had that go with her . |
| 11 | I mean I had two yesterday erm and it goes on and on and on and erm I just feel that erm it 's unfair of anybody to say that the church is n't doing anything . |
| 12 | Here all up here , here in my arms I mean I had seven week physiotherapy on this arm , it 's |
| 13 | I mean I bought one or two pair of clogs when I was on the dredger and we 'd take the iro iron piece off underneath , that 's just like a , a shoe what a horse have , like go round the |
| 14 | You see it , I mean I pointed that out , like now . |
| 15 | As it was , I mean I found another chocolate gateau under those Christmas tree cakes . |
| 16 | But I mean I lost half the conversation , they wondered what was going on . |
| 17 | No , no messing , I mean I did that ages ago and I , i , it just arrived ! |
| 18 | I mean I did that , I mean it , it , er , er , at Exmouth when they all measured er , they had an extra window like and I sort of you know , do you want , you know |
| 19 | Well I mean I did those pilot appraisals |
| 20 | I mean I remembered some of it , I , I remember hearing something that she 'd given some bits downstairs |
| 21 | Animal welfare groups want them outlawed all together . |
| 22 | Forget I said that . |
| 23 | But I say I went all day without nothing to eat bloody starved . |
| 24 | Say I got mugged and keep it all . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | anyway the girl said well I 'll ring first to see where you get your application form she , and the , Sue phoned and was on the other end and I said oh you should apparently you 've got have erm , er , application form and Mrs going to send you one , I said is that Mrs on the line she said is that Mrs speaking , she said yeah , I said will you tell it 's Mrs she said oh , well , tell Mrs she 's no need to apply I 've got all her details and she is being looked at , you know , we are looking into it anyway erm , as I say I had this letter just after Christmas to say that there was a job coming up at the Mencap at Wellingborough Road , Rushden , and I was being selected and erm would I go up for the informal interview on the Monday and the formal interview at the hospital the next morning , so I went up got the first person there and er she , she , it 's a new , it 's an old house but they 've done it all up and there all papers on the floor and then she said oh I think I 'll pick these up Ir Irene , I said oh call me Joy everybody does and she said alright , OK , I said oh I 'll help you so of course I said , I went straight down with her on the floor picking all these papers up and she , and when the next person come she said poor old Joy ai n't even got in the door and that 's it , she 's already working and she said I can see you 're like me Joy you 'll do a job when you see it 's got ta be done , I said I 've always been the same , I ca n't , I ca n't see a spoon or a bit of paper laying on the floor |
| 27 | right , you go upstairs , pick up the most expensive article they 've got and then you go downstairs to the customer relations department and say I bought this article yesterday and say , and , and I 'm afraid |
| 28 | If , if you buy a p a new pair of shoes and realize they 're faulty and you go back the next day and say I bought these shoes from you yesterday , I 've still got my receipt , I believe the shoes are faulty , can I have my money back ? |
| 29 | ‘ But at the end of the day , I can look at myself in the mirror and say I gave 100 per cent . |
| 30 | Since then I I 've like say I missed ten Fridays yeah ? |