Example sentences of "[vb base] i [verb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He looked at me , calmly threw his jacket into the car and then launched into what I can only describe as the most unbelievable martial arts display I have ever seen . |
| 2 | The hot garlic butter sauce poured over the snails obviously has a lot to do with the success of the dish , but to those who say that that is all you taste I have always protested that the soft , salty flesh of the snail is very much part of the enjoyment . |
| 3 | In most cases that I 've dealt with and I 've f I repeat I 've probably dealt with more than any other living person in court , er there has been a clear case of rape . |
| 4 | There was no doubting her sister 's passion as she struggled to express her resentment , writing : — on my life Lily I declare I want only what is best for the child and would not be Cruel to him nor the cause of Cruelty and what you asked was Cruel the child knowing no Italian and being Fearful of leaving me the only Mother he has known and who he loves as his own . |
| 5 | ‘ Oh , no , my dear Shiona , I fear I have never been wrong about you . |
| 6 | I often fear I drink too much . ’ |
| 7 | I mean when I got , when I got here okay er when I was in the lower sixth and I like sort of got in and then like it was so weird being , I mean I 'd never been to a blokes ' school before I came here |
| 8 | I mean I did n't take a lot with me , I mean I took too much as it was and my arm carrying it across the Underground . |
| 9 | I mean I mean well in their house they 've got two bedrooms |
| 10 | I mean I mean obviously the it may be that erm there 's very little these days I 'm afraid which is an absolutely copper bottomed guarantee you know but if if if they were able to say well you know yes we do take people who 've got the exams you know we took somebody last year or whatever . |
| 11 | I mean I got pretty bad marks I find it difficult , find it very difficult . |
| 12 | I mean I like very much |
| 13 | But the , I mean I came home and they were under the hedge they were n't going through but there 's a big piece of netting has come down and it needs erm stitching up and then it needs sewing , not sewing erm |
| 14 | I mean I went straight in , tell me about your wife , I mean you could 've said well she 's not my wife |
| 15 | I mean I know also one architects firm in Gloucester where I live . |
| 16 | I mean ah I know I know but then he 's pretty tied up and I know very well but even trying to get lunch with is difficult but there may be there may be I mean I know quite well but would want . |
| 17 | Nowadays I mean I know there never used to be apprenticeships for women but |
| 18 | You see I , I mean I know obviously the perks do n't outweigh all that , er , at least you do get some perks . |
| 19 | I mean I 've even though about if I if I tell you this and you think that 's it 's going to put you you just even if you pass it on to somebody what I 'm telling you pass it on , but just and I 'll try and get the dental treatment where I can get the dental treatment . |
| 20 | I mean I 've just worked out there 's , there are twenty eight jobs there , of which er we 've we 've only really made a profit on eight . |
| 21 | Erm so we were saying for example , and this is what we , we 'd actually come up with , the five days of the week , and the three categories of staff , I mean I 've just obviously put erm C L As are in either C L or E O really |
| 22 | I mean I 've just come through there and I had a car today and a girl was telling me her father erm opened his door last week er cataract and the , the wife , the granny blind too and there , the man from the water board was just going to switch off your water , just okay if I check your taps , three hundred pounds out the house |
| 23 | We have that many er applications I mean I 've just gone through A division and I 've got er a pile of cards literally an inch thick with people a made an initial inquiry or b they 've been furnished with questionnaires and not been returned , so I 'm sending those er right through the divisions |
| 24 | Er this is , I mean I 've just got that way . |
| 25 | I mean I 've just , but all the years that I was at the home every day I would say hello Flo , hello Elsie how are you ? |
| 26 | there was a I mean I 've also been given a couple of ways to remember it but |
| 27 | I mean I 've probably seen it |
| 28 | Erm ya , I mean I 've already had what , I 've had what I 've had to say about the the the content of the thing I was merely going to ask where we go from here ? |
| 29 | I ca n't see it happening , I mean I 've already tried out one idea which has n't run very fast but if we were solidly behind that , that would be very important for this initiative , we as a county . |
| 30 | I mean I 've already been offered well three or four jobs already like . |