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

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1 With my accent I thought I 'd be smashed to pieces or fucked in half after five minutes in here .
2 And I have to say my experience it leaves me to doubt , I know I 'm a cynic sometimes , that the space will not be used effectively and
3 ‘ I have been disappointed with our results , but I would like to stay on and honour my contract which keeps me in the post until December 1994 , ’ said the Dutchman .
4 When I 'm fighting my sister he kicks me on the wotsit . ’
5 Er cos er my son-in-law I mean I put on the form right I 've got no children right .
6 I remember , after one lesson , having a sensation of a collar being around my neck which prevented me from turning my head ( similar to the kind people have to wear after painful neck injuries ) .
7 I , I 'm , I 'm not with you on that one because erm I 'm sure I 'm vaguely at the back of my mind I think I know what it is , I have heard of it I mean
8 where you been , I says where you been , aye he says aye he says , my fault he says I did n't get round did I ?
9 They bring me dogs bones for the dogs and they like talking to my parrot I wish I could get rid of the bleeding thing though .
10 Yeah , he said I got a thousand pound well I 'll ring around , he said I got a thousand o off my , I saved a thousand pounds on my roof he said I thought bloody hell , how much cost costing him !
11 Out of the corner of my eye I thought I saw a white butterfly — but it was the white pattern on the tail of an adult , checking up on the brood .
12 I was annoyed when came back the last time and I thought oh my goodness I hope I have n't given that woman any annoyance .
13 This appears , for instance , where Margery first rejects Wilekin 's advances , referring to " " houre Loverd , hevene king " " and going straight on to : ( " I have my lord who is my spouse who brought me a virgin to his house … " )
14 so you owe me ten minutes and normally when you come into my room you say I 'm sorry I 'm late .
15 It was my husband who insisted I learn to shoot . ’
16 ‘ And I would never rest easy , knowing all that good money was thrown away on show , and to get people drunk at my funeral who owed me money , when I was livin' .
17 Yet by my Poverty I think I 'm one .
18 It was not , I may say , for want of trying , but in my day it eluded me .
19 I feel that , apart from this , you showed an interest in me and my development which enabled me to grow both in the exercise of my talents and in the confidence that I had such talents .
20 Polycarp , the second-century Christian leader in Smyrna , faced a hostile mob and quietly refused to go back on his faith in Christ : ‘ Eighty and six years have I served him , and he hath done me no wrong ; how then can I blaspheme my King who saved me ? ’
21 And she said oh my god she said I do n't know she said Paul 's gon na leave me if I 'm pregnant again !
22 but when he did it I said oh my god you know I said yeah , but you know it 's there
23 It was my father who started me off , about three years after we moved into the village dad joined the Debenham Players the local amateur dramatics society .
24 ‘ It was my father who encouraged me as a high jumper .
25 Yet when I was having my baby they made me feel as though I should n't be having it .
26 I said to my mate I think I 've broken it .
27 ‘ When I got my doctorate I decided I would n't change my name , ’ she explains .
28 Erm they began the union just before I left Bellany and of course it was cried down and erm they had meetings and the lot , and then all the miners were on strike at the time , and er my father and brother were both miners and er my brother was very friendly with Mr and Mr next door and er anyway er we decided to come out on strike for Bellany 's union and of course erm they , the , one , I think it was Mr said Joey he said er did you know we 're out on strike here and my brother said it seemed to be catching does n't it he did n't say he could n't say I worked there you see but erm it , it caused an upset but still up to a point the unions were good because we 're all badly underpaid for what we did , and the hours we worked they would n't tolerate it nowadays , but erm I forget er I joined the union and if you did n't you were a blackleg you know you , they wanted you to join the union from then I 've been in the union all , until I finished work but erm they , they got us our rises and er as I say the , the money was n't er very good and then the union did fight for the rises and they 'd got to pay it or lose all the er employees but erm I was , I was satisfied with without it , I 've been satisfied with my life you know I 've had , there 's been humorous there 's been sad but erm I 'm still able to get around and that 's the main thing .
29 It was my headmaster who suggested I used both names and so that 's what I did .
30 I was half-dozing when suddenly I smelt something burning , followed by a small bang under my bed which shook me awake .
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