Example sentences of "[noun] [pers pn] [verb] i [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ As a midwife I thought I knew how to communicate with mothers , but my skills with deaf women were abysmal , ’ she says |
| 2 | I knew he 'd fought James on it tooth and nail , and though in all honesty I felt I 'd won him round to some extent since , the prejudices remained beneath the surface of benignity , waiting only for some unwary blunder on my part to crack the surface and let them burst through . |
| 3 | Chairman I think I have to offer an apology to members and Mr in particular and the town of Bungay with a rather erm over which sentence expressing the press release , I mean we are continually trying to issue news items , press releases , progress reports and anything we 're doing and usually the press are very good and quoted for a basis , sometimes they get it wrong and mangle it up with some bits of disaster , on this occasion that is not the case , the , the actual press report did determine the phraseology used in my in lease them so I have to accept the responsibility for the phrase to act of your recommended this morning so it down sake , could abandon ideas which they can buy it , of course those crazy ideas used in and out of the court is what matters . |
| 4 | Oh it 's a lovely little lane I 've I 've always loved that lane . |
| 5 | For an instant I thought I saw his face behind the mask — it was only an instant and then it was gone , but I nearly fainted . |
| 6 | For a fraction of an instant I thought I had ceased to exist myself . |
| 7 | I see that as a big change I mean I see that , I think that was coming without sponsorship . |
| 8 | As an auditionee I knew I worked best if I attempted something outrageous so I prepared Lord Foppington from The Relapse and you just have to let go with his Lordship otherwise there 's no point to it . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | That cooker hood was filthy , must of been all the Christmas shopping cooking I mean I think I 'll put the new filter on , I 'll have a go any way |
| 11 | bit I went I mean I was feeling a lit , was n't , I 'm gon na barf ! |
| 12 | If it were n't for the bit I earn I daresay me and my bairns would be in Dudley House an' all . |
| 13 | I said no staying at , mum , she said well bring mum I said I do n't think her a her her scene . |
| 14 | But her mum I mean I know |
| 15 | Mum I think I need a bit more on my carrots . |
| 16 | There 's things that we are doing like I 've been told by a couple of people this evening the autumn programme they think it 's very good very progressive very enjoyable I thi that that to me that reinforces the autumn programme by several people so people who here are people here this evening feel they we say something about what is n't on the agenda or what is on the agenda but I think that 's what the meetings for but I do n't think it 's a bad exercise to talk to the people who actually pay come in the building I mean I think that 's a valid exercise . |
| 17 | The highest building I think I 've seen is the Minster . |
| 18 | If you could pour some tea in the tea in the milk I mean I think I would like it . |
| 19 | 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 ? |
| 20 | 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 |
| 21 | 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 , |
| 22 | Of course I said I did . ’ |
| 23 | 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 |
| 24 | Er cos er my son-in-law I mean I put on the form right I 've got no children right . |
| 25 | Any money I earn I spend on myself or my lovers . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | Well I 've got quite a lot of experience I mean I 've |
| 28 | Mr Chairman I believe I have the floor and I would also say that contrary to what we 've just been told there are people employed by what was called and three to four hundred people are employed , they 're not effected other than fifteen people , fifteen people were not effected by this statement and there are some hundred and eighty people who still work for and connected with the project . |
| 29 | I wo n't the amount of times I 've I 've been in a car or something , where fucking jump on the brakes ! |
| 30 | 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 |