Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] [verb] [vb pp] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It appeared that the excitement of seeing me had activated Cedric 's weakness . |
| 2 | In cross examination he accepted that there was no such reference in any report he had written in this case and agreed that quote , I do n't think I 've discussed Cheshire Homes before today , unquote . |
| 3 | ‘ I mean , do n't you think I 've got worries enough , Lucinda , what with this terrible war and the bombing ? |
| 4 | I do n't think I 've got time to watch all these things . |
| 5 | I explained that I was afraid I was jinxed , that I brought death and destruction upon all those near me , and also that I was afraid I might get sent to prison because people would think I had murdered Esmerelda . |
| 6 | I 've been a candidate before , I do n't like to do things badly , since coming into politics I do n't think I have done things badly , I do n't want to fail you and I do n't want you to see me as a failure . |
| 7 | I earned a few sous so I became more fantastical , maintaining I had met Brahmins who killed themselves on funeral pyres ; men with monkeys ’ heads and leopards ' bodies ; giants with only one eye and one foot who could run so fast they could only be caught if they fell asleep in the lap of a virgin . |
| 8 | ‘ Are you suggesting I 've taken drugs ? ’ |
| 9 | but I , I 'd never get them done , and I mean I 'd fed Matthew and I shouted down and I said look you 'll have to come and get him dressed cos I 've got dinners to put up yet |
| 10 | Well I mean I 'd bought stuff they 'd all share . |
| 11 | I mean I 've heard representatives for County Council th this week saying that er as far as they were concerned th the standards were n't sufficiently low yet for them t to take action . |
| 12 | She says oh she says erm with erm , covering up , covering up that , up the Coke , er , I mean I 've done Coke by years and years and years , I say |
| 13 | I mean I 've seen men work underneath the sewage and now of course that 's all manica mechanical . |
| 14 | That perhaps it 's easier to do in a smaller department , I mean I 've got checkouts , and the majority of my staff are part-time , and I 've only got three full-timers , so it 's quite often the case that at nine thirty , one thirty , five thirty , eight thirty , it 's a case of coming in and then relieving somebody else straight away , you do n't necessarily have the time to spend with them . |
| 15 | but but I mean I 've got prizes of |
| 16 | I 've been taping us for ages though , we 've been talking about comple , I mean I 've got conversations about Thelma and Louise on here about fifteen million times and Drop Dead Fred 's original I ai n't done him yet . |
| 17 | I mean I 've known lorries to go down and get out the human manure |
| 18 | I mean I 've known wives er having bicycles ready in the , in the corridors of the house , where all the man had to do was to get his trousers on , if he was asleep in bed , she would come and open the front door , put him on his bike and away he went . |
| 19 | I mean I 've had Fife College on the phone as well saying you know why ca n't we do it and Alec we 're really now we can do no more until Napier come up if for some reason Napier fell down on the job then I think I 've got enough knowledge about what we 're doing now but I would start running it round the other colleges including Telford who are doing a distance learning course |
| 20 | And and the feedba I mean I 've had feedback particularly from the parents of of all three , and in every case , er they have said , this was the making of this guy . |
| 21 | I mean I 've had people who ca n't get work because they look old , right . |
| 22 | Yes , because if you do meet people who come to this area they particularly if they spend a week or ten days in London first , I mean I 've had people say to me , you know , golly it 's totally different , and it is . |
| 23 | It was n't what it said , I mean I 've read books and heard jokes just as bad , it was just the thought of Mummy getting it . |
| 24 | I mean I have met people who really objected strongly to transcribing swearing . |
| 25 | Ahm well I have had uh yeah I mean I have had people if I 'd really wanted to but I mean we 've had baby sitters and things like that . |
| 26 | My ears were burning , and my left shin throbbed as if it did not know I had stopped walking . |
| 27 | I 'll let you know I 've got stacks of brains , ’ Tom retorted . |
| 28 | How do you know I 've got mouse mays at school ? |
| 29 | As I say , they expect I 've got music , it 's not gon na come as a shock to them . |
| 30 | Oh yes , if you , you , no you get the sound , if I erm s say I 've got Oracle erm channel three on and I switch to text , I will still get the sound of the television programme |