Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb base] [adv] [verb] [det] " in BNC.

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1 Okay , I mean just ignore that one , forget I wrote it .
2 I mean just thinking that ?
3 Now if I 'm presenting my centre line to Tony and speaking to him that feels fine yeah , but if I talk to you Dave over my shoulder like that I mean how does that feel ?
4 Well I mean how do all the rest of the pond they 've not all got bloody herons , plastic herons perched on the side have they ?
5 Well they complain doing two for ones I mean never mind this
6 As I sit here typing this letter , the sky is black and it 's pouring with rain — real April showers .
7 Oh I quite agree because I think that there people that have , I 'm a car driver , but if I 'm in inner city I tend not to use that , I use public transport
8 I want now to consider some further aspects of " the creation of legitimacy " which most anthropologists consider to be the crucial function of any institution described as " marriage " .
9 I enjoy both compiling all sorts of quizzes and taking part in competitions and league events .
10 I recall once hearing these records late at night on the old BBC Home Service during the war years .
11 I set out to put that right , but the harder I tried , the more I failed . ’
12 A few years ago , John Cook and I set out to examine this effect quantitatively .
13 When I set out to write this story I thought that it would primarily show how scientists come up with ideas , design a strategy to test them , carry out the experiments , share experiences and attempt to replicate claimed discoveries , thereby establishing new natural phenomena .
14 And I know how to do that .
15 Oh I know how to do that , I .
16 I know how to do that one , that 's a doddle .
17 Or Er do n't forget , part of it especially in an exam , erm part of solving er any problem is , Oh , I know how to do this .
18 I know how to do this .
19 I mean it 's a it would be a joy to do it as well cos you think , I know how to do these .
20 I know how to turn all your tempestuous heat to sweet purpose . ’
21 I know how to spell that word now
22 I know how to build those damned weapons but I know nothing about those fancy triggering devices . ’
23 Even I know how to make those — ’ She stared at him , arrested .
24 What I can say to the honourable gentleman who I know always attends these European debates with great regularity , I 'll be only too glad to speak to him outside as well as the honourable gentleman to try and clarify these matters .
25 So you can work it out now , how old I am Erm , what I do , is I run training courses and er , they are Management Skills Courses , they are not anything to do with insurances , because I know absolutely damn all about insurance .
26 I get up to watch that now cos I , and The Rut , The Rug Rats , the little baby and his , I think that 's so funny .
27 So er I I thought to myself well I du n no , I du n no all these Newton girls have been off to Sri Lanka or or , or Zaire or wherever and you 'd you know , is n't that great ?
28 I mean now , the erm the social workers erm are care managers in a lot of cases , in other words it may be contracted out to somebody else to do the actual caring and you look at the package which the client is getting , you know it might be I du n no some old dear who needs meals on wheels and visits every week or something
29 oh yeah , he also used to have this , this bell , I du n no some weirdo just
30 Erm I du n no this is somebody else 's paper so This is before I had a I worked it out as I I th I thought it 'd work out a three- four-five triangle .
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