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 . |