Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb mod] [verb] it [verb] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ Yes , thank you , miss , we 're stopping at the Royal , and I may say it seems fairly comfortable . |
2 | I must make it happen to myself ! |
3 | ‘ I enjoy archery because it is a simple country sport , ’ he said , ‘ and I must admit it continues to bring out the child in me — I always enjoyed playing with bows and arrows when I was young ! ’ |
4 | ‘ I must admit it does sound as if your father is enjoying a new lease of life and possibly he is even trying to recapture his youth . |
5 | There were holes in the elbows and I must admit it had got so tatty that it was held together with nappy pins . |
6 | I thought the half bottle of wine we left was symbolic of the extravagant life I was now entering , though I must admit it did go against the grain and I did think vaguely of ‘ bowser bottles ’ . |
7 | And it was done for the best , although I must admit it did n't turn out like that . |
8 | It looked like something indescribable , but I must admit it smelt and tasted good , and anyway we were all starving and would have eaten a horse . |
9 | ‘ Well , I must admit it looks very like Elsie . |
10 | Someone must have brought it here for a purpose , but I must admit it looks abandoned . |
11 | I must have it lifesize . ’ |
12 | But I I must say it fills me with trepidation . |
13 | Well my Lord I must say it had occurred to me erm that certainly on the basis on which I 'm contending for damages to be assessed with the plaintiffs and it is completely irrelevant , er er many of the matters to which the defendant 's expert goes to as to the damages and the extent to which they were caused by the negligence of the defendant , the breach of duty . |
14 | I can not imagine what sort of place this gentleman imagined he was coming to in bringing the latter , but I must say it struck something of an odd note to see in Darlington Hall these two large silent men staring suspiciously in all directions a few yards from wherever the Italian gentleman happened to be . |
15 | Despite my criticisms , in our week together I drove the Brooklands long distances in awful conditions on lots of unknown roads when pretty knackered and I must say it did n't shout at me once . |
16 | This is a simple mix-up , a confusion of names , though I must say it amounts to criminal carelessness . ’ |
17 | i it 's , it 's obviously a thing which , if one can possibly avoid it 's a good idea to and erm I must say it helped but it you do n't know what is helping because you know we do n't know what her symptoms are going to be . |
18 | That was the view which appealed to the county court judge : and I must say it appeals to me also . |
19 | ‘ I must say it makes you wonder what the Security Police are up to not knowing that — and Steinmark working with secret archives . ’ |
20 | I must say it makes a difference but oh god how the Kurds and Bosnians must be suffering as temperatures drop in their respective lands . |
21 | Again I must say it seems extraordinary does n't it that er he pontificates the savings when really one is entitled to ask the question well why were n't they made before ? |
22 | I mean I must say it looks a bit bitty but erm er now you see up there they 've got the same , similar sort of style really to those houses . |
23 | I must say it gives me a certain amount of pleasure too . ’ |
24 | ‘ I must say it gives a chap confidence , that sort of thing . ’ |
25 | ‘ I must get it fixed before the winter . ’ |
26 | I thought , I must get it cut — and then I remembered that I had no money to waste on that sort of thing any more ; it would just have to grow , or I 'd have to cut it myself . |
27 | Yeah , I must get it done . |
28 | I should think it sounds as if they 're both teaching in the same school , myself , |
29 | I should think it suits Freddie down to the ground , what with all his goings-on . ’ |
30 | ‘ I should think it costs at least that . ’ |