Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb mod] [verb] i [verb] " in BNC.
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1 | er well it should be page two but in my er haste I may have I notice mine is in the wrong order . |
2 | Er , I 've had a word with Jeremy about decorating , oh Florrie I must apologise I did try to ring you , I think I managed to get everybody else , erm but you were n't there , in and then I , I left it I regret to say , erm but we thought perhaps we ought to have the kitchen re-decorated and I 've had a word with Jereminy , Jereminy , Jeremy and he says about two hundred pounds and I did get permission from some of you and I 've gone ahead and asked him to do it and he said about three weeks , but before we can have that done , in the meantime , the roof leaked again out in the kitchen Erm , so I 've had a word with Peter who was going on holiday and he should be home this week and he said he will look at it as soon as he 's home , so I 'll give him a ring , I 'll try tomorrow night , I 'm out tonight , I 'll try and give him a ring tomorrow . |
3 | I must confess I gobbled the meat down and I did n't notice the bone until it was too late . |
4 | ‘ I must confess I had n't participated in any giant financial coups . |
5 | Now , I must confess I had n't seen much of Mr Wogan before I met him because , when I got my television set at Low Birk Hatt , Richard Megstone , the nice young gentleman who looked after the Youth Hostel in Baldersdale and kindly took care of my electrical things , said I had a choice — either BBC1 or Channel 4 . |
6 | erm I must confess I 've always had rather a soft spot for macro mutations , I do n't know why , it may have had something to do with Goldsmith 's prose , which is sort of rather moving when you get into it , erm and partly , and this is an interesting comment as an aside , that I knew as an undergraduate that to argue in favour of Goldsmith would make my teachers in general , and Professor J B S Halldane in particular , exceedingly angry and making one 's teachers angry is , after all , one of the activities into which undergraduates should occasionally go . |
7 | The feeling swept over me that I had truly left Darlington Hall behind , and I must confess I did feel a slight sense of alarm — a sense aggravated by the feeling that I was perhaps not on the correct road at all , but speeding off in totally the wrong direction into a wilderness . |
8 | I must confess I did n't enjoy others at all . |
9 | He 's he 's a quick nimble defender Speedy was just hanging hanging on waiting for the ball to be played into him and I must confess I did n't really see anything afterwards I mean well if you look at that that does n't seem anything untoward does it ? |
10 | I must confess I did nt see much of the first 60 mins ( football training ! ) . |
11 | ‘ I must confess I have n't given it much thought . ’ |
12 | She is a handsome woman , intelligent , articulate and faithful to inflexible socialist principles , which I must confess I have never shared . |
13 | ‘ Ah , I must confess I have been in this house before . |
14 | However , I must confess I do n't think I will buy new machines again . |
15 | ‘ I must confess I do . |
16 | I must confess I find being a complete freelance is a strain and I love the family feeling of a company . |
17 | And I must confess I find it makes things easier . |
18 | She paused for a moment before pointedly adding , ‘ As to your other point , I must confess I think it would be worse if she ended up like you . ’ |
19 | She said I must mention I 've had a few more deliveries from Ercol So we walked into the living room . |
20 | I must admit I like it more and more and the Commons less and less . ’ |
21 | I must admit I like a shower but then again I do like the chance to have a bath now and again |
22 | I must admit I like to see that , because so many people , if a dog had to lose a leg they 'd say put it to sleep , put it to sleep . |
23 | Still , even though they did n't need any staff , I must admit I thought Ann Summers was a funny one to pick . |
24 | In some ways wh I , I , I heard , I was listening to a description on Saturday at the serials and I must admit I thought to myself mm |
25 | I then , in true sneaky Aussie fashion , hired two young men who were willing to hold a fictitious conversation in a pub that Ryan frequented , which I must admit I thought rather a nice touch . |
26 | ‘ I must admit I thought that in retrospect you might resent what happened between us last night . ’ |
27 | I did n't like the song but I must admit I thought it was quite clever . |
28 | I must admit I thought they were and er |
29 | I must admit I kept him tied up for longer than I was advised as I wanted to make sure he was capable of moving about safely as he invariably would want to look out of the door and then go back to his food . |
30 | But this time his confidence seemed so genuine , so unevasive , that I must admit I felt my throat tighten . |