Example sentences of "[noun sg] i [vb base] [adv] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She explains : ‘ I take a very deep breath before I get on the plane and then as soon as I am on board I get out all my make-up and put it on the table in front of me and spend hours putting it on . |
| 2 | On handing back the computer I put aside any previous prejudices and purchased my own . |
| 3 | Anyway , if I could just erm describe how I managed to get there in the first place , which was all a matter of luck I suppose as much as anything erm I went to the East Anglian schools for erm blind and deaf children at Gorleston on Sea from nineteen twenty eight to nineteen thirty six , erm , in those days erm education for the er disabled er continued until sixteen . |
| 4 | The whereabouts of the other two tureens are still unknown and every time I open the mail I hold out some hope . |
| 5 | Erm while the rest er live in the lap of luxury I mean maybe that 's a well I do n't know I do n't think it is an exaggeration really the way things are heading . |
| 6 | There 's , there 's another thing I , another thing I 'd like to mention which Chris has n't mentioned this afternoon is , that is that a lot of the pamphlets that you are handed out here , generate from 's office , copying and things like that , all very helpful , which would cost us a bomb outside , and we get them free , so you know , they , they do help the pensioner a great deal that 's why I said when she came in that 's a lady I admire very much and respect , cos she 's very good to pensioners . |
| 7 | Although not in our corporate style of typeface I wonder how many holidaymakers felt uncontrollable urges to contact one of our sales outlets on their return from Majorca . |
| 8 | At school the next day I hurt so much I could hardly bear to stay sitting down . |
| 9 | Every second day I wash out this room — because it 's only lino . |
| 10 | I rather like a lot of the G Plan stuff I like very much . |
| 11 | I am fortunate to live on one of the clouds in his paintings , with the art I love so much ’ . |
| 12 | Ee god I wonder how many times that 's been said . |
| 13 | ‘ Every leave I tie up all the letters I 've had since Stan 's last , then start again when he goes back , ’ she said . |
| 14 | The style of life , the quality of life I like very much in this country . |
| 15 | But , on the other hand I wonder how any of them were really , I mean er our own Minister at our own church , he is extremely intellectual and very theological , and a wonderful man of compassion . |
| 16 | Each year I whittle away another ring from it , a nice inversion , I may say , of the new science of dendrochronology . ’ |
| 17 | Err I think by the way I 've pretty much got all the the areas wrapped up in Scotland if we can just get going and we can get |
| 18 | ‘ That 's the point , ’ Joe called back now , ‘ I have to do so much reading I 've hardly any time for writing , at least not the kind I want to do . ’ |
| 19 | I received with much pleasure the token of your friendship which you have sent me this morning in the way of [ a ] dram Bottle and shall treasure it up until I reach the wilds of the beautiful country I anticipate so much pleasure in exploring . |
| 20 | ‘ I think it 's time I put down some roots . ’ |
| 21 | Miss Honey , with one hand on the gate which she had not yet opened , turned to Matilda and said , ‘ A poet called Dylan Thomas once wrote some lines that I think of every time I walk up this path . ’ |
| 22 | I 've got a bad er I 've got a bad , my pain , every time I move well this side really hurts ! |
| 23 | I do n't like to be hypocritical about it but in fact I have n't any choice . ’ |
| 24 | I never realised until now that in fact I have very few people I can trust . |
| 25 | Most teachers say that they like the parents of the children they teach to be involved in their children 's education , in fact I think nearly all teachers would say that . |