Example sentences of "[noun sg] i [verb] [vb pp] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Can I say , I , I can express concern about that because I think that in terms of funding I 've written A short term and B long term erm I think we 've got a short term problem and |
| 2 | And your setting will be even more integrated into your book than was the setting in the sort of story I have called a backgrounder . |
| 3 | If there 's erm For instance I 've had a situation where on a medical practice booklet because we er hand back a hundred pound for every full page that we we gain in the medical practice booklet , er it 's an encouragement for if we 're just a quarter of a half page short , er for the practice to say you know we 'll get for another hundred quid we 'd all we need to do is make a couple of phone calls and threaten erm one or two of our patients . |
| 4 | But of course I 'd had a few drinks , and I had n't worn my glasses anyway , so when the time came to meet her I was n't quite sure what she looked like . |
| 5 | ‘ Of course I 've got a plan , and you 'll see what it is in a few moments , if you 're too stupid to guess before that — ’ They swung round a bend and he swore suddenly and loudly . |
| 6 | ‘ Of course I 've got a minute — what the bloody hell d' you think I 'm doing here at this time of night ? ’ |
| 7 | Of course I 've got a family ! |
| 8 | In the struggle I had lost a scarf I valued but never went back for it . |
| 9 | But for the most part I have become a rather precious wayside nibbler , indulging in what the 1930s writer and fruit gourmet Edward Bunyard christened ‘ ambulant consumption ’ — single wild gooseberries ( squeezed to test for ripeness first ) ; sweet cicely seeds on walks before dinner , a kind of herbal aperitif ; squidgy dewberries eaten on the stalk , like cocktail cherries . |
| 10 | As a present I had received a large book of complex Legion history written in difficult French . |
| 11 | Wrote hundreds of letter , er to the people you wanted to do , because I 'd never expected having to find a job , I must admit , because the year before I took School Certificate I had got a Naval a artificer apprenticeship , but then I got kicked in the eye playing rugby , and failed a medical . |
| 12 | I I 've used , in my script I 've used a very loose language , like er , very , er , well , non-standard English then , because they now , erm , you know , especially after having it banned . |
| 13 | It was a landmark I had passed a thousand times and yet had never properly explored . |
| 14 | It worries me , because it 's there again tomorrow … in my mind I 've got a fixed routine , but I know I have n't got one really … |
| 15 | In that cell I 've got a formula , just multiply the number above by the number of the left . |
| 16 | and er , Miss I told Mrs that I ca n't write and she goes you 'd better write dear she said you got a test , I said it 's not my fault I 've got a , a sore hand she , I goes |
| 17 | and er , Miss I told Mrs that I ca n't write and she goes you 'd better write dear she said you got a test , I said it 's not my fault I 've got a , a sore hand she , I goes |
| 18 | It 's at this point nearing the end of my open study I 've realised a connection between the four characters I have just compared . |
| 19 | Since John 's abduction I had kept a diary , hoping somehow that I could capture the time John was missing , to keep things from fading so that I could share them with him when he came back . |
| 20 | And I wanted a particular tape , oh I know it was a tape I 'd heard a coach driver using on the er on a coach trip that I was on so I got to know what it was erm and er I went round the usual shops no joy |
| 21 | Mummy I 've got a police one |
| 22 | It 's not exactly a skill , but , I 've got good erm , at work I 've got a good memory , like a knowledge of all the different items an the counter . |
| 23 | As a boy I had read a lot of sea stories and indulged in fancies of rounding the Horn in a windjammer . |
| 24 | Jane Hall had booked into the Riverside Hotel , she walked over to the reception desk and rang the bell , hello I 'm Jane Hall I 've booked a weekend stay here , ah yes Miss Hall if you would just like to sign here , here 's your key , your room is six floors up , third on the right , have a nice stay . |
| 25 | If you do your environmental recycling I 've got a thing that I took out of a magazine that 's got all the addresses of erm of of the various thing for recycling paper |
| 26 | Now erm at the moment I 've got a lot to fit in |
| 27 | In preparation for my new job I had attended a three week Radar Observer 's course at the Sir John Cass School of Navigation in London and obtained my certificate which is obligatory for budding Commanders and is identical to the ticket held by Masters and Mates of the Merchant Service . |
| 28 | Oh well we 've been walking when we 've gone into town but I mean just between you and me but when I got home Bev said pop into town I 've got a parcel to post and I said well I ca n't I said because according to Des well nothing happened |
| 29 | Hence , during my time in post I have made a positive effort to spread the gospel of AI within at least the Engineering Branch . |
| 30 | During this period I have learnt a great deal about what children like [ and dislike ] at parties and have gathered together a selection of games , songs and magic tricks which I can guarantee will make any party a day to remember , for both children and adults . |