Example sentences of "[vb base] i [verb] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | No , I change me mind this week , eh , I bought some erm , I bought |
2 | In fact I go out of my way ( I mean I walk several streets out of my way ) to make myself seen . |
3 | and it 's all I mean I use this gel stuff |
4 | ‘ I mean I hope all resemblance is purely physical . |
5 | Er yes Mr Chairman , I mean I assume this thing gives us a fairly embryonic stage , I hope it 's not intended in any way as a finished article , it seems to me in many cases er a state into the obvious er I 'd hope that our employees would be polite people , erm you know this is a great step forward to putting down on a paper , I do n't know , but I mean |
6 | I mean I thought that migration was the er , would be the cure of all ills , in that , you know , we 've got wage differentials here in this , in this hypothetical economy . |
7 | I mean I I really could of a I mean I hired that ladder just to do about six foot either side . |
8 | I mean I had that go with her . |
9 | So you know just picking up Mr 's point , I h we must n't confuse , I mean I agree that quantity is one of the measures of quality but it 's not the only one . |
10 | Yeah , what I mean I want some time off to be able to re-write properly . |
11 | As it was , I mean I found another chocolate gateau under those Christmas tree cakes . |
12 | No , no messing , I mean I did that ages ago and I , i , it just arrived ! |
13 | ‘ You want me to see this guy , sir ? ’ |
14 | If you do n't get a job , I will get a job for the time being and you want me to take some money off your bill , you can get rid of some of that rubbish out in that fucking shed , in the back of that van |
15 | The management want me to put another voice on it so the rushes do n't go to waste . |
16 | ‘ In the circumstances , I presume you want me to remove all Maman 's things from the house . ’ |
17 | But I say I went all day without nothing to eat bloody starved . |
18 | anyway the girl said well I 'll ring first to see where you get your application form she , and the , Sue phoned and was on the other end and I said oh you should apparently you 've got have erm , er , application form and Mrs going to send you one , I said is that Mrs on the line she said is that Mrs speaking , she said yeah , I said will you tell it 's Mrs she said oh , well , tell Mrs she 's no need to apply I 've got all her details and she is being looked at , you know , we are looking into it anyway erm , as I say I had this letter just after Christmas to say that there was a job coming up at the Mencap at Wellingborough Road , Rushden , and I was being selected and erm would I go up for the informal interview on the Monday and the formal interview at the hospital the next morning , so I went up got the first person there and er she , she , it 's a new , it 's an old house but they 've done it all up and there all papers on the floor and then she said oh I think I 'll pick these up Ir Irene , I said oh call me Joy everybody does and she said alright , OK , I said oh I 'll help you so of course I said , I went straight down with her on the floor picking all these papers up and she , and when the next person come she said poor old Joy ai n't even got in the door and that 's it , she 's already working and she said I can see you 're like me Joy you 'll do a job when you see it 's got ta be done , I said I 've always been the same , I ca n't , I ca n't see a spoon or a bit of paper laying on the floor |
19 | If I say I have enough clothes , I have enough clothes , ’ she finished . |
20 | right , you go upstairs , pick up the most expensive article they 've got and then you go downstairs to the customer relations department and say I bought this article yesterday and say , and , and I 'm afraid |
21 | If , if you buy a p a new pair of shoes and realize they 're faulty and you go back the next day and say I bought these shoes from you yesterday , I 've still got my receipt , I believe the shoes are faulty , can I have my money back ? |
22 | Put your foot down and say I want that car whe if you do n't , if you do n't do it now |
23 | Which yeah I said well there 's nobody else , I said they get on and you say I want more money but he said it 's a nightmare . |
24 | Let me end this section with a personal story of encouragement . |
25 | Yeah well let me change that bit over . |
26 | Shut up , and let me watch this play . " |
27 | In the middle of our talk I began to speak as if to some demon , telling him to hold his tongue and not interrupt my talk , and let me serve these gentlemen for it was already late . |
28 | Let me switch this thing off , it seems |
29 | Just let me switch this thing off cos they do n't want to hear our piano lesson do they ? |
30 | Right , you 've got to make it sound really interesting , let me switch this thing off cos they do n't want to hear you read again I do n't suppose |