Example sentences of "[vb base] i [verb] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 I deny I get long holidays , that 's what I mean .
2 In fact I go out of my way ( I mean I walk several streets out of my way ) to make myself seen .
3 But I 'm not sure that 's right I just , I mean I spent three years
4 No , no messing , I mean I did that ages ago and I , i , it just arrived !
5 We got the Gilbey bar but I no the answer to that question would be if any company or org organisation was prepared or wished to talk about funding the theatre in any way and I think were 'd be more than welcome to sit down with and talk them and say well how would you perceive that which way would you like to go about it how can we assist that and I think we 're be open to suggestions from them how they see it I mean you know it could be seats it could be programmes it could be any any arrange of things that we 'd certainly welcome who approach us from companies but we I think we are pro-active in sense that we do n't wait for that to happen we actually go out but was said early I think given the recession it has been difficult lately to actually go out to companies and say I mean sure companies like the Harlow Council find it extremely finance the finances extremely difficult on them and with the recession it 's really difficult for them to actually find funding and I know lot 's of companies who actually cutting back on it certain areas I think funding of oth outside organisations will be one of the areas they 'll be cutting back on .
6 So the first opportunity I had I left Bradley 's and went back to the Lock so it 'd been war direction , war service we asked and it counted as me service with the Lock , that I had n't interrupted me service being as I was directed so that 's how I say I had fifty years at the Lock .
7 If I say I have enough clothes , I have enough clothes , ’ she finished .
8 Although , like Asterix , he attributed his phenomenal prowess partly to a magic potion , ‘ Superjuice ’ , concocted by his druidical sponsors , Body Ammo , he did n't really need it : ‘ They say I have three balls — I need an outlet for that extra energy . ’
9 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 ?
10 Since then I I 've like say I missed ten Fridays yeah ?
11 ‘ Every time you fumble I lose ten degrees .
12 Your welcome letter found me at Launceston at which place I remained two days with Mr. Kerr , Captn Friend etc .
13 ‘ Mrs Howell , I confess I have many weaknesses … ’
14 I woke up and opened my eyes and there were fuzzy patches , just like I had eight years ago … ’
15 I remember I got two shillings ( ten pence ) for every neck I put right .
16 Well I know I went four years running
17 ‘ You know I hate inner rhymes , ’ Finch said faintly , eyes closed .
18 ‘ I know lobster is extortionately expensive here but you know I have good vibes about this contract … ’
19 And erm some for my work , you know I have that herpes in my lap , it 's breaking out again .
20 And what I 'd really like you know I have little things that bug you to death ?
21 You know I find these things hard to say , but … but I felt destroyed .
22 you know I need new glasses or something , you know that 's how I feel .
23 Suppose I walk five steps in a direction unc east of north .
24 I du n no , I suppose I thought all Outsiders would know each other . ’
25 I suppose I have high standards but some others are as good as me .
26 I believe I had these things with my ex-husband , for a while .
27 I find I leave these places even more frustrated than I was when I arrived . ’
28 but if I find I want little bits an bobs what I need I just pop over the road .
29 " I reckon I walked twenty miles today . "
30 Towards the end of my Baghdad tour I had regular tussles with the group captain in friendly games of tennis , but I was never able to take a set off him , which never surprised me since he was more or less the permanent Inter-Services Tennis Champion in the UK , ( Oddly enough , Jackie Hunter was my station commander early in the war and saved me from the wrath of my Air Officer Commanding — " Maori " Coningham — when I brought my bombs back when everyone else had " found the target " , but this was before the days of the night camera . )
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