Example sentences of "[vb base] i [verb] [prep] a " in BNC.
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1 | but I mean I went to a church school |
2 | I mean I went to a boarding school before I came here that was just like that but , but it was more like , I do n't know , the guys there , I had more friends that were boys than friends with the girls , yeah |
3 | Joined as an M C. Erm , effectively I I mean I work in a Direct Marketing Department , all the junk mail for the un uneducated . |
4 | so I , I mean I suppose in a sense it would be good if you did actually change something but that 's not entirely necessary for me . |
5 | I mean I think to a , I think to a degree we always have been fifty sort of thing when the rock 'n' roll started to come over then again you see for we , we look little one . |
6 | WITH Martin Randall Travel I went on a thrilling journey in July called Country Houses of the Hapsburg Empire . |
7 | When he landed the job of Beirut bureau chief for Cable News Network , I remember I said to a colleague that if Jerry was ever taken hostage , his kidnappers would probably wind up paying CNN to take him back — and I was only half wrong . |
8 | ‘ Remember I talk as a woman . |
9 | Now I know I went to a sp a specialist and that I mean it just keeps on coming back you know , maybe I 'll |
10 | I know I come on a Friday I were absolutely gobsmacked ! |
11 | ‘ Miss Greene — I know I sound like a deuced newspaper reporter … ’ |
12 | I know I sound like a bloody know-all , but all I can say is , if that satisfies the police doctor , it does n't satisfy me . ’ |
13 | er I know I look like a real goody goody and everything I 'm not really ! |
14 | I know I live on a fierce and magical planet , which sheds or surrenders rain or even flings it off in whipstroke after whipstroke , which fires out bolts of electric gold into the firmament at 186,000 miles per second , which with a single shrug of its tectonic plates can erect a city in half an hour . |
15 | I mean , I suppose I do in a way . |
16 | But suppose I look at a clock on the ground floor — through binoculars , say . |
17 | ‘ I think I go into a sort of visual hibernation . |
18 | Yes , and I think I thought of a personal note that , because we do get some good , good appointments . |
19 | You think I behaved like a fool ? ’ |
20 | They do n't actually know I 'm an artist , they think I work in a factory or something . |
21 | They do n't actually know I 'm an artist , they think I work in a factory or something . |
22 | I think I tried on a ten did n't I ? |
23 | Do I pass to a rootless , wandering , no-woman 's land , or is this a new beginning — the natural , though perhaps premature , order of things ? |
24 | Maggie LeMan kept her eyes riveted on the occupants of the stage for a moment , where they were bowing and making the best of the half-hearted appreciation now being shown by clapping punctuated with cat-calls ; then , slowly leaning to the side , she picked up the bird cage as she said , ‘ What do I want with a concert party ? |
25 | ‘ My qualifications bear scrutiny , ’ Leith answered , ‘ but what do I do for a reference ? |
26 | What then do I do with a capable but unproductive pupil ? |
27 | Do I look like a waif ? |
28 | Do I look like a schoolteacher ? ’ |
29 | ‘ Come on , Wyatt Earp ’ she said , ‘ do I look like a hog-tied sheep to you ? ’ |
30 | ‘ Do I look like a swimmer ? ’ he said . |