Example sentences of "[vb mod] [adv] [verb] i [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mind you I should n't talk I worked until I was sixty |
| 2 | ‘ What if it should then happen I do n't want to get rid of her , eh ? |
| 3 | Because er we 've done sort of I must Where did I write that if I 've lost that list , I suppose to keep Erm , Ron , tin and then you 've got hankies did n't you ? |
| 4 | Even so , if you consider the pressures contingent on me that night , you may not think I delude myself unduly if I go so far as to suggest that I did perhaps display , in the face of everything , at least in some modest degree a ‘ dignity ’ worthy of someone like Mr Marshall — or come to that , my father . |
| 5 | ‘ Let's not pretend I had a choice . |
| 6 | ‘ Let's just say I 've done almost everything once , ’ he said . |
| 7 | ‘ Let's just say I 've got the matter in hand , hmm ? ’ |
| 8 | ‘ Let's just say I got in a tight spot . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ Let's just say I think she 's had enough . ’ |
| 10 | Let's just say I tried to leave with the minimum of fuss . |
| 11 | SINGER Bobby Brown , asked this week whether he 's intimidated by new wife Whitney Houston 's vocal prowess , said : ‘ Let's just say I do n't sing in the shower any more . ’ |
| 12 | I 'll just say I do n't like it , I 'll go and do it . |
| 13 | well I 'll get the car and you can go out , I says you 're not getting the car out and I 'll not go I said you can go |
| 14 | Yeah although the tape 's on I 'll still say I 'll still say I mean there are people within the company as within any company I 'm sure who you when you get to know their technical ability or lack thereof you think well how have they managed to get where they have but they just seem to be able they seem to have this ability to be able to be in the right place at the right time . |
| 15 | And it came home to me that you know we all had to come to terms in some way with erm with what it was all about and the kids and you know and it became something of a I mean i it was the experience that we went through you know it was i it was you know something that we 'll always remember I think because it 'll always make Christmas different I think for us in a way you know but it And when they came up from South Wales with car loads and van loads and I mean we all just sobbed you know I mean there was nothing to do really you know it was just and I think anyway that was Christmas , but I mean er . |
| 16 | yeah , he 'll probably forget I doubt it though |
| 17 | So he 'll probably get I think he , he goes to the class first , then come , and he comes downstairs . |
| 18 | I 'll probably wish I 'd never mentioned the matter , but it seems necessary to me at the moment , so there it is . |
| 19 | I 'd rather know I came fourth and ninth . ’ |
| 20 | I could not believe I had actually done it . |
| 21 | If Esmonde ever asked me how I enjoyed the evening 's ‘ specials ’ I could always say I 'd found them warm and soft ; comfortable to land on . |
| 22 | ‘ If I was 17 I 'd probably think I had nothing to lose either . ’ |
| 23 | Payton said : ‘ I was bought to score goals and some people could probably say I have been a flop . |
| 24 | Toby had never offered to read me any of his work ; but now I had a sudden longing to know whether or not he could really write I turned the page over . |
| 25 | My yesterday and said that well my cousin said they 've got ta pay twenty pounds but my friend said there is a those who could n't pay I du n no whether it 'll do any good but I should think some of them |
| 26 | They could n't understand I did n't want to visit you until I was sure I had the strength not to cry . |
| 27 | ‘ It 's only what anyone knows , really , you could n't say I 'd had exactly wide experience . |
| 28 | Erm they began the union just before I left Bellany and of course it was cried down and erm they had meetings and the lot , and then all the miners were on strike at the time , and er my father and brother were both miners and er my brother was very friendly with Mr and Mr next door and er anyway er we decided to come out on strike for Bellany 's union and of course erm they , the , one , I think it was Mr said Joey he said er did you know we 're out on strike here and my brother said it seemed to be catching does n't it he did n't say he could n't say I worked there you see but erm it , it caused an upset but still up to a point the unions were good because we 're all badly underpaid for what we did , and the hours we worked they would n't tolerate it nowadays , but erm I forget er I joined the union and if you did n't you were a blackleg you know you , they wanted you to join the union from then I 've been in the union all , until I finished work but erm they , they got us our rises and er as I say the , the money was n't er very good and then the union did fight for the rises and they 'd got to pay it or lose all the er employees but erm I was , I was satisfied with without it , I 've been satisfied with my life you know I 've had , there 's been humorous there 's been sad but erm I 'm still able to get around and that 's the main thing . |
| 29 | Afterwards I could n't believe I had managed to say this ; I could n't believe that I 'd had the intelligence , the wit , the inspiration to come up with this perfect reply . |
| 30 | ‘ I could n't believe I had the virus . |