Example sentences of "i [vb base] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Bob , is a local person , in fact he lives in the village of Girton here , and to , to , to my knowledge takes a keen interest in local news and in local local affairs , since he 's been editor of the Evening News I , I , I perceive a more lively style creeping into the paper . |
| 2 | So I jerk a reluctant Rainbow to her feet , cause her to blurt appropriate remarks about the lateness of the hour , and steer her out of this snakes ' nest of baby ben Issachars . |
| 3 | I gain a sense of achievement knowing I can see a job through to the end . ’ |
| 4 | You propose a new wheeze to help farmers ; I cite a specific nonsense that will result . |
| 5 | Occasionally I change a banner but I take no responsibility . |
| 6 | If I change a number here , you 'll notice , si since I change that number here it recalculates through to the other file . |
| 7 | You know when I , when I change a nappy ? |
| 8 | Oh I accept there is obviously concern and I will try and meet that when I introduce a package of measures at the end of November in the normal uprating statement to help those on lowest incomes who are affected by this . |
| 9 | I favour a long-reaching front guard because it has less distance to travel before it strikes the opponent , and it is able to intercept attacks closer to source . |
| 10 | Instead , he offered a pair of trust-mes : ‘ I favour a strong exchange rate … |
| 11 | Guidelines can be laid out , but your own taste will decide what you will use , and this is especially true where rods are concerned , e.g. when long-range legering for all species other than carp and pike I favour a rod between 11ft and 11ft 6in. in length , a test-curve of a little over 1lb , with a fast-taper action . |
| 12 | For most of my stillwater legering , except for carp , I favour a fixed paternoster rig . |
| 13 | A : In all honesty , I favour a total ban on Rottweilers , because they 're much too powerful for ordinary people to handle . |
| 14 | I favour a 1in roughing gouge for this operation , kept well sharpened and with the bevel rubbing it is safe , fast and very little sanding is required : you also have about four times the cutting edge available compared to a half inch bowl gouge , more time between re-grinds . |
| 15 | I sell a very popular Canadian mustard called Honeycup , which is actually sweetened with sugar and is delicious with any cold meats , but especially with smoked turkey . |
| 16 | Though I advocate a return to the distinction , as the foundation of education , I am far from endorsing the Platonic evaluation . |
| 17 | Animals , I advocate a conservation policy . |
| 18 | A statement such as As for animals , I advocate a conservation policy , implies that animals are being contrasted with something else for which the speaker perhaps does not advocate a conservation policy . |
| 19 | I repeat a proposition that I made to a previous Leader of the House . |
| 20 | I repeat a suggestion that I made to the Secretary of State at the time of the last atrocity in Northern Ireland . |
| 21 | I declare a small and indirect formal interest in the affairs of the coal industry and in British Coal . |
| 22 | To that extent , I declare a vested interest . |
| 23 | I declare a bias immediately ; I am a practitioner , and I do have large grants in this field . |
| 24 | I mean a free press which is edited by one of my relatives . |
| 25 | It still seems to me that the acting critics of poesy are for the most part incapable of looking for more than one thing at a time , having got started about 1913 ( I mean a few of ‘ em got started about 1913 and a lot have started since ) to look for a certain plainness and directness of speech and simple order of words ; and having about 1918 got started looking for Mr Eliot 's rather more fragile system ( a system excellent for Mr Eliot but not very much use to any one else ) , they now limit their criticism to inquiring whether or no verse conforms to one or other of these manners , thereby often omitting to notice fundamentals , or qualities as important as verbal directness and even more important than ‘ snap ’ . |
| 26 | By ‘ hardness ’ I mean a quality which is in poetry nearly always a virtue — I can think of no case where it is not . |
| 27 | In the Lyttelton , it 's such a thrill to see Alan Bennett blossom in another line of work , by which I mean a full-length piece like The Madness of George III . |
| 28 | And I mean a long time ! ’ |
| 29 | I also aimed at another thing which people consider Italian I mean a certain squareness and horizontality of outline . |
| 30 | By ‘ vision ’ I mean a statement of long-term purpose . |