Example sentences of "[verb] i [vb base] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Listen honey , d' you think I lead a sheltered life ? |
| 2 | I do n't mean I could do it myself , not straight away , I just mean I get a great sense of comradeship with these people . |
| 3 | I mean I get a few things in every week that , you know that you need , that you know er I go out on Monday and get everything else for the week like washing powder , and that sort of thing but u for food , I just get it every day . |
| 4 | You I mean you , you criticize him but I mean I know a few people who , who he |
| 5 | Joe and I mean I come a long way and they said he told them I wan na pop in Friday morning before we go He was surprised He said well I were n't surprised , I said but er you know I want a name yeah well , he just said well I ca n't he ca n't fault me on anything . |
| 6 | Things have been patched up between us by Lord Coleworthy , who likes me and thinks I do a good job . |
| 7 | Erm I say I enclose a short story for your consideration . |
| 8 | But everyone says I have a nice complexion . |
| 9 | Mother says I have a true feeling for medicine . " |
| 10 | As results get worse , I still manage to bluff the board into believing I have a long-term strategy that will see us pulling away from the bottom within weeks . |
| 11 | And I said , you must realize I 've a small company , and that 's , in one respect that I 've had to send those conditions because you 're failing to meet the agreed thirty days payment ! |
| 12 | You 've got all the you 've got I think a hundred voices . |
| 13 | And I confess I feel a little ripple of interest , in response . |
| 14 | I do not feel as if I am well ; I 've got no energy , I 'm always cold , my fingers and toes are a weird shade of blue , and I know I spend a huge amount of time thinking about food . |
| 15 | I know I have a good man . |
| 16 | He dropped his hands to his sides and stood like a little dog , found out , and admitting : ‘ Yes , I know I have a silly sort of fancy for Lal . |
| 17 | ‘ I know I look a complete wreck , ’ answered Felicity Suvarov with a mischievous gleam in her remarkable eyes , ‘ but I do n't feel quite as bad as I look . ’ |
| 18 | For a man who always looks so morose when batting — ‘ I know I look a miserable sod out there , but I ca n't help it , ’ he once said — and whose captaincy had previously seemed rather ordinary , it was a revelation . |
| 19 | I suppose I like a certain roughness in my work ; I 'm certainly not a ‘ civilised ’ painter . |
| 20 | Indeed , I suppose I owe a great deal to his novel , Caleb Williams , which I have read several times with a daughter 's care . |
| 21 | ‘ What is more , sir , ’ his lordship went on , ‘ I believe I have a good idea of what you mean by ‘ professionalism ’ . |
| 22 | On some machines I find I get a better result if I manipulate the edge needles in exactly the same way as Far Isle . |
| 23 | Reckon I deserve a new start as much as you do . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ For this , I guess I need a large brandy . ’ |
| 25 | Although I feel I have a long way to go , I 'm a lot more aware of myself , so whenever I get twinges of pain I adjust accordingly and the pain immediately eases . |
| 26 | Mr Maxwell , in an affidavit of his own , confirms he has received payments from his mother but adds : ‘ I feel I have a moral obligation to repay as and when my resources permit . ’ |
| 27 | But sometimes — rarely , thank God — sometimes , I feel I have a moral duty to involve myself . ’ |
| 28 | I would like to point out that I do not hunt myself so feel I have a balanced point of view . |
| 29 | Come now … y'know I need a good listener , and you are a good listener . ’ |
| 30 | I read women authors voraciously , and when you consider this was in pre-Women 's Press and Virago days , it meant I read a strange variety of subjects : history , travel , witchcraft , politics , poetry , theology , philosophy , even Victorian novelettes on the evils of alcohol inspired by the Temperance League . |