Example sentences of "[conj] i [vb base] [adv] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I think to be a good teaching aid something has to say ‘ Well I think this because ’ and , as it were , retrace the chain of reasoning that I 've just the sort of chain that I 've given you . |
| 2 | Yes I mean issue with illegitimate children or his affair means that I mean even the line he was running is okay because I 'm rich so it 's not gon na and it 's not gon na and so he 's got these two sort of values , that if you are a single parent and you 're poor that makes you lesser and more immoral than if you were a single parent and you 're rich . |
| 3 | And , and also that , he then goes on to say that the revolution , it is n't , it 's not a re re final thing , it 's not an insurrection , er he says it 's not like writing an essay , you know all these er analogies , that I mean basically the revolution is an over , it needs force er and i it 's , it is a violent , y y you do n't , in order for the revolution to have been a success it , it needs to be |
| 4 | So it was with some trepidation that I put forward the idea of his leaping back into the West End , twenty years after he 'd gratefully left it . |
| 5 | N do n't know that I know just the whisky barrels they were , a little I believe there was maybe a name for them . |
| 6 | ‘ I can assure you , my dear Laura , that I have neither the inclination nor the energy to lay my hands on your fair body , ’ he drawled sardonically . |
| 7 | so something erm I mean it , it just seems strange to me that , you know , something which has exist existed for thousands of years , you know , he 's suddenly sort of pooh-poohing so to speak , erm and I mean obviously the fact that there was a revolution twenty years later or whatever erm me means that something must have been wrong but erm you know i it 's strange how he 's suddenly criticizing and how the criticism has n't come before , how nothing 's happened before , how this seems an opportune moment for it to happen . |
| 8 | That 's for me and I 've just the idea ! ’ |
| 9 | ‘ What I suggested earlier might be a solution to all your problems , marriage , my dear , and I know just the man for you . ’ |
| 10 | And I know just the place that will be open as well . ’ |
| 11 | And I know just the place to get it . ’ |
| 12 | I want I want there 's some there 's some and I know just the answer to the question . |
| 13 | And when Gittel cut my pride and my heart into pieces with her little sharp fingernails , and I let loose the dybbuk on her and got punished for it , I was neither one thing nor the other , once again . ’ |
| 14 | Transmuted into the reality of flesh and blood the seniority factor and the locality factor not infrequently give rise — and I borrow here the language of on-the-spot Irish witnesses — to factionalism , bargaining , lobbying and infighting , degenerating on occasion into bitter wrangles , internecine feuds and even physical violence . |
| 15 | ‘ And I have just the person with me who will be invaluable . |
| 16 | Yes my Lord I I I 'm not going to invite your Lordship t to take a great deal of time reading reports that state in detail erm but I think the witness statements and I think probably the documentation that might help your Lordship at this stage er to see something of the and to ensure that where evidence is given it can proceed fairly fairly quickly . |
| 17 | I recall a day when I was new to the sport and I recall too the smell when lightning struck the limestone cliff on which I was climbing . |
| 18 | If I take away the minus twenty well I 'm taking it from the same thing are n't I ? |
| 19 | Thorfinn said , ‘ I think I can look my successor in the face , provided I have even the illusion of free will . |
| 20 | ‘ When I see the Giotto frescoes at Padua I do not trouble to recognise which scene in the life of Christ I have before me , but I perceive instantly the sentiment which radiates from it and which is instinct in the composition in every line and color . |
| 21 | ‘ As you know , I 'm an adequate , plain cook , but I 've neither the time nor the talent to produce a coq au vin like this one : it was produced by my neighbour , Mrs Neville , who is seventy-five years old and runs a thriving emergency cooking , house-sitting and general crisis-management service for the neighbourhood . ’ |
| 22 | because this is , I mean I did n't hear the dogs last night , only the kid , but I mean nevertheless the day before if you 'd of been in there , so but , but the kitchen can be done , toilet can be done |
| 23 | ‘ But I know just the thing to cheer us up . ’ |
| 24 | We used to go on holiday at this time but I think maybe the sun will do him a world of good . |
| 25 | We all assumed that because of the , yeah the media pressure , at least talks would start , but I think possibly the management thought that because of this one-sided pressure , you know it seemed at the time that nothing nice was being said about the management , you know you can almost understand them being reluctant to go into a room and offering their side of the argument . |
| 26 | There have always been good maths teachers who 've made maths interesting and relevant to the children , but I think perhaps the emphasis has shifted from rote learning to helping children to understand what they 're doing . |
| 27 | Bob , er I take it that you know the suggestion that we perhaps name the er thing , this particular thing , you know the centenary fields or something like that , you know is a very good suggestion , but I think perhaps the council ought to do something . |
| 28 | While I support fully the RSPCA campaign and their use of ‘ shock ’ tactics , I feel that the horrifying sight of a heap of dead dogs is no more likely to stir people to action than the sight of a pile of dead cows will turn us all into vegetarians . |
| 29 | You questioned Mr Mayor at the city board when I put forward the proposal to increase the er turnover figure from three percent to four percent . |
| 30 | All we 're asking for , as I think perhaps the council will knock it down anyway in all the letters they 've written you do n't . |