Example sentences of "i [vb base] [verb] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 And it 's self employment so the couriers that we er supplied with the parcels with are the p- umm er , they 're liable for tax and insurance if any is due , I mean earn a certain amount of money before you start
2 Very soon now they will be ready and then I mean to hold a great feast for all my people .
3 Cos I mean get a good deal
4 ‘ As soon as my work here is finished ’ , he wrote to Constanze , ‘ I shall join you , for I intend to take a long rest in your arms ; and I shall really need it , for all this mental worry and all the rushing about in connection with it is really wearing me out … . ’
5 I intend to make a great deal of money from this if my speculations are correct . ’
6 The red chair where I sit has a long seat , comfortable for a tall person .
7 Perhaps I should n't interfere but I hate to see a young man throwing his life away . ’
8 I hate to see a decent man making a mess of his life .
9 Usually when designing pictures I tend to use a particular leaf or flower because of its shape , colour or texture , and pay no attention to its species or variety .
10 I tend to live a normal life .
11 I tend to keep a tight rein at first , and gradually relax as I get to know them .
12 I propose to devote a whole chapter to so-called ‘ association copies ’ , partly for the selfish reason that I am myself devoted to them and partly because , looking at them as objectively as I can , they seem to me to offer one of the most satisfying branches of book-collecting , especially to anyone with the slightest sense of history .
13 Hatton , for example , summed up the delinquency of Reggie Smashem and Billy Dustup as ‘ nothing more serious than the symptoms of healthy , vigorous , adventurous adolescence ’ : ‘ I propose to make a practical examination of this question of the ‘ hooligan ’ ’ , for I am seriously concerned that he is not getting a fair deal . ’
14 I propose to introduce a novel element into the debate by speaking about the Bill .
15 I suggest buying a new cone of yarn , unless you happen to have one in the cupboard that is untouched and which still has the price paid for it .
16 I am afraid that the local production — certainly at this early stage — is only in low numbers , so there wo n't be any massive sums involved , but in view of this , and to settle the negotiations as soon as possible , I suggest setting a flat rate of 7% on all three titles involved .
17 I suggest encouraging a limited number of effectively managed centres , selected in part on a geographical basis , and in part for their value and interest to more than one of the association 's panels .
18 What I want to spend a few minutes on again this is something we 'll test tomorrow , right so I 'm giving you , training 's all about doing what do you think ?
19 But also I want to stop a bad thing . ’
20 Now I want to lose a few pounds , ’ he says .
21 Victoria had accused me of trying to thrust myself into the action while pretending I want to live a quiet life .
22 And if I want to wear a nice pair of Clarks ' grey espadrilles so then I will wear them .
23 In this section I want to compare a Marxian approach to growth — based upon Bukharin 's equations — with that of Harrod .
24 I want to see a mighty flood of justice — a torrent of doing good . ’
25 I want to see a little bit of life . ’
26 He told a Westminster press lunch : ‘ I want to see a Conservative government returned at the next general election under Margaret Thatcher 's leadership . ’
27 I want to see a curricular framework which is flexible enough to permit sensible modifications and , where necessary , exemptions to be made in the interests of individual children with special needs .
28 I want to reach a larger audience : I 've already made five records on indies , so maybe it 's time to move on , but some younger bands are gon na find themselves pushed into the limelight when they 're not ready .
29 Sometimes when I , I write a poem I want to create a particular mood erm giving the piece erm a shape , a , a definite shape or just a shadowy shape erm and the overcoat in er Bon Jour Monsieur Gaugin , I found very , very expressive and the starting point for , for this particular poem I 'll hand this round to you know , with the name of the , the front , right I do n't , has anybody , if you already know this picture , does anybody actually know it already ? , no I start with the overcoat obviously erm very expressive , not just because it was , people wear over , overcoats in cold days , but it was the size of the coat and the shape of it and , and it gave me a weight , I felt , er I felt a very definite mood erm about this picture because of the coat and it was a , er a ejective mood that I , that I felt from that , and the stick in the erm hands of the women over the bridge gave me the sound for , for this poem would you like me to read as the , the thing being passed around , would that be ok ?
30 ‘ I am not satisfied with my works to date , and from now on I want to take a new path ’ , so Beethoven allegedly confessed not long before embarking on the three sonatas of Op. 31 , here introduced into the CD catalogue as a set played on a fortepiano ( by Derek Adlam after Anton Walter , Vienna ; Nannette Streicher , Vienna 1815 ) .
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