Example sentences of "i [vb base] [art] [adj] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | I cite the twentieth century in his defence . |
| 3 | This theme will be taken up in Chapter 6 when I introduce the structuralist account of the relation between signification and social process . |
| 4 | I commend the annual report from the health authority chief executive , which shows that Sheffield is a centre of excellence for health . |
| 5 | I commend the hon. Gentleman for his work on the link between Pittsburgh and Newry . |
| 6 | I commend the Christian doctrine of costly service . |
| 7 | MAYBE SO , BUT I 'LL NOT REST UNTIL , ONCE , I TASTE THE BUTTOCK-CLENCHING THRILL OF BEING CAUGHT IN Flagrante Delicto BY MELVYN BRAGG … |
| 8 | A : In all honesty , I favour a total ban on Rottweilers , because they 're much too powerful for ordinary people to handle . |
| 9 | I book the late meals at 1430 hours for everyone , and organise the loading of fifty pallets for the exercise — working through lunch to get the vessel away as quickly as possible . |
| 10 | Before I regret the temporary arrival of my better nature , you 'd better let me make a few calls and see what I can do to get you home today . ’ |
| 11 | We see an awful lot of people have got a tremendous investment in traditional character cell terminals and by a character cell terminal I mean a dumb terminal of twenty four lines of eighty characters . |
| 12 | I am saying Mr Major , as Prime Minister , if someone in my position is saying I believe , I believe , there is the best opportunity here for lasting peace , by which I mean a total cessation of violence , the least I expect is that you should listen to what I have to say . |
| 13 | I , I , I notice from the schedule that , I mean a tremendous difference in cost per person if you just add , divided the people into , which suggest the way you 're being work out on a basis of individual needs , and what the carer provides . |
| 14 | It seemed that they were either capitalist or social democrats which I mean a social democrat by any other na a Tory by any other name 's just the same . |
| 15 | Cos it 'd be , I mean a big disadvantage to a lot of particular schools around this area is the number of erm Asian and |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | If the opportunity was n't there , and by that I mean a realistic chance of winning the Championship , then I would n't be racing in Formula One any more . |
| 18 | really I mean the actual content of them is not too young fo too old for her but |
| 19 | I mean the narrowest part of the river I would say is er where Hall Bridge is , that 's the narrowest part . |
| 20 | I mean the wholesale alienation of my entire sales staff . |
| 21 | I mean the defining moments in the Kuwaiti history are what ? |
| 22 | I mean the famous case of the Thalidomide erm is obviously in everybody 's mind . |
| 23 | I did try and help her about how to run a war because it 's such a long time since anybody 's run a war — I mean the technical methods of running a war — which she did very well . |
| 24 | erm I mean the highest percentage of overseas visitors to this country are from America , and people , you know , like Paul Duffy at Blenheim Palace , you know , depend a great deal on the American visitor . |
| 25 | By ‘ annihilation ’ I mean the total extinction of life , except possibly some subterranean or aquatic forms . |
| 26 | ‘ I mean the commonsensical world of material objects and appearances . |
| 27 | I mean the first couple of days , we spent a lot of time just trying to cool people down and and stop them panicking and er and stop them going over the top . |
| 28 | Yeah but like think about it , first , I mean the first couple of tapes of people like saying oh yeah , so then we had sex , and then we gave him a blow job ! |
| 29 | I mean the first time at a lower level something appeared , I shaded half a square |
| 30 | I mean some people adopt the approach of trying to d do it all in about two hours just before the deadline so they do n't have time to feel self critical erm I think perhaps if you can , you know , rather than , rather than trying to do it all at once I mean the business of , of going through successive drafts of things and gradually getting them better and better , I mean the first drafts of things that I write are , are usually just scribbles on the back of a piece of paper that 's , with something else on the front |