Example sentences of "i [vb base] a [adj] [noun] " 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 | You propose a new wheeze to help farmers ; I cite a specific nonsense that will result . |
| 3 | For most of my stillwater legering , except for carp , I favour a fixed paternoster rig . |
| 4 | A : In all honesty , I favour a total ban on Rottweilers , because they 're much too powerful for ordinary people to handle . |
| 5 | Instead , he offered a pair of trust-mes : ‘ I favour a strong exchange rate … |
| 6 | Animals , I advocate a conservation policy . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | To that extent , I declare a vested interest . |
| 9 | And I the same for , when Lindsey was a wee girl and I mean a wee girl like , I 'd pick wee things for her I 'd of loved my mummy to buy me . |
| 10 | I , I think that 's again going to be part of it because that is certainly I mean a major reason why er a lot of peasant societies have large families , but we 'd still have to try and explain why it was that in this period , presumably so very much more of those children were surviving than had been the case earlier . |
| 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 | Everyone , I 'm sure , has a ‘ little black dress ’ type of pattern , by which I mean a perennial favourite that gets made up in different yarns and colours over the years for various celebrations , parties and so on . |
| 13 | I mean a simple thing is erm , if you , if you spin something like that for example . |
| 14 | And I mean a long time ! ’ |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | I mean a brilliant idea really . |
| 17 | ‘ Has anyone done your portrait , I mean a modern painter ? ’ |
| 18 | In actual fact , that car of his being light , I mean a front wheel drive will probably be able to and being light probably be better served for getting out of difficult situations than the other cars . |
| 19 | And I mean a great thrill he was to us , he cried come here and see this and here was among all his little moles , he had a white one a pure white mole . |
| 20 | I also aimed at another thing which people consider Italian I mean a certain squareness and horizontality of outline . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | I mean a good film . |
| 23 | But I mean a fixed rate is a bird in the hand , really , and I think they 're quite good at the moment . |
| 24 | I mean a fixed term contract for a year for a new in , for an investigator , first of all we 've got to find someone who would do it , secondly if that person was n't frankly al already an investigator the investment in that person . |
| 25 | Try taking a holiday ( I mean a real holiday ; do n't toss the mobile phone and a few unfinished reports into the suitcase with your flip-flops ) and see if you feel better away from it all . |
| 26 | I mean a real Safeway , you know , the ones you see in the U S where everything you know , even the trolleys , are seven times bigger , erm n n not like they are , you know , the aliens land in the car park of the Maple Valley Safeways in Washington State , and , and observe people coming out of it with enormous piles of shopping . |
| 27 | But you know what a Yardie packs — I mean a real Yardie ? |
| 28 | I mean a real belief that I have the word ‘ tiger ’ or ‘ leopard ’ or whatever . |
| 29 | I mean a free press which is edited by one of my relatives . |
| 30 | It 's a lellow I mean a yellow tie . |