Example sentences of "i [vb base] [verb] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 These kinds of variations can seem very confusing , which is why I advocate taking the job slowly , one section at a time .
2 ‘ The beauty and interesting nature of this little bird ’ , Gould wrote , ‘ naturally made me anxious to bring home living examples ; I accordingly captured about twenty fully fledged birds , and kept them alive for some time ; but the difficulties necessarily attendant upon travelling in a new country rendering it impracticable to afford them the attention they required , I regret to say the whole were lost . ’
3 I mean got no mortgage to pay out you can you can bank eight hundred pound of that every month .
4 I mean take the example that Hugh is always using , is that if I wanted to knock a wall through , a hole through that wall and put a door in there with a link in it surely to goodness we
5 I mean getting a job on the land ? ’
6 I 've got the spare tablets but I mean getting the prescription .
7 Yeah cos I mean come the winter we 'll we wo n't know ourselves .
8 No I mean stop the printout and recall , reprint out and set it up
9 For example , I mean , if a tutor , say , has been sexually harassing a young woman , and she puts in a complain of any kind or something like that , and then he puts pressure on her to withdraw that complaint and she does , I mean does the college at that stage stay well okay if she 's not going to complain then we wo n't do anything , thereby letting the harassment go ahead , or does the college say even though she does n't want to complain we 're nevertheless going to go ahead .
10 I mean given the size of China I mean th there 'd be
11 Yeah I mean get the hall but he ca n't get the er you know
12 I mean to get the tissue paper
13 " I mean to buy a caravan — do they call them " Mobile Homes ' , what an awful name ! — Gigi will love it . "
14 If I mean to mind a thing I never mind it
15 well there you are then , yeah she goes to school does n't she , well I think it 's sad I mean giving a child a name like that
16 did n't understand for two years I mean told the regulator
17 Come , now , I mean to have an answer . ’
18 No I think , I , I mean see a lot of languages and I think you 're doing very well .
19 I mean servicing a school regardless of how many people there are is no no but it
20 I mean to make a contribution .
21 ‘ There is some mystery surrounding your birth — I just know there is ! — and one of these days I mean to discover the truth . ’
22 I mean doing a couple of tables probably wo n't be that hard work cos it just be a case of a list of averages or something .
23 Instead of reading it down , I mean say a Frenchman reading it down , say through erm
24 I intend to analyse the sexism in such texts on a more immediate , if mundane , level .
25 Later in this paper I intend to outline the curriculum and teaching strategies I hope will be retained within the national curriculum .
26 I intend writing the story I came here to find . ’
27 Unless you have any objections I intend using the report as evidence to support your case .
28 I intend to open the inquest on Monday , the seventh .
29 With regard to what you owe me , I intend to cancel the debt .
30 But I intend to drive the strategy that is already in place and leave my successor to drive it even further . ’
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