Example sentences of "i [verb] [adj] thing " in BNC.
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| 1 | The guiding principle for the Government , she said , was that health care should be provided for all regardless of ability to pay : ‘ Let me make one thing absolutely clear . |
| 2 | ‘ Let me make one thing clear . |
| 3 | But Ferguson insisted : ‘ Let me make one thing crystal clear — Manchester United wo n't bottle it on the last lap of the championship . |
| 4 | ‘ I think I am being very reasonable , and let me make one thing quite clear . |
| 5 | They are like nowhere else on earth and inspire me to try new things . |
| 6 | Those of us who witnessed the touch-and-go progress of an ultimately triumphant War and Peace — recorded by Philips for release early next year — feared for the future of the rest , but as Gergiev puts it ‘ that which makes me incredibly proud is that I announced these things and they happened ’ — and , one might add , that inspiration was to hand for rather more performances than the fiercely self-critical Gergiev might admit . |
| 7 | Well er I mean well things like communal ownership advocate them to be reforms |
| 8 | I 'm sure that , would the would they be flexible and and and look at , I mean certain things you know rhombus and parallelogram . |
| 9 | When she was away for those ten days I mean certain things just could n't be done because no-one knew |
| 10 | Oh yeah but I mean no I I do n't mean in general , I mean specific things . |
| 11 | But I mean that thing ! |
| 12 | Ha well if he ca n't do , if he ca n't bring nothing that man , which I 'm sure he will I shall go and buy something , I mean that thing of Scott 's wo n't be any good without the appropriate thing will it ? |
| 13 | I mean that thing I went to on Wednesday it must have cost thousands of pounds . |
| 14 | I mean one thing that 's mentioned before is about tag questions , which is where you put on question to the end of your sentence , as in Oh do n't you agree or Is n't it or you know you know the sort of thing I mean . |
| 15 | Er now I mean One thing that a lot of the literature says is that this might indicate a power , and another thing that the literature says |
| 16 | And we had expected rather a slump after Christmas that has n't happened really so that er you know we 're just so busy I mean one thing to the next really . |
| 17 | We do n't name him but whoever is in a particular spot should be responsible for a certain area , which in in fundamentally it is done that in quite a number of instances but I mean one thing that springs to mind is that a lady shall clear the ladies toilets . |
| 18 | I mean first thing he did was er redundan we used to get four weeks for every year redundancy payment , bang , no forget it . |
| 19 | By which I mean two things . |
| 20 | Yeah I mean two things . |
| 21 | Now he then comes on in the second part of the report to look at the fourteen great achievements and I mean two things A what are those achievements and do those achievements back up and support these kinds of very general maybe propaganda kind of stances that Mao is taking up in the first part of this report . |
| 22 | Yeah , but I mean basic things Ken , we 'll take for example |
| 23 | Yes I mean those things are possible |
| 24 | I mean these things are niggling and if you write poems you would write a poem about it . |
| 25 | I mean another thing |
| 26 | I mean another thing is |
| 27 | So , it 's the same agenda , so if everybody 's okay with that note , I mean most things I think come up |
| 28 | ( I mean little things like ‘ that was a nice meal ’ . ) |
| 29 | If I eat another thing that 's bad for me ! |
| 30 | Let me give you one scripture in closing , in two Timothy chapter one and verse twelve , the apostle says , for this reason , he says I suffer these things but I am not ashamed , for I know whom I have believed , and I am convinced that he is able to guard what I have entrusted to him until that day . |