Example sentences of "i [vb base] a [det] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Crilly reminds me that I 'm American too , and just because I know a few words of British slang , I should n't be getting airs about myself . |
| 32 | I was brought up Methodist myself so I know a few . |
| 33 | ‘ Oh , I know a few Romanies have been sent to prison for poaching — but so have a great many gorgios . |
| 34 | ’ I do n't nick stuff myself , but I know a few people who do . |
| 35 | ‘ I was flattered to be asked to join them , any fan would be , and I know a few of my mates are jealous . |
| 36 | is a fisher it 's the only one I know , I mean I know a few . |
| 37 | You I mean you , you criticize him but I mean I know a few people who , who he |
| 38 | I like a few active steps , like running round the room or touching toes . |
| 39 | I generally fish with a short hair for barbel , about ½ inch , but soon lengthen this if I get a few bites and do n't hit them . |
| 40 | I get a few letters of this sort from people who think the advert for the B.A.E.C. in your classified section , which says it ‘ exists to help electronics enthusiasts ’ , is a general invitation to all and sundry to send their problems to me . |
| 41 | I get a few qualms just before the green light comes on . |
| 42 | I mean I get a few things in every week that , you know that you need , that you know er I go out on Monday and get everything else for the week like washing powder , and that sort of thing but u for food , I just get it every day . |
| 43 | Lucker and I get a few beach items together and set off across the dunes towards the shimmering shore . |
| 44 | Not unless I get a few phone calls from been here today . |
| 45 | I think I get a few , , excuse me things but it 's not too bad . |
| 46 | ‘ I compose a few things during slack times on journeys , ’ Googol admitted . |
| 47 | I remember a few months after my daughter Kate was born in 1981 receiving a call from Number 10 . |
| 48 | I remember a few years ago a lady bought a jumper to the knitting club , displaying it proudly and saying : ‘ it 's just some out of the washing machine ’ . |
| 49 | erm I remember a few years ago when there was a great panicky shutting down of teachers ' training colleges . |
| 50 | Also , I 've decided not to brush down the table or re-mark it or clean the balls : I reckon a few bad kicks and some low-lying grit on the baize will unsettle him more than they will me . |
| 51 | I bounce a few more cheery sentences off her , but she has withdrawn into her shell . |
| 52 | I find a little difficulty in understanding the basis of your argument Mr , given the point you made last week about the need for Yo North Yorkshire as a whole to cater for one hundred percent migration , so as to make adequate provision for those coming from Leeds . |
| 53 | Somehow I find a little peace of mind knowing that I 'm in the one place in the world where I once knew true happiness . ’ |
| 54 | I guess a few more came to light . |
| 55 | I nibble a few agreeably soft haws , whose flesh always reminds me of slightly overripe avocado pear , then start on the blackberries , which are still swelling in good numbers , despite all those saws about not picking them after Michaelmas . |
| 56 | I was able to enjoy it for I suppose a half a second … two Ferrari drivers take each other off the road . |
| 57 | You can see those rows of abbots on either side and behind them is a long tradition of succession of abbots including great saints and I suppose a few sinners as well . |
| 58 | ‘ Please forgive me , Mrs Hatton , if I ask a few routine questions , ’ he said . |
| 59 | This made me and I bet a few more Steffi fans very angry indeed . |
| 60 | But I bet a few of the lads in the carriageworks were smiling . |