Example sentences of "i [vb base] a [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It still seems to me that the acting critics of poesy are for the most part incapable of looking for more than one thing at a time , having got started about 1913 ( I mean a few of ‘ em got started about 1913 and a lot have started since ) to look for a certain plainness and directness of speech and simple order of words ; and having about 1918 got started looking for Mr Eliot 's rather more fragile system ( a system excellent for Mr Eliot but not very much use to any one else ) , they now limit their criticism to inquiring whether or no verse conforms to one or other of these manners , thereby often omitting to notice fundamentals , or qualities as important as verbal directness and even more important than ‘ snap ’ . |
| 2 | Peering into the tank using a strong eye-glass I could only see a few fry and I mean a few . |
| 3 | Yeah I mean a few months ago I had absolutely no idea at all what |
| 4 | I mean a few people are talking , how many of you agree with that ? |
| 5 | erm I mean a few of things that I would say , first of all we operate on a freephone system , also we turn claims cheques round the same day , and the name of the game as far as we 're concerned is service . |
| 6 | I sling a few carcasses to prowling cats , and I get told off for it . |
| 7 | I develop a few prospects , and a severe case of dysentery . |
| 8 | If I make a few constructive points , it will be looked on as a Liverpudlian poking his nose in . |
| 9 | Without being asked , I pick a few motes of white lint from the jacket 's dark surface and help him straighten his tie . |
| 10 | Er when I say a few , about twenty perhaps , thirty , and er , of course , it was then me brother got the order for the canteen as well see . |
| 11 | And then expand on it , and so I go into each of these and I go to the and I say a few words about each of these particular themes . |
| 12 | mimics them and that , oh I hate that , I hate that as I say a few times I thought to myself I do not like |
| 13 | I want a this knife . |
| 14 | Yeah , you see I 've got , again it 's erm , complete handle on that one one of them one 's , I want a half one like this with just this |
| 15 | I put a few pink flowers on the plant and remember that I must n't overdo this |
| 16 | I put a few more matches down . |
| 17 | I ease a few points ahead , Martin puts in a break of 12 , I confidently reply with one of 13 , and even before we reach the colours Martin is beginning to display the McEnroic aspect of his game that always encourages opponents . |
| 18 | It is impossible to detail every virtue or fault you should look for when making your choice , but here I list a few pointers which may help . |
| 19 | write , it 's now I have to ache , I , I wait a few minutes and then I , go on again when me hands had a rest |
| 20 | erm I suspect a few members of family |
| 21 | The guys at ADM Computing suggested at the first meeting that I save a few quid by opting for a Phillips Brilliance monitor instead of the NEC I 've coveted for a year . |
| 22 | I consider a few . |
| 23 | Ludo and I stand a few more moments looking at the body in the mud There is no doubt that he is dead . |
| 24 | I add a few words of my own only because of the difference of opinion between your Lordships on this question and because what I said about the availability of certiorari in my speech in Thomas v. University of Bradford [ 1987 ] A.C. 795 has been interpreted to include an error of law by the Divisional Court and the Court of Appeal [ 1991 ] 1 W.L.R. 1277 which was not what I had intended . |
| 25 | I add a few examples from that video of what one can deduce as to the daily routine . |
| 26 | I recall a few extracts . |
| 27 | ‘ While you were following your own pursuits this morning , I set a few more wheels in motion . |
| 28 | I know a few good boozers over there as it 'appens . |
| 29 | If they do try any tricks , they 'll find I know a few as well . |
| 30 | I am just an ordinary Daleswoman and if I began to think or act otherwise I know a few people around here who would soon bring me to my senses . |