Example sentences of "i [vb base] [noun sg] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | I commend amendment No. 7 to the House . |
2 | And when species differ in colour pattern , for example , it not at all infrequently turns out that it 's just one gene , or perhaps a couple erm I mean trituris marmaratis , which is rather a nice green newt , christatus , which is rather a nice black and yellow spotted newt , you can hybridize them and the difference is due to a single gene as far as the colour is concerned gene . |
3 | Yes they have , very special gear in , in breathing apparatus and protective clothing , er which I did n't have in my early days , I mean breathing apparatus was just beginning to be used . |
4 | I mean West Egg . ’ |
5 | I mean lunch time we were hearing how , because they stood up for what was right , it was over the killing of soldiers and that , this man job and actually he more or less said that he was something wrong with his head did n't he ? |
6 | Well er I mean Christmas trade starts as of |
7 | ‘ We need a significant raising of the barriers to entry — brave publishing ( or even better , brave exploitation of the backlist ) across a very narrow range of titles , powerfully marketed ( and by that I mean television advertising ) to create real volume . ’ |
8 | That means very significantly raising the barriers to entry — brave publishing ( or even better , brave exploitation of the backlist ) across a very narrow range of titles , powerfully marketed ( and by that I mean television advertising ) to create real volume . |
9 | I mean community charge was a factor in the nineteen ninety London borough elections , but in nineteen ninety the Conservative Party was doing very badly in opinion polls . |
10 | the six million erm U K pension cost is n't ongoing level and just going back to that er post-retirement medical benefits it would n't be material I mean definition material can be er something less than five percent of profits . |
11 | I mean root ginger 's like a pound a pound , or two pound a pound . |
12 | As a matter of fact , that what they were lacking in and we er we had a driller and er we had a driller and er horizontal lather for turning and a grinder , when I say grinder I mean emery wheel , and that 's about all we 'd got in the shop . |
13 | But erm I mean caravan season , it goes quick enough do n't it ? |
14 | I mean being Christmas , yes . |
15 | There 's all the difference between live and being I Mean being time and being in God . |
16 | Cos I mean sugar beet pulp was very light |
17 | I mean tea break . |
18 | She clicked her tongue in the way she does when I eat peanut butter straight from the jar . |
19 | So I liken Forest policy to this rhyme : ‘ Always keep tight hold of nurse for fear of getting someone worse . ’ |
20 | having this whole thing out , right , she 'd pay right , I bring home wage , right believe it or not I 'll tell you it 's about between a hundred and eleven and a hundred and fourteen pounds a week , that 's forty and ten , that 's a hundred and fifty pounds a week , right , now if she got to pay poll tax out of that , right , what she 's getting which is twenty odd pounds a month |
21 | Terror terror terror — I hate hate hate dreams — no I do n't , I hate hate hate not being able to write them down . |
22 | I hate colour photography . |
23 | No , I hate Tech class . |
24 | I hate news team fucking hate the bastards . |
25 | I have no objection to raising money , but I must admit I hate Celebrity Golf Tournaments . |
26 | I hate food shopping ! |
27 | I grow Thermopsis montana in my own garden and would not have thought it would last well in water . |
28 | So you wan na have it going cos like I say turkey night before . |
29 | The changed part of the sentence at the end could be : … when I say ice cream ? … when I say oranges ? … when I say vodka ? … when I say thistles ? … when I say macaroni ? … when I say opium ? … when I say sombrero ? … when I say rickshaw ? … when I say watches ? … when I say beret ? |
30 | Well as I say dock area , they might live about half a mile away that was all . |