Example sentences of "i [vb base] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I do n't know anything , ’ I repeat with exaggerated lethargy . |
| 2 | I mean with ordinary ones |
| 3 | Well an an an and I , it seems to me that the , the er I mean you go , you go to the er to the M S Society and you find just about everybody there , you know , you find people who , who are in wheelchairs , you find people who are walking around , you find people who are er controlling their diet you find people who are obs s taking extreme dietary precautions , no , not precautions , no they are taking extreme care of their diet , er er I mean on gluten-free diets and you know what that means |
| 4 | " I mean about Apache Indians and all . " |
| 5 | And where the beer did agree eventually , I mean under slight pressure . |
| 6 | Yeah i it 's n th that door looks miles away but I mean in actual fact it 's not very far , ever such a strange |
| 7 | Look I mean in actual fact , it 's probably well it should n't be |
| 8 | Or or the rest I mean in general |
| 9 | I mean in other words we 'll now have a proper strategy the Vale of the White Horse , which was always an area of the county where the County Council services to the elderly was poorer than elsewhere . |
| 10 | I mean in particular the Villa Diodati , where the poet Milton once stayed ? |
| 11 | so I mean in particular its alright if there 's a good film worth watching , for that I 'd sit up till twelve |
| 12 | And now perhaps you understand what I mean by Personal Management . ’ |
| 13 | So what I mean by controlled access is nobody comes on i within to this flat complex , without er the se the security team knowing . |
| 14 | That 's what I mean by artificial jobs . |
| 15 | but I ought to explain what I mean by budgeted fi figure . |
| 16 | What I mean by prescient is this . |
| 17 | Oh cha chapel Later on , I mean er you know when you got to ten , eleven , ch there were so many things at chapel , I mean from learned dissertations , I mean the gentlemen from the University , here . |
| 18 | I mean like old age pensioners , you know they will buy the piece like that but |
| 19 | I do n't know , probably not , I mean he does n't wear his , I mean like proper trousers |
| 20 | The hall and the gallery and the enormous stained glass windows which faced the door as you came in , and the three reception rooms were ours , and as I suffer from terrible claustrophobia , I thought it was a wonderful place to live although David , who I am sure does n't suffer from claustrophobia as badly as I do , being British and like most British people , would be content to live in smaller environments . |
| 21 | It may even give passers-by the impression of drunkenness , which is why some people carry a card or note to say , ‘ I suffer from bad attacks of giddiness . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ I suffer from high-tone deafness , ’ he says . |
| 23 | I suffer from debilitating shyness , which means I socialise very rarely . |
| 24 | Once he is distracted , I push on hard and he gives up the game . |
| 25 | But sometimes I push in front to balance her lightness , dreaminess . |
| 26 | ‘ Many people tend to specialise in a certain topic such as sport or pop music but I concentrate on general knowledge . ’ |
| 27 | And of course there 's the fact that any statements I make about general business confidence are price sensitive and could knock the share price . ’ |
| 28 | I shall also ensure that , in future when I land on unlicensed fields , I land as short and slow as possible . |
| 29 | Then I pounce with devastating questions to expose their guilt . |
| 30 | Between them Caroline and M have every quality I hate in other women . |