Example sentences of "i [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Me elder brother was in the First World War and he er he got married and er she was a flighty sort of girl and she was n't attending to er Mabel properly , the little girl , she had a girl and a boy . |
| 2 | One of a family of six and me elder brother was me bro me dad had a little business in the keys in and er they were hard times and me elder brother we used to go and work for him because me dad said he must and er from , after school I used to go and perhaps do the errands or a bit of filing , the odd jobs and all that sort of thing and I grew up with locks and keys and files from twelve , even before I left school . |
| 3 | One of a family of six and me elder brother was me bro me dad had a little business in the keys in and er they were hard times and me elder brother we used to go and work for him because me dad said he must and er from , after school I used to go and perhaps do the errands or a bit of filing , the odd jobs and all that sort of thing and I grew up with locks and keys and files from twelve , even before I left school . |
| 4 | I do hope it 's not the bitterness of someone who is n't logical , but sometimes it makes me emotional . |
| 5 | ‘ Bring me liquid sustenance , for I have need of thy strongest mocha-java , merchantman … ’ |
| 6 | Will think me callow , inexperienced . |
| 7 | ‘ Me neither ? ’ |
| 8 | ‘ Me neither ! ’ |
| 9 | ‘ Critics have found me narrow , ’ his opening paragraph continues , ‘ and I have no doubt that my opening proposition , whatever I may say to explain and justify it , will be adduced in reinforcement of their strictures , ’ adding bitterly that ‘ the only way to escape misrepresentation is never to … say anything . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ Critics have found me narrow , implies that his reputation is already controversial , a truth of which he was justly proud , and it is a provocation aptly calculated to make one read on ; and to claim that the only way to escape misrepresentation is to say nothing implies that something momentous is about to be said , that it is his habit and custom to do so , and that he is widely hated because he does . |
| 11 | ‘ But for God 's sake send me prompt news , Sharpe . |
| 12 | ‘ New bugs are wets and weeds their mummies blub when they kiss them goodbye while seniors such as me hem-hem stand grimly by licking their slobering chops . |
| 13 | Even when I can understand all they are saying , they give me little opportunity to reply , so anxious are they to keep up the headlong momentum of their own speech ; then they complain that I say nothing ! |
| 14 | I let me little lot go , sir , see . |
| 15 | ‘ Nurses tell me little has changed with staffing levels . |
| 16 | It caused me little inconvenience and even less pain and I was still able to manoeuvre myself into reasonable position and qualify for the final . |
| 17 | I played off seven at my best — politics left me little time for practice , but lack of concentration was the real problem . |
| 18 | The critics never review my work , but this concerns me little as they have no power and little influence . |
| 19 | Come me little washer lad , come let's away , |
| 20 | Come me little washer lad , come let's away , |
| 21 | It gives me little pleasure to agree with him , but I do so . |
| 22 | ‘ You give me little encouragement . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ I was fortunate in my choice of boat , and my equipment gave me little trouble . |
| 24 | ‘ You 're burning up with love for me , are n't you , me little darlin' ? ’ |
| 25 | Makes me introspective about certain things missing from my life these days . ’ |
| 26 | I 'm not horrible , it 's just something I do to keep me occupied ! |
| 27 | Even PhD students can be approached before they have finished their theses , though the publication of unrevised theses seems to me undesirable , common though it has become : a thesis is written , as a rule , for two examiners , whereas a book , however specialized , should have a rather wider readership in mind . |
| 28 | An ’ that ai n't me usual practice . ’ |
| 29 | The Principal offered me complete freedom to visit and photograph any part of the complex . |
| 30 | Like a twat I decided that attack was the best way of preserving my job , and so I demanded that the board give me complete control over team selection , tactics , welfare etc. , with no boardroom interference whatsoever . |