Example sentences of "i [vb mod] [adv] describe " in BNC.
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| 1 | My dear friend — if I may so describe him — the previous Foreign Secretary , who resigned from the right hon. Lady 's Government over Europe , was equally thrilled , although he did not express himself — he never does — in quite such colourful language . |
| 2 | I might mistakenly describe my sensory state as being an experience of pink ( things look pink to me here ) when in fact it is an experience of orange . |
| 3 | I could not describe it . |
| 4 | I could equally describe the dense wilderness that settles on you like a heavy hand , barely an hour 's walk from Yosemite 's granite architecture . |
| 5 | A taxi was called and Hugo and the children left for Liverpool Street and I was left alone with my own thoughts , in a state of mind I could only describe as lustless . |
| 6 | A lot of people who I 'd just describe as having I du n no , people with real dignity and real sense of pride who manage to bring up their kids and and survive in a decent way , in quite a hostile environment . |
| 7 | I would rather describe it as a lively interest . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ I would n't describe the Sierra as fast off the mark , but it has sufficient power and cruises well . |
| 9 | I would n't describe Rattle 's treatment as in any way unfeeling , merely that the various strands are shaped and honed with an unusual sensitivity to detail but at a relatively low emotional temperature . |
| 10 | I would n't describe anything that was not what I had gone through and understood myself — in my experience or out of my imagination and other people 's words would n't do . |
| 11 | ‘ I would n't describe it as an assault but it was certainly reckless and dangerous play . |
| 12 | ‘ Memory or no memory , I would n't describe you as all in one piece , exactly , after last night . ’ |
| 13 | But I would n't describe it as warm . |
| 14 | Alec Clifton-Taylor describes this stone as being ‘ absolutely dependable ’ , which is how I would also describe ‘ The Hagge ’ . |
| 15 | Save that I would not describe Mrs. Steed 's authority to execute the transfer as ‘ ostensible ’ authority , I am in complete and respectful agreement with the judge . |
| 16 | I would never describe Richmondshire as ridiculous . |
| 17 | I ca n't describe it otherwise . |
| 18 | I ca n't describe my feeling — a sort of emptiness , which is dreadfully painful — a sort of longing which can not be satisfied , but never goes away , indeed it increases daily … . ’ |
| 19 | She seems very masculine , with short hair , jeans and heavy boots and she has a sort of butch look I ca n't describe . |
| 20 | I know what I felt like , I ca n't describe it . |
| 21 | I ca n't describe it , she had , her legs were out to the side , but they were pointing down like that |
| 22 | Because on the joist up right at the top near the side of the house , the brickwork , there 's erm I do n't well I ca n't describe them but cocoons or something like that . |
| 23 | That was good , so good I ca n't describe it . |
| 24 | The narrator says , ‘ I was there , I felt it , but I ca n't describe exactly what it was , ’ and everyone draws closer , fascinated . |
| 25 | I ca n't describe it , but I felt that something was wrong . |
| 26 | ‘ I ca n't describe the feeling tha t I get , ’ he explains . |
| 27 | I ca n't describe to you the agony of being told — and then having no means by which to find out … |
| 28 | As you will see , definitions of this type fit very badly with the institutions that I shall presently describe . |
| 29 | I shall also describe some of the remarkable things that seem to happen when one tries to combine the two theories . |
| 30 | These data were supplemented by the radar ‘ looking ’ sideways at the surface , a rather subtle technique which I shall not describe . |