Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] i [vb base] i " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I like the inside lanes , and if I get the right lane I think I can go under 20 seconds . |
| 2 | Rev Jim Caterer , vicar of Standish , said : ‘ I never say something is impossible but in this case I wish I could say just that . |
| 3 | Well , having talked about my interest in , in popular literature I suppose I should begin by saying I do n't much like the distinction between good literature and pulp literature but , on the other hand , I do accept that it has a function . |
| 4 | What if you , if you lent us some dosh I suppose I could be with Louise tonight , right , I could go home with a big bunch of flowers cos I 'll have a guilty expression on my face . |
| 5 | So if I start another tape I think I 've to put their names in first right . |
| 6 | ‘ I get lots of film synopses sent to me and after this movie I hope I will get a lot more . |
| 7 | You ca n't beat a wet shave I find I find I mean people have said that oh having a wet shave makes my face sore and things like that . |
| 8 | Er er bank clerks , this was the top half er shop keepers , erm and and and sort of the further you went to they , the better the people came because they were top half I mean I remember Tom Williams the professional golfer , he lived up there . |
| 9 | Re-reading the Editorial Edict I see I am allowed , if necessary , to stretch my budget to ( say ) £275 , which would enable me to acquire two or three nice pieces . |
| 10 | And there 's another point I think I shall bring out in my book . |
| 11 | Some days I think I 'm only young — I fell straight away for her [ the baby ] — I used to think before I was married I 'd better get all the clothes I want now because I 'll never get them when I 'm married — but I was wrong , because I can really have all I want now … |
| 12 | Right has the board consider giving this place I mean I I understand the the trouble with money etc but looking at making this place more inviting , at all ? |
| 13 | And yet … we 'd had such a good few days I suppose I wanted to keep the mood going . |
| 14 | I can not tell whether the phone has stopped ringing or not ; at some point I think I hear a ring louder than all other rings , and a voice , not Maggie 's voice , but another voice , a woman 's voice , a slow Scottish accent , asking and begging for Crilly . |
| 15 | On some machines I find I get a better result if I manipulate the edge needles in exactly the same way as Far Isle . |
| 16 | Some day I know I 'll be bagged up and sent |
| 17 | I never saw him again but to this day I wish I could take him to Ibrox and watch the Rangers with him and maybe buy him a half and half pint at one of the Govan pubs . |
| 18 | On this occasion I think I can find a bottle of something special with which to toast the future . |
| 19 | I know , I think after Christmas I 'm gon na go and have a look for some dresses and you see when it was an ordinary colour I was gon na have ivory but now it 's this colour I think i 'll be better having having white , I do n't know . |
| 20 | In some ways I wish I had something to fall back on but I wanted to play guitar in a band , not waste time at university . ’ |
| 21 | In fact in some ways I feel I almost got more out of appraising Kevin and Bill than I did out of Alan appraising |
| 22 | A tranquil mood had come over me , and for this reason I believe I was again motoring very slowly — probably at no more than fifteen miles per hour . |
| 23 | Er we have n't used very much of it this year I mean I think er I mentioned a few weeks ago the , the question of trips out perhaps in the spring to do fish and that , we could consider er we do n't want to just go er accumulating money for the sake of it erm , we want to get some benefit out of the money we 've got . |
| 24 | This time I know I can do it ! |
| 25 | This time I think I believe Transworld . |
| 26 | ‘ Yes , this time I think I might be willing to go along with that , ’ Luke conceded drily , his gaze skimming the new lushness of her mouth . |
| 27 | So we talk of five hundred redundancies is totally wrong and I think erm in the circumstances calculated to give the wrong impression I hope I will urge that you do not accept the resolution and that we accept in . |
| 28 | Although I do not wish to dwell on it at this stage I feel I should say something regarding my understanding of Christianity . |
| 29 | The more I observe , the more different categories I think I discover , with different characteristics . |
| 30 | Some evenings I expect I can come along and eat with you , Tom and Carrie . ’ |