Example sentences of "i [vb base] be [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The most popular German salami that I sell is the square peppery variety , which is very finely minced pork and beef coated on the outside with ground black peppercorns ( see p7 ) . |
| 2 | There may well be standard poodle in the Irish Water Spaniel but the Newfoundland I mean is a big heavy dog . |
| 3 | Aha That 's right , it would be somebody of one rung down perhaps from and half a rung down from if you can put that in context I mean is an absolute beginner she knew nothing about this business two and a half years ago |
| 4 | I just wonder , I mean is the nineteen thousand six hundred a full year cost , so which figure is right ? |
| 5 | The sort of shade I mean is the dappled shade cast by mature apple trees and maples or by the high branches of an oak . |
| 6 | So anyway er I mean being a keen motorcyclist I borrowed a Moto Guzzi last year , you know a big V twin , beautiful bike , I went up into Derbyshire and had a you know ride on it , and thought well that 's not bad , see I 've always had British bikes , and I think I might g I might get one of those , so I came back in the house put the helmet down and said hey that Guzzi 's not bad , I could get a decent one for about two thousand you know about nineteen eighty , you know nice Le Mans Two . |
| 7 | ‘ I liken being a creative music person to going to see a football game or rugby game . |
| 8 | I liken being a creative music person to going to see a football game or rugby game . |
| 9 | That I stress is a preliminary view they could not and would not wish to make a final decision until they have all the information . |
| 10 | ‘ Listen , ’ said Princess Anne , ‘ wherever I sit IS the Royal Box . ’ |
| 11 | I was one of the few ‘ non-official ’ witnesses at the inquiry into what I trust is the last colonial war that Britain will ever fight . |
| 12 | My object , which I trust was a fair one , was never suspected , my position never questioned . |
| 13 | ‘ The sounds I program are the natural Stick sounds with synthesised coloration for atmospherics . |
| 14 | All I recollect is a grey , sombre sky and the dark Seine rushing under the bridges ; tall , sharp-gabled houses which sprang up from the cobbles and leaned crazily together , storey thrust out above storey ; the narrow , winding streets of the Latin Quarter ; the pell-mell of ascending gables and tinted roof tiles , the gables of their lower storeys sculpted into fantastic shapes of warriors or exotic animals . |
| 15 | ‘ All I want is a normal life . |
| 16 | And , for the moment , all I want is a little peace and quiet although it 's not all that quiet , thanks to the gaps between the attic floorboards left by the cottage 's Victorian jerrybuilder : how Riva can snore on through all those goings-on I do not know . |
| 17 | ALL I want is a fantastic time with just as crazy a female . |
| 18 | ‘ What I want is a biodegradable board — like the husk of a grain of wheat . |
| 19 | All I want is a few answers , then you 're free to leave any time you like . ’ |
| 20 | All I want is a yearly figure . ’ |
| 21 | The problems start when they get out of the ‘ All I want is a basic word processor ’ frame of mind and start getting into some serious computing . |
| 22 | All I want is a little cottage . |
| 23 | But right now , all I want is a fair hearing . |
| 24 | ‘ What I want is a safe , happy and successful climb — very much in that order . |
| 25 | What I want is the best government for Rhodesia . ’ |
| 26 | Well what I want is the black and the cerise |
| 27 | ‘ Statistics are all very well and good , but what I want is the human angle . |
| 28 | I take what I hope is the main path . |
| 29 | In what I hope was a rare lapse into intolerance , I asked the reporter next to me : ‘ Does that little sod always talk like that ? ’ |
| 30 | He said : ‘ Special Branch should now be called in to flush out what I suspect is a politically-motivated mole operating within the palace . ’ |