Example sentences of "i [vb base] the [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Shadow Chancellor Gordon Brown said : ‘ I challenge the Mr Lamont to deny that 250,000 jobs are at risk as the shortcomings in the Autumn Statement mean a winter of rising unemployment . |
| 32 | No , I watch , I watch the Addams family . |
| 33 | Yeah I watch the Chippendales |
| 34 | By the time I park the Fiesta in Malpass Road , it is nine o'clock . |
| 35 | I suspect the Luftwaffe were back . |
| 36 | ‘ I felt a nine-match ban was a fair punishment for Davis , who was just breaking into the England squad at the time , and I suspect the FA may make an example of Ian as well . ’ |
| 37 | In Sweden I read the Expressen and in America I usually read USA Today . |
| 38 | But that 's what I use , CNN , I read the New York Times and I listen to the BBC , even in America , for a different perspective . |
| 39 | As Gord looks on incredulously , Paul proclaims , ‘ Oh yes , I read the NME every week . ’ |
| 40 | I read the Bentley brochure last night and I reckon it is tempting fate to begin by mentioning one of W O Bentley 's habits . |
| 41 | I finish the Friday before that Wednesday . |
| 42 | ‘ I enjoy the Cross Keys , ’ he said , ‘ always have . ’ |
| 43 | I hear the West Indian boys swearing and yelling at one another in quick , hoarse voices . |
| 44 | ‘ I have an arrangement to print thousands more , ’ he says , adding , ‘ I hear the HMSO edition will be delayed for another six weeks . ’ |
| 45 | There 's a fine oboe solo , too ( the more I hear this slow movement , the more I hear the Brahms as role-model ) : again , the balance throws a pleasing emphasis on to the string harmonies , the oboe plaint evocatively distanced from our seat mid-stalls . |
| 46 | Is it because I am consumed with envy when I pass the Woodborough bookshop , and there is Eleanor 's newest novel in a special display , and with resentment because I have n't heard from Mary for over a year because she is so busy now , commuting to Brussels being a Euro-lawyer ? |
| 47 | Oh it was yes , I mean y when you take now erm er a boatman , I mean , and he , he like today well they ring up , I mean today I know the Ipswich Port Authority they lay the phone on the houses and they pay for it for 'em |
| 48 | I know the Chelsea players reacted but it is a passionate game and the tackles do go in . ’ |
| 49 | The main fault I can find with the vehicle is the cab noise at speeds over 40 mph , ( it will only do 60mph ) I know the Land Rover was never meant for motorways but we plan on taking it on our holiday , is it normal for gearboxes to sound like they are going to fly out of the window or do I have a fault ? |
| 50 | ‘ Look , master , ’ I hurried on , ‘ I know the Maillotins . |
| 51 | ‘ AM ’ , ‘ ARE ’ , ‘ WAS ’ , ‘ WERE ’ Weak forms : ‘ Why am I here ? ’ ( before consonants ) ‘ Here are the plates ’ ( before vowels ) ‘ The coats are in there ’ ‘ He was here a minute ago ’ ( before consonants ) ‘ The papers were late ’ ( before vowels ) ‘ The questions were easy ’ In final position : , , , ‘ She 's not as old as I am ’ ‘ I know the Smiths are ’ ‘ The last record was ’ ‘ They were n't as cold as we were ’ |
| 52 | I know the Will . ’ |
| 53 | I know the SAS . ’ |
| 54 | I know the Craven Arms Town Council themselves are very keen on it , and they are going to invite the County Council to take part in the tasks , and I would very much hope that this Committee would support the County Council , doing everything they can to help Craven Arms and their particular erm , endeavours . |
| 55 | I know the South Africa |
| 56 | I know the Mother Superior ; she 's a good woman and will look after you . " |
| 57 | He added : ‘ I know the RUC rightly go after all killers with equal determination to bring them to justice , regardless of any circumstance , and they never give up . |
| 58 | ‘ I share those feelings to the utmost and I know the RUC rightly go after all killers with equal determination to bring them to justice regardless of any circumstances and they never give up . ’ |
| 59 | I know the Midlands is in the middle and the south is in the south and |
| 60 | To make it easy I like the Jones + Brother punch , as unless it is positioned correctly it wo n't work , so you avoid punching a hole accidentally in the wrong place . |