Example sentences of "i [vb base] the [noun prp] " in BNC.
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1 | I mean the Newfoundland |
2 | I mean the Dunmow Road , Hockerill |
3 | I mean the Sierra , it 's a good offer on the Sierra but it 's , it 's like the basic engine and I do like a car that you know , you can put your foot down and it |
4 | I mean the Bradford Dukes always win at Bradford because I 've heard on the grapevine , not from me , that they 've got little bumps round the bends and they fill them in and only the Bradford riders know whereabouts they are , so they skirt round them . |
5 | Erm and she was from the Pentiford area I think , erm oh quite a well educated girl , erm there was nothing to stop them from joining , I mean the London Fire Brigade there are , are fire fighters who are girls , erm and the er they do very well erm there are problems of course , with , with women on fire stations , but nevertheless there 's no reason why they should n't be there , providing they can do the job and I 'm sure those who read the papers and see the news know that in Russia and places like that , women do the , do the job very well . |
6 | I mean the Matawa who are the religious police |
7 | I mean the Queen Elizabeth , Q E two never even went into that like an average steamer , thirty five knots or something |
8 | I mean the Cheltenham and Gloucester , the Britannia , erm the erm Bristol and West , they 've all got no staff , they just have a computer and er and erm they send you er everything through the post . |
9 | These , these were , these were comparatively small er wars , I mean the Falklands was an absolute I mean farce really , it was n't a serious |
10 | But my feeling is that the sort of run-of-the-mill , solid English composer , I say solid — they are not actually solid — but I mean the Harrison Birtwhistles , the Maxwell Davises of this world are some of the most interesting people in the world at the moment . |
11 | I mean the Burlington 's a little bit out . |
12 | I mean the Halifax charged me three hundred pounds for this and I 've already got a mortgage with them , so they do n't need to do any sort of er er in depth surveys , or , or , or assessments on the house . |
13 | I hate the Madonna shots I 've seen , I venture . |
14 | Kate learns to say , ‘ I hate the Vietcong , I love the King and Queen ’ and ‘ One , two , three ’ by the time breakfast is over . |
15 | I realise the Lady Yolande is a noblewoman and that you were instrumental in arranging her marriage to the late King . |
16 | I expect the Concorde drivers will probably be quite pleased to have some company up here . ’ |
17 | I want the United Kingdom to live at peace with all its European neighbours — to trade and to co-operate with them but to retain control of its defences and of its foreign and economic policies . |
18 | ‘ Yes , I want the Eubank return and Iran Barkley as well because he gives me the fear I thrive on , ’ said Benn . |
19 | ‘ I want the Midland Bank . ’ |
20 | I deserve the Nobel Peace Prize for not having torn him to pieces already ! ’ |
21 | I remember , he was always insisting that I conduct the Prokofiev Fifth . |
22 | Well I do n't know where I put the Argos ticket at all now , got the one you want , in given you that one because er |
23 | I imagine the BBC had asked themselves : ‘ Why should we stick our necks out when everybody else is bottling it ? ’ |
24 | One was called ‘ I Cover the Waterfront ’ , which featured a young Irishman , Pat Terry , who was Marine Editor of the Vancouver Sun . |
25 | ‘ I hope the Dalek Killer destroys it , ’ he said , as vehemently as he could . |
26 | I hope the FRCC can understand my annoyance , since I have never placed a bolt on a Lakeland crag . |
27 | I hope the RFU competitions committee make an urgent review of proceedings , especially as the First Division will be reduced to 10 teams for the 1993–94 season . |
28 | Hall then wrote to Palmerston , on 20th March , only one week after asking for the designs , saying that he would not include Donaldson as I think it very doubtful whether the new Department will be proceeded with , as I hope the Downing Street improvement will be carried out' , and two days later The Saturday Review in an article on the competition also suggested that the War Department should be moved to the Downing Street area . |
29 | I hope the God is happy with the water pump . ’ |
30 | And he told reporters before the meeting : ‘ I support the IRA 's right to engage in armed struggle — where it wages armed engagements is a matter for itself . ’ |