Example sentences of "i [vb base] the [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Others have drawn attention to the weak political culture : ‘ I perceive the most significant structural defect of our democracy in the lethargy and apathy which are increasingly to be found within our parties and other groups … |
| 2 | I mean the most exciting moment of all is when you are actually chosen for a part — after that initial excitement it 's a bit downhill — not because the work is n't marvellous but because the first challenge is the peak . |
| 3 | Coming out of the Musée Basque , and as you turn right to recross the Nive by the Pont Marengo , you can see facing you , a little upstream , a short sequence of the best , by which I mean the most distinctive , houses in Bayonne , narrow , half-timbered , six storeys high and standing none too straight . |
| 4 | Well I mean the normally it would kill the grass , but it wo n't matter this year . |
| 5 | Well I mean the sooner that 's . |
| 6 | The worst of it is , the Wild Wood is alive with the most hideous of micro-monsters ; by which I mean the so called Cathedral Bug — though ‘ bug ’ is too cosy a name for that black abortion — Satan 's Crab suits it better . |
| 7 | I mean the very small number of girls that did get to university at the turn of the century had to endure the most extraordinary trials and hardships . |
| 8 | I mean the only er , look , make look flimsy do n't they ? |
| 9 | So if I make the ecologically sound washing powder Ecover and I want you to buy it instead of your familiar Persil , I need to change your habit . |
| 10 | Yeah and I say the obviously is in nigh on in the |
| 11 | I deprecate the rather ungracious and ill-considered words of the hon. Member for Kingston upon Hull , West in referring to my right hon. and learned Friend the Attorney-General . |
| 12 | At the top of the dry valley I scramble down to the green path , following the old hedge of thorns and elders , pointing the way , beckoning me onwards as I descend the gently curving path down the rolling hillside . |
| 13 | I want the most comprehensive list on all those who tried to do us in … they are asking for it and they are going to get it . " |
| 14 | I believe passionately in the state school system , and I want the very best for our children and our country . |
| 15 | so they 'll be , I , I put the perhaps start on them tomorrow then and get so you 'll get them back |
| 16 | But , well , call me a sentimental old toerag if you must , I figure the more straight ( you should pardon the expression ) I am with people , the straighter they 'll be with me . |
| 17 | I hope the rather hard 12 certificate wo n't annoy the teenies too much . |
| 18 | ‘ Unfortunately , ’ Charity said , unable to feign complete indifference to the topic , ‘ I suspect the more he rejects her , the more her self-esteem becomes tied up in winning him over . ’ |
| 19 | Despite having visited the country and despite a long interest in the area , even I was not fully aware of the complexities and the depth of feeling in the various component parts of Yugoslavia until I read the quite remarkable book that Chris Cviic wrote for the Royal Institute of International Affairs only a few months ago . |
| 20 | ‘ I am learning with every race and the more I finish the more I learn and the better I get . |
| 21 | I enjoy the more wishy-washy concepts — I wish perhaps I 'd had the chance to do a physics and philosophy option — and it seems to me that when we do things like quantum physics nobody bothers very much with the concepts that that presents — they just tend to give you all the theory . |
| 22 | I consider the most likely candidate for forgery is therefore an unknown cylinder or an unknown acetate disc — in other words , a one-off , which would be difficult to compare with the genuine article , because there would be nothing with which to compare it . |
| 23 | This is the time I like the most |
| 24 | I like the creatively preposterous |
| 25 | I like the more rough-and-ready , tough , biker look . |
| 26 | I find cheap mascaras good , I like the more expensive foundations , creams and powders though . |
| 27 | ‘ Yo you guys ai n't really my cup of tea — just a tad too abrasive for me I like the more melancholic and breezy sounds of Slowdive — erm , everybody jump . ’ |
| 28 | I used to have set ideas but the older I get the more I learn from . |
| 29 | I used to have set ideas but the older I get the more I learn from . |
| 30 | This is what I remember the most : pushing the bikes |