Example sentences of "i [vb base] [adv] " in BNC.

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1 In choosing between the goals towards which I spontaneously tend , I may find myself being excited more strongly by what I perceive here and now than by what I imagine from other viewpoints , so that for example a present amusement obliterates consciousness of a future danger .
2 ‘ When I see the Giotto frescoes at Padua I do not trouble to recognise which scene in the life of Christ I have before me , but I perceive instantly the sentiment which radiates from it and which is instinct in the composition in every line and color .
3 I perceive nevertheless that you are a man of culture , and a foreigner .
4 This I perceive plainly .
5 I make myself aware of a three-dimensional object by synthesizing what I perceive from here with what I imagine from there , of a continuing event by synthesizing what I perceive now with what I remember from past and anticipate from future viewpoints ; and in either case ‘ Be aware ’ obliges me to let myself be moved from the different viewpoints , as a causally necessary condition of becoming aware from them .
6 I cite only a few .
7 I back away a bit , and kneel down .
8 As time went by and my experience sharpened , I back away from the window , taking in more and more of the store fronts , their signs , and external lights .
9 As time went by and my experience sharpened , I back away from the window , taking in more and more of the store fronts , their signs , and external lights .
10 I back away .
11 So I back away from them .
12 When I back there I am sure I will have changed to a certain extent and I hope it will have helped to develop my managerial skills . ’
13 " I change there for Bisbee .
14 I mean to move on silently escaping , but I crash straight into a trolley , pushed by a bloke looking like one of the heavyweights in a James Bond film , so I leap away at speed as he snarls after me and knock over a pile of bean tins .
15 I have no commercial gallery and I sell only through commissions and the Royal Academy ; moreover having always had a teaching job , I have no real need to sell .
16 I SELL very well in Spain .
17 There were disappointments , and among these , our failure to establish and sustain common ground between English and French students and the one that I regret most .
18 These were indestructible and to this day I regret ever falling for the slick adverts for trendy green ones .
19 I regret ever allowing you to talk me into this crazy scheme ! ’ she exclaimed as she slid into bed and pulled the duvet up to her chin .
20 I have to say that I regret deeply , deeply that I could not persuade her to make a film of Tosca .
21 I regret only that the article entitled ‘ Philosophy and Politics ’ and published in The Criterion for January 1938 , is not better .
22 That 's the certificate which I regret now is with South Staffs museum at Lichfield .
23 I regret therefore that I can not assist further with this matter
24 Somebody 's slipped over and they 've got all the grit in their knuckles in the part of their knuckles and you want to bandage the hand or there 's a cut on the hand , even on the palm , we can do that one later when it 's really , when it 's really a gash , gushing blood we can do this afternoon , I repeat again none of these which you 've done this morning will control severe bleeding , get it into your heads this is just to cover to keep infection out , alright , these are not to control severe bleeding just covering a minor wound or a graze , right ?
25 I repeat again , now it 's Us an Dem ,
26 I repeat again in 1992 our major aim as a business is to improve the service we sell so well ; that we provide to our customers .
27 I repeat clearly today that the Government will continue to honour their commitment to people in that category .
28 What harm is there in trying to achieve better value for money and more choice for the consumer by more competition — always giving an assurance , which I repeat today , that we will ensure that the uniform tariff structure remains in being even in rural areas ?
29 ‘ Before the sun , ’ I repeat matter-of-factly .
30 I declare here and now that I intend to follow that same path .
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