Example sentences of "i [vb base] [be] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What I advocate is exuding an aura of femaleness . |
| 2 | It may just mean that you might see Er I mean is elevated above the A Nineteen , and indeed you can catch glimpses of it |
| 3 | But I mean is gon na struggle cos he ai n't had many people for very long , has he ? |
| 4 | In soft-back format with 150 pages , the new , revised edition of See What I Mean is co-authored by John Morgan and Peter Welton , who is well-known to readers of The Artist as a holiday course tutor and regular contributor . |
| 5 | ‘ What I mean is do you for instance know the three-times table ? ’ |
| 6 | as far as the racking itself 's concerned has it erm affected the stability of the racking or has it just dented it I mean is do we need to do anything about it ? |
| 7 | Well that 's right , I mean were see what the weather 's like . |
| 8 | I mean were working with five at the minute , we 'll go to that place and double it up to say ten and by this time next , next year there 's not any reason why it should n't be more to sixteen |
| 9 | And in tutorials there is opportunity to take well judged risks — by which I mean being unafraid of going for the character and seeing where it leads — even with well known speeches . |
| 10 | ( These names are somewhat arbitrary ; different names are often used in political philosophy , and sometimes one of the virtues I distinguish is treated as a case of another . |
| 11 | When I fight , I never think of being hurt — the one thing I fear is losing everything I 've worked for — the security for the future , for the kids and everything . |
| 12 | I 'm a monumental mason and the gravestones that I make Are carved of flesh and bone from the carcases I take |
| 13 | These poor folk , whose lack of privilege is just one of the many thrusting reasons that have sent me to the bosom , not to mention the buttocks , of today 's quite heavenly Labour Party , may find that my pronunciamentos become somewhat impenetrable once past the ninth , tenth , or even twenty-third of their constituent subordinate clauses , so that the very juicy and surprisingly supple points that I make are lost amidst their attendant persiflage . |
| 14 | And I hate being called ‘ dear ’ or ‘ darling ’ just as if I was a child . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ I hate being called Kate , ’ said Catriona in Jean 's accent , flicking her fingers and pouting , which inspired a rash of imitations of Rose-Marie and the French in general . |
| 16 | ( She knows I hate being called Mammy . ) |
| 17 | Suki — ‘ I hate being called Susannah ’ — will also host a question and answer session and outline the finer points of good stroke discipline . |
| 18 | I hate being pressed for choices . |
| 19 | I hate being taped ! |
| 20 | They have to erm , first of all ask er R S P C A funding it , which is very much against anyway because I , I hate being humiliated by the this way . |
| 21 | So I told them what I would do , but once again I 've never been in the situation but this is what I 'll do , said as if they were me own parents make them as comfortable as I could while I 'll cleaned up and give them a bed bath or if they could shower , shower them and erm and get everything back to normal as quick as possible , fine , that were all fine she , and then as , as I got up from it they all said thanks a lot Joy it has been great you really have been great you 've made it easy , we 've got an easy day in front thanks to you , you know you 're bubbly and all this and then when she phoned me on the Sunday she said hello Joy it 's Sue here and I , I said will you let me know one way or the another cos I said I hate being left up in the air |
| 22 | ‘ I hate being teased . ’ |
| 23 | Friends and colleagues , most of you I expect are experiencing heavy increases in house and car insurance . |
| 24 | ‘ I expect be knows . ’ |
| 25 | So everything I say is running |
| 26 | What I propose is to examine the impact of notions of racial hierarchy , racial exclusion , and racial vulnerability and availability on non-blacks who held , resisted , explored , or altered those notions . |
| 27 | If a successful I test is made , the character searching the shelf finds a folded page tucked inside the covers of an otherwise uninteresting volume on Tilean genealogy ( Handout 7 ) . |
| 28 | A successful I test is required to avoid falling over . |
| 29 | If a character does fall , a second successful I test is required ( Acrobatics +10 , Scale Sheer Surface +10 ) to avoid sliding off the path and down the scree-slope , taking D3 S 1 hits in the process and coming to rest 2D10 yards away . |
| 30 | ‘ But right now , all I want is to lead a normal life . ’ |