Example sentences of "[pron] [vb base] [verb] a [noun] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Actually I intend to drop a word in your ear concerning the matter , ’ he said in a voice that now held a grim note . |
| 2 | And they did come out more or less straight away and well I say drop a bit in |
| 3 | Mark : ‘ I want to do a tour in the same way that The Cure or people like that tour , like a theatre production . |
| 4 | I 'm afraid , no I have n't I want to put a table in there ! |
| 5 | When he was only twenty , people found him ‘ an odd fellow , a bear , a young man out of the ordinary ’ ; and even before his epileptic seizure and confinement at Croisset , the image had established itself : ‘ I am a bear and I want to stay a bear in my den , in my lair , in my skin , in my old bear 's skin ; I want to live quietly , far away from the bourgeois and the bourgeoises . |
| 6 | ‘ I want to get a bug in there . |
| 7 | You ca n't just walk in off the street and say ‘ I want to study a degree in neurophysiology or erm or chemistry even . ’ |
| 8 | So , if I want to buy a poison in London , where would I go ? ’ |
| 9 | I seem to remember a recipe in the Woodworker using linseed oil . |
| 10 | I seem to remember a paragraph in one of the papers . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ The Liver Birds had just started on television , ’ recalled Allen , ‘ and I remember reading a bit in the paper saying there were very few situation comedies written for women , with women in the lead roles . |
| 12 | Naw , if I find 't is a good day , I resalve to take a turn in the Park , and see the fine women ; so huddle on my clothes , and get dressed by one . |
| 13 | And also I keep getting a pain in my arm just here , it 's a |
| 14 | I always do my best , run my heart out , give one hundred per cent for the athletics fans , and I like to believe that they in turn appreciate that , as well as the fact that I do run a lot in Britain . |
| 15 | Even though it always gives me pleasure to speak with you , I do have a purpose in phoning . ’ |
| 16 | I ca n't play one personally but I do have a lady in my band who 's who can , very very good accordion player who assures me she can play a zither as well you see . |
| 17 | I do have a home in England and I have a job . |
| 18 | Erm I 've expressed a view in my written submissions that I think the emphasis solely on rail erm access i is unfortunate and perhaps should be widened to er public transport generally , obviously rail access plus rail transport has a particular type of usage . |
| 19 | Leaning forward in the rattan chair , on the after deck , he said , ‘ I tell you , Doctor ’ — he always addressed me thus , showing the respect of one professional man for another ‘ in over thirty years at sea I 've become a specialist in islands . |
| 20 | If I 've touched a chord in any way , then that 's gravy and that 's great . ’ |
| 21 | 'Can you dance ? ’ 'Well , I 've done a bit in the bath . ’ |
| 22 | You do C D space put , so you 're pointing at that directory , and then if you do M D ninety three , M D space ninety three , and then I 've created a sub-directory in ninety three , below this directory . |
| 23 | I 've eaten a bit in middle . |
| 24 | Well I 've made a start in my painting it 's |
| 25 | I 've left a note in your office . ’ |
| 26 | I 've had a look in Clarkes and had a look in th the other one as well . |
| 27 | I have to confess that on that , in so far as those that I 've attended , and I 've had a couple in my area I have to confess my surprise at the efficiency of them ! |
| 28 | ‘ Do n't worry — I 've had a word in his ear . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ Since I was old enough to carry a money-bag , I 've trudged round the streets , knocking on every door of every property you own … aye , and sometimes I 've had a fist in my face for the trouble , but never once have I let you down . |
| 30 | ‘ That 's the second time in twenty-four hours I 've had a swim in that damned water . |