Example sentences of "[noun sg] i [vb base] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So now if I need a ‘ new ’ piece of equipment I go to a reputable second-hand wood working machinery dealer . |
| 2 | And I suppose he that 's an area where one is worried about quantity and quality because it 's in a way you can always provide more quantity I imagine at a lesser cost by going into a conurbation than you can by going into rural areas . |
| 3 | It 's great , Frankie boy ; I 'm keeping to the fields and the woods and walking a lot and getting lifts and when I get near a town I look for a good fat juicy dog and I make friends with it and take it out to the woods and then I kill it and eat it . |
| 4 | I mean one of the problems with probation I think to a certain extent is that er obviously if you get these people who keep going into prison and coming out again , er it 's really pretty difficult to erm er influence their behaviour positively probably . |
| 5 | On the contrary , the older I get , the greater priority I give to a loving relationship . |
| 6 | and he said , he said that 's just the man I want for a little job |
| 7 | It works like this , you get the schools involved and realise , I do n't know how many have read the national curriculum , bit like the Maestricht treaty I suppose to a certain extent ! |
| 8 | they do n't want to sit in the restaurant they very rarely do get them sitting in the restaurant I suppose to a certain extent other than the Sundays it 's just waste of space . |
| 9 | Towards dawn I turn into a fat pale moth |
| 10 | For this purpose I draw on a wide-ranging survey by John Lyons , which carries on naturally from the analysis by James Harris that I have just quoted . |
| 11 | Every time I go into a new archive I just ca n't believe what I 'm discovering . |
| 12 | Every time I go through a lean spell I 've lost a yard ; every time I score a goal it means I 'm over the hepatitis . |