Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] [adv] [vb infin] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 Ooh I think I 'd better go lock up my garage before it gets too dark .
2 ‘ He is n't our dog , but he lives next door to us , ’ she explained , ‘ so I suppose I 'd better take charge of him and see that he does n't do any more mischief . ’
3 I mean I do it sort of a bit naturally , I mean if you , you know that what , the Delvine Hotel , I mean I sort of went in and I du n no sort of part way in I sort of said can I ask you if , you know , you 've had your other quotes and he sort of said yes we 're gon na sit down tonight and make our minds up
4 I do not expect shame from Ministers , but I should have thought that all the Ministers present , and all the others who might come in later , would be a little wary about pressing this matter .
5 ‘ While I am pursuing the offender I do not want blood on the streets . ’
6 I desire the reader to remember that I do not make use of the word people for the mere vulgar or mobile , but for the whole community , consisting of clergy , nobility and commons …
7 He added , ‘ I do not put blame on the child exactly , but I do believe she was the aggressor5 . ’
8 I do not romanticise agony as a virtue , nor imagine that it makes me superior .
9 They inspect my passport and I do not find favour in their eyes .
10 However I do not recall hearing of any problem every being experienced by low-flying military hardware or cruise-level GA over Madley Earth Station which I managed for several years prior to my retirement last year , and which I believe is a much larger facility than Oakhanger .
11 He said he could not serve on that sub-committeee ( consisting of Brian Close , Bob Appleyard , Phil Sharpe , Bryan Stott , Tony Woodhouse ) ‘ when I do not see eye to eye with them on any subject ’ .
12 I do not deny uniformitarianism in its true sense , that is to say , of interpreting the past by means of the processes that we see going on at the present day , so long as we remember that the periodic catastrophe ( including sudden events like the rush of a turbidity current ) is one of those processes .
13 Excuse me I do n't involve cruelty in my training
14 They 're bound to take to Filmer too , you know how civilized he can seem , and I do n't suppose news of the trial got much attention here since it collapsed almost before it began .
15 I do n't carry tow-rope with me . ’
16 I do n't mean sex in any simple way .
17 Yes er that 's been the essence of what I 've wanted is er I 've , I 've had to have what I 've wanted by hook or by crook , and I do n't mean crook in a bad sense , I mean one way or another , you know what I mean and er I did job for the casters , same as they did jobs for me , you know and that 's how I 've gone through life , that is Michael .
18 just leave that unless you are totally stuck , and I do n't mean sort of five minutes , have a good sort of maybe ten minutes or say about ten minutes of playing with this .
19 I do n't want marmalade on it , I do have butter .
20 I do n't want marriage as a lifeline .
21 I do n't want water on the ceiling .
22 I 've come a long way to make a reconciliation with him , and I do n't want interference from some snooty cocktail waitress .
23 ‘ And I do n't want advice from you .
24 of course he had no recipe , although I do n't make custard in micro I would n't know how to do it in microwave
25 Thick eyeliner on the top of my eyes , I do n't wear eyeliner on the bottom just in case you think I 'm a tart !
26 I do n't eat food with dirty hands either .
27 I 'm afraid I do n't speak French at all and in any case I will not be here for long , but madame … ’
28 ‘ And I do n't return night after night to the flat — largely thanks to the fact that I am footloose and fancy-free , I can follow my job wherever it takes me . ’
29 I do n't drink coffee without sugar . ’
30 So I er , I politely told him what he could do with that , well , I was eating his dinner and I could n't be too rude to him , but erm , you know , when er when , when confronted , I do n't give ground over that kind of thing .
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