Example sentences of "[vb base] [subord] i [verb] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Hold this tiller and steer while I operate the lock . ’ |
| 2 | I almost had a Vulcan mind melt when I saw the colour graphics on this version of Star Trek . |
| 3 | I almost had a Vulcan mind melt when I saw the colour graphics on this version of Star Trek . |
| 4 | Should I give up the unequal struggle and wait until I reached the age of 16 ? |
| 5 | Just wait until I get the time and I 'll show them who 's boss … but I 'd better not wait too long ! |
| 6 | If you think that hurt , just wait until I get the hang of it . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ Please wait until I start the bidding . ’ |
| 8 | Wait till I put the brake on . |
| 9 | Plectra I break as I reach the bottom of the spiral staircase on my way back to my little garret . |
| 10 | And if I wear where I had the eternity ring on and the engagement ring and the wedding ring |
| 11 | So I have to I I sit there the week before I get the you know before I get the money , I sit there and work it all out . |
| 12 | There you go if I put the pencil there , do n't knock it off though |
| 13 | ‘ You go and dress while I make the breakfast , ’ said Lydia , rather too firmly for the perfect hostess . |
| 14 | No I think if I had the choice I 'd move the tulip and leave the trees . |
| 15 | ‘ I think if I had the confidence of 2 or 3 years ago I would have won the 2nd set and probably the match , ’ he said . |
| 16 | I have orders to employ the military if necessary , but I must be cautious what I do lest I bring the mob to my house . |
| 17 | I blush when I recall the day I slipped out of the office , bound for HCI 's Tropicana Beach Club … |
| 18 | ‘ But I fight because I love the competition . |
| 19 | Dear Harsnet , he wrote , you may keep your door closed and not answer when I ring the bell , you may refuse to answer my letters or return my calls when I leave a message on your answering machine , but sooner or later we are bound to meet and this time I will not let you fob me off with a smile . |
| 20 | I mean when I started the job it was n't the job |
| 21 | Dumping the monster hide as I reached the bottom of the shaft , I hurried away along some disused-looking passages , by then moving on bootless , bare and blistered feet . |
| 22 | Still I care because I recognize the life that Hope and Michael , Melissa and Ellyn hold up before me . |
| 23 | My fave is WWF : I just love watching those hunky wrestlers grapple while I waggle the joystick . |
| 24 | Here perhaps we would like to reply : The description of what is got immediately , i.e. of the visual experience , by means of an interpretation — in an indirect description , ‘ I see the figure as a box ’ means : I have a particular visual experience which I have found that I always have when I interpret the figure as a box or when I look at a box . |
| 25 | But we can also see the illustration now as one thing , now as another ’ , Wittgenstein imagines someone like Locke — though he does not mention Locke — saying that ‘ I see the figure as a box ’ means ‘ I have a particular visual experience which I have found that I always have when I interpret the figure as a box or when I look at a box . ’ |
| 26 | Does Dr Starkie 's reading of Madame Bovary contain all the responses which I have when I read the book , and then add a whole lot more , so that my reading is in a way pointless ? |