Example sentences of "i [verb] [verb] [pron] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So I tend to give them a wide berth wherever possible . |
| 2 | I tend to forget what a proper doctor should wear . |
| 3 | I tried to give him a withering look . |
| 4 | I I 'm very grateful to the minister but I want to ask him a straightforward question . |
| 5 | ‘ Glad to meet you , Christina , and I want to say what a marvellous job you have done down here . |
| 6 | I 'm doing it tomorrow cos I want to leave it a little bit |
| 7 | I want I want to tell you a secret |
| 8 | What happens if he says well I want to alter it a little bit ? |
| 9 | I fully accept that if I want to know everything a top luthier knows then I should go away and make a serious study of the subject , but I would be quite happy to read a dedicated magazine each month from which I can learn about what 's new , who 's up to what , what new guitars are like to play etc. etc. and also the meaning of the industry 's technical terminology . |
| 10 | Yes , oh Rocket , for the first few months I had him , after he was rescued , and he was so protective of me , because I 'd given him a good home and never , never hit him in the face . |
| 11 | I felt as if I 'd handed him a loaded shotgun and said shoot . ’ |
| 12 | Would you believe that he said I 've got to work on the aeroplane this week , I 've got the week off , I 've got to work on the aeroplane , I , you know , I shall be alright , down the airfield , er on the Wednesday he arrived to see how we were getting on , complaining like made because he had n't been able to find where the cottage was , I said but I 'd left you a detailed map , |
| 13 | I 'd forgotten what a thin face Dad had got — how old he was . |
| 14 | I 'd forgotten what a delicious meal tea could be ; and sitting there I felt invaded by the envy of the man who lives in an institution , and has to put up with institution meals and institution everything else , for the rich private life of the established . |
| 15 | I remember making her a little black satin coat and Dutch bonnet with things sticking out and all edged with lace and it was all er black satin and underneath the bonnet was er pleated er blue chiffon . |
| 16 | Corky 's taking an age typing them all in — even slower since I threatened to give him a good lashing ! |
| 17 | By this time Desmond had nearly stopped on the flarepath and I decided to give him a wide berth . |
| 18 | ‘ In true Hitchcock tradition , I always make one appearance in each series of Rumpole , but this time I decided to give myself a speaking part , ’ he says . |
| 19 | There were some hills around me , so I decided to build myself a little house on one of them . |
| 20 | Because I started doing it a long time ago |
| 21 | ‘ I meant to ask you a long time ago and I forgot to . |
| 22 | ‘ I try to make it a therapeutic education process for the abductees as well . |
| 23 | When I smile at her , I try to make it a fatherly smile . |
| 24 | Life in the rainforest is brutish and short , and most of the Kayan people I spoke to consider themselves a good deal better off than their forefathers — thanks to the logging . |
| 25 | I did n't deliver , to tell a lie , but I did tell you a slight wrong thing . |
| 26 | I give them a , I did give them a good rinse afterwards though . |
| 27 | I had to give her a little reminder now and then , to stop her attempting to fly off into the wide blue yonder , by gently pulling the leash , but within two days she was coming to me just as willingly as she had on the straight creance . |
| 28 | I had to give him a bloody week ! |
| 29 | Trying to escape by going to the only other bar in Woodstock , where I was chased around a table by The Psychedelic Furs because I had given them a bad review in a music paper . |
| 30 | Pedalling up to the office in the mornings , with the bike wheels crunching on the thick white frost , I would arrive with bright red cheeks and breath coming out like steam , and once the Met Officer commented , after I had given him a cheerful , early morning smile , ‘ You do n't know what a difference it makes to your face when you smile ! |