Example sentences of "i [adv] [verb] it [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | I eventually converted it into a feeder rod ( this was in the era before today 's more suitable weapons ) and it could throw a heavy feeder with ease . |
| 2 | ‘ I only use it as a last resort , when the dog is impeding my progress . |
| 3 | ‘ But now I only use it as a last resort . ’ |
| 4 | It looked tall but I only saw it for a moment . ’ |
| 5 | Might have been my idea — well , it was , but I only said it in a fit of temper ! — but she carried it out . |
| 6 | I only wanted it for a |
| 7 | Anyway , I only have it with a slug in it in the morning . ’ |
| 8 | That 's how I think of it : as my home , even though I only see it for a short time every year . |
| 9 | Aye , so she says I do n't think I 'll bother I just put it in a bargain |
| 10 | But she was still smiling at me , so I just tied it in a knot and left it . |
| 11 | Jon sees the key to it all as simply getting out and having a good time : ‘ I just do it for a laugh , basically . |
| 12 | I just did it for a laugh . |
| 13 | No I just did it for a laugh cos I want , I want everyone to know the most interesting language in the world which is part of my language is n't it ? |
| 14 | whatever it is , deflate , and er guy come round , no problems , no problems with it , well I mean the head gasket 's gone and there 's a hole near the wing and bald tyre on it but mechanically it 's , this guy comes round to look at it , I mean he 's been driving it from Plymouth , he 's in the navy , up and down here , bloke comes round , yeah no problem , come on round mate , come and have a look at it , look round it , says yeah I like this can I just take it for a drive ? |
| 15 | As I lay on O 's chest something moved me to snap the locket open , and I remember I asked , who is that ? thinking maybe this was the solution to the mystery , and he said , in the same voice that he talked with later in the night , a sleepwalker 's voice , without taking his eyes off the ceiling he said , I do n't know ; I just found it in a magazine . |
| 16 | I just won it in a |
| 17 | This piece of information is , as far as I am aware , hitherto unrecorded in the extensive annotations which have been inflicted on the novel ; and I herewith offer it in a spirit of humility for use by professional scholars . |
| 18 | I always keep it in a tin , but even so … . ’ |
| 19 | I cherished that dolly , kept on altering the face with new stitching from time to time and I still have it in a drawer somewhere . |
| 20 | ‘ I usually grow it like a sheepdog to keep me warm in winter , ’ he said at the time . |
| 21 | A friend gave me a mini for scrap , but I immediately saw it as a hippo , so that 's what it became . |
| 22 | Foley does not want the permanent job , saying : ‘ I again regard it as a short-term business . ’ |
| 23 | I 'm not quite sure whether that was a pat on the back or what but anyway erm and when Martin offered you for a drink I actually took it as a cup of tea actually so |
| 24 | ‘ I actually saw it as a great challenge . |
| 25 | And I actually did it in a plastic basin . |
| 26 | You 're talking and Paul 's talking and I actually did something with it , I actually turned it into a song . |
| 27 | I therefore included it as a separate mode although my analysis remained highly tentative . |
| 28 | ‘ A thing happened to myself Stevie , last autumn , coming on winter and I never told it to a living soul . |
| 29 | ‘ I never forget it for a minute , ’ said Gabriel . |
| 30 | I never doubted it for a minute , Jane , never . |