Example sentences of "i [verb] [verb] [art] [noun] [to-vb] " in BNC.

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1 I mean got no mortgage to pay out you can you can bank eight hundred pound of that every month .
2 I intend to use the report to review the present arrangements for the induction of newly qualified teachers and in-service training .
3 Q. I intend to make a venturi to fit into a transfer pipe from one filter to the next , to allow the introduction of air into the system I am currently building .
4 Elrond says ‘ I fear to take the Ring to hide it .
5 The wind picks up some snow , or it is snowing gently , as I snow hook the dogs to sort her out .
6 I tried waving an arm to attract attention but only a weak flap of a hand was achieved .
7 If what I say leads a buyer to believe he 's acquiring an original , that , I assure you , is mainly because it 's what he wishes to believe . ’
8 Normally , the time allotted will not exceed one and a half hours , but I propose to exercise a discretion to allow one or two debates to continue for rather longer , up to a maximum of three hours .
9 Once the eggs are laid you must decide what to do with them ; I suggest leaving the parents to try to raise them , as it is so interesting to watch .
10 Tonight I want to take the opportunity to thank her for her patience and support .
11 I … well , I want to find a way to ensure that we have a method that will help us produce only the best and happiest of individuals , so that when the time comes for control to be applied , it can be done gainfully .
12 I mean obviously I want to get a job to get start getting money erm to own my own car is gon na involve money .
13 I want to build a plane to escape but I ca n't find the books I need .
14 During my term , I want to make every effort to ensure that they will be used .
15 " I want to make an appointment to come and see him again — tomorrow .
16 ‘ I should be mortified if I thought I 'd missed a chance to do him a mischief , but it 'd be a cold day in hell before I 'd make a spectacle of myself in the market place . ’
17 TWO WEEKS after I 'd made an appointment to see Neil Spencer ( editor ) with writing samples and DJ charts from the UK , it was time to hand in my first article for the beloved , much-worshipped NME .
18 I 'd allowed the door to swing to behind me and just as it clicked shut , someone knocked .
19 I 'd found a movie to go to , at an off-centre commons .
20 Along with a super cash prize I 'd won the opportunity to travel , and paint , anywhere in the world of my choice !
21 And er I 'd got a key to get in from the works into the office once I was inside , but that was access to the works you know and er I er I en I enjoyed it more or less and I must say the firm , to some extent , looked up to me and I 'd only got to have a damned machine stop , where the girls was working on this machine , and the bobbin shop and all that sort of thing , and I was able to go look er , down and say look here I want this .
22 A little while ago it come too much for me cos I 'd got a lot to pay .
23 And I 'd got no clothes to change into !
24 I 'd got the fire to go — I found some coal and stuff outside — and then the post came , and brought a letter for me — nothing important — which I tried to burn .
25 ‘ You can tell the difference by their boots , ’ Irena told me before I 'd had a chance to ask the question .
26 ‘ I know what you 're thinking , ’ she said before I 'd had a chance to say anything .
27 When I went back to the college everybody was thrilled that I 'd had a chance to meet the queen . "
28 But once I 'd had a chance to calm down a little I realised that what I wanted was you .
29 This was the old slug 's vicious inheritance , Carson thought bitterly , to dump the money on me before I 'd had a chance to learn how to fight for it or to handle it and too late for it to be of any real use .
30 I 'd been so busy I 'd had no time to think .
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