Example sentences of "i [verb] [verb] [pers pn] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I intend leaving you in charge , Seb . ’ |
| 2 | I hate to admit it in fact but er , no the way they got things organized , got lecture tours , rallies and what have you together , you know I think er taught us an incredible amount . |
| 3 | ‘ There are least three shops in Norwich I really like , and I tend to ring them in advance and say ‘ I 'm coming in for half an hour . |
| 4 | And I tried to fix it to the door and it would n't , I tried to do it up with Blu-Tack and would have none of it , I tried to do it with Sellotape and would n't do it the Sellotape kept on coming away something in the varnish I think that resisted that so then I thought , right I 'll I 'll tie the thing up in someway , I forget how , and blew away went down the drive ! |
| 5 | But then I tried to seduce him with poetry . |
| 6 | I tried to engage him in conversation about the analogy between pottery and alchemy , and Laura prompted him to share ideas that had long been familiar to them both , but he showed little interest . |
| 7 | I tried to contact you from time to time but you always seemed to be somewhere else . ’ |
| 8 | I have n't spoken to Mr Boldwood since the autumn , when I promised to see him at Christmas , so I 'll have to go . |
| 9 | In parting we arranged to meet again , next time in London , and I promised to take her to dinner at her favourite restaurant , the Trocadero on Shaftesbury Avenue , just a stone 's throw from Piccadilly Circus . |
| 10 | I want to see you before lunch . ’ |
| 11 | yeah cos I want to put them on top |
| 12 | Yes , but I want to send it from town . |
| 13 | no , no , I , I , I just really want , cos I do n't think there 's any question of me this afternoon ruling on whether you 're right or not on these points , but I just er on second I thoughts I want to have them in mind |
| 14 | Now I want to spoil you in return . |
| 15 | Oh , it was terrible , I 'd seen it on video , it 's really sad . |
| 16 | And I explained that er I 'd met her in town , which I did , did n't I ? |
| 17 | I told Caroline I 'd met him by chance . |
| 18 | Well anyway , I do n't know what was true or not or what what was right , but I thought I 'd got it through seniority and we 'll leave it at that . |
| 19 | Er , it 's in the other magazine I fetched from work after the I 'd left them at work . |
| 20 | ‘ I came to ask you to supper , ’ she babbled looking back into the drawing room . |
| 21 | Unfortunately I forgot to translate it into English , but you may remember — jeg elsker dig … ? ’ |
| 22 | A new set of feelings about the baby had begun to emerge since I had nearly lost it , and I wanted to be sure that they were going to take root before I risked dispersing them with talk . |
| 23 | ‘ I like having him at home , but I also need a day to myself now and again , just to be able to think my own thoughts . ’ |
| 24 | The fact that he was an outstanding , if not completely graceful athlete , that he played anything with a racquet commendably well — I remember battling him at tennis in the oppressive heat of Guaruja to an 8–8 deadlock before we both gave up to avoid heat prostration — that he is a better than average golfer and could just as well have played football or cricket and enjoyed all sports , made him less exclusively obsessive about racing . |
| 25 | I dislike using them in conversation , for they can add a measure of artificiality to what should otherwise be casual . |
| 26 | She could have her Mum I heard call her at home to make sure , if anything had happened , so |
| 27 | At first I had thought she would recover , but when I learned her illness was serious , I decided to visit her at night , for what might be the last time . |
| 28 | They sent him home from school or something , send him straight home from school and er , do n't know I suppose take him to hospital today and then , I assume they 've got to bring him home and he said oh no he said you have n't got to take me home he said cos the boy 's got to be from school , come round tomorrow and pick you up |
| 29 | I started nagging him about money , about not having a proper job and no guts to get one … |
| 30 | I started doing it with pot , breaking a little bit , squashing it on the foil and smoking it as though I was having a chase . |