Example sentences of "i [verb] [to-vb] [pron] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ There is a big future for this club , and I intend to put it on the right footing . |
| 2 | ‘ I intend to introduce him to the Führer at that meeting , General . |
| 3 | We will take coffee at once and then I intend to show her over the house . |
| 4 | ‘ I got to charge you for the call-out , ’ said the cop . |
| 5 | It was only when I got to know something of the poverty of India 's villages ( some 500,000 of them ) that I really saw far worse poverty . |
| 6 | ‘ I expected to see you at the ball last night , Sharpe ! ’ |
| 7 | I mean I 'm , I 'm , I 'm only going on the fact that I I tend to do everything on the cheap so I tend to get if I can find somebody who does photocopying I can do it then we 'll do it . |
| 8 | I tend to keep them in the originals cos then I if I need to . |
| 9 | Well I tried to fix them on the door and they would n't stay |
| 10 | 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 ! |
| 11 | I will grow old gracefully , as we are advised ; and as I made ready for the night I tried to see myself as the little girls must have seen me . |
| 12 | One day , as I tried to serve her on the quiet , two deep meaningful coughs from behind me raised the small hairs on my neck . |
| 13 | I hit violently at the door , I tried to force it with the nail , and managed to hurt my hand . |
| 14 | I dived towards the scarlet streaks and touched him at once , but there was no movement in him , and when I tried to pull him to the surface , I could n't . |
| 15 | I tried to phone you during the week and mum said where is my little son ? |
| 16 | I tried to picture him under the sheet . |
| 17 | I knew Ellen hated the cold , and I tried to warn her of the conditions we might expect in those latitudes . |
| 18 | I tried to guess which of the women were the Russian wives of men stationed here and which were Latvian girls . |
| 19 | I tried to tell her about the horrible man on the doorstep but she would n't listen . |
| 20 | I shall certainly do what I can to advance the matter , but I hesitate to say what about the paper , because I do n't think it is an easy thing to cover in a paper . |
| 21 | I promised to remember her to the Harvey-Beaumonts ‘ over the water ’ , and we set off once more , along a road that ran beside a demesne wall . |
| 22 | And I want to remind you of the history of when amalgamations take place , because a number of people have touched on that very point this morning . |
| 23 | ‘ And I want to use it in the plot for my new novel , ’ Melissa continued . |
| 24 | ‘ I want to thank you for the roses , ’ she said . |
| 25 | ‘ I want to thank you for the last five minutes . ’ |
| 26 | As a novice in the game , I want to thank you from the bottom of my heart . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ And Joe and Biddy , I want to thank you from the bottom of my heart for all you 've done for me . |
| 28 | I want to take you through the thinking that led me to that conclusion , and then to concentrate on one of the keys to securing that future — the whole question of advancing the cause of children 's books . |
| 29 | He said : ‘ I am doing it my way and if I am to be able to beat Alain Prost I want to do it on the track by out-driving him , not by any other means . |
| 30 | ‘ I want to put myself on the map and this Test is a good chance to start doing it . ’ |