Example sentences of "i [verb] [to-vb] [adv] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Desperately I tried to hold down the rising sickness I felt about the theft of my writing to listen to all he was telling . |
| 2 | I thought it would be of interest to members if I tried to illustrate how the diamorphic diagnosis can be made , even with a dusty old specimen in a cupboard somewhere . |
| 3 | Playing with the selectors challenged my mathematics as I tried to work out the exact number of available tones , but let's just say there should be something here for virtually every style of player . |
| 4 | I expect to rub out the new rail link under London , the national centre for wind-power , the cross-Channel terminus at King 's Cross and the Little Podlington by-pass . |
| 5 | I ventured to express exactly the opposite opinion and was stared at as if I were a hawker of ladies ’ underwear who had accidentally strayed into a monastery . ’ |
| 6 | In this case , a more precise purpose might be , " I want to find out the relative sizes of the most common dinosaurs so I can draw scale pictures of them on a wall chart . " |
| 7 | The only conclusion I can draw is that the two-pack AC lacquer that was used on the first table was something that I will not use again on dark timber if I want to bring out the full colour of the wood . |
| 8 | But I want to hear now the whole story of your life , and how you came to be with the boys I saw you with that day . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ I want to walk up the other valley too , ’ said Betty . |
| 10 | Very often , I have gone to interview somebody , having told them I want a two and a half minute interview , and I want to cover roughly the following five topics . |
| 11 | Leaving the heat and the nearly finished bridehouse , I returned to soak up the last of a cool , green English summer . |
| 12 | I determined to stamp out the French ‘ flu before it spread . |
| 13 | do I have to look out the old greatcoat , woolly hat , scarf and gloves of my hippy days ? |
| 14 | I needed to call up the heroic days when Dennis was still around , and we were young and carefree , bonking our brains out while he shouted banalities from the foot of the stairs . |
| 15 | As he watched , I started to drag away the old door that had served us so well as foot-stopper . |
| 16 | I 've got one I meant to put on the main agenda and I forgot , and I wrote the agenda . |
| 17 | Because of the range of the respective sizes of each range and the feel of the marker pens themselves , I chose to try out the KC-1100 Twin Point Pens in a studio context and the KC-400 Brush Pens in the field . |
| 18 | In three minutes I managed to put out the whole fire , and the lovely old building was safe . |
| 19 | I managed to hammer out the brief for the marioc debate in the nick of time . |
| 20 | I managed to get down the last two words of the preceding paragraph before my stomach over-boiled into my mouth . |
| 21 | During that painful walk I managed to work out the general outline of these pages . |
| 22 | For the first few years I romped to cover up the new loneliness . |
| 23 | I was surrounded by a crowd of shouting , gesticulating Malts , who pulled at my parachute , lifted my head and drove me so furious that I had to give up the dying idea in order to concentrate completely on kicking every Malt who came within range . |
| 24 | Six o'clock in the morning , I had to clean out the Danish piggeries . |
| 25 | I had to consider seriously the potential risk to John , but if the hostages could be made an issue at home , at the very least the Government would n't be able to ignore their plight and might , consequently , be influenced in their dealings abroad . |
| 26 | But if you would n't tell me I had to find out the only way I could , ’ Travis explained , tightening his arms about her . |
| 27 | I had to find out the hard way — to coin a phrase . |
| 28 | In the final stages I attempted to draw together the wide ranging tones and then to punctuate these closer tones with an occasional tonic of colour in the foreground — a turquoise yellow or a red . |
| 29 | ‘ I wanted to carry on the great work that Nick had done and I wanted to broaden the paper 's scope . |