Example sentences of "i [verb] [to-vb] [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I applied to join the Royal Air Force and ended up in the Pay Corps , stationed initially at Devizes for three months ' square-bashing . |
| 2 | I do n't want it poured over my head from a bucket in a comic that only appeals to the most basic and obvious , nor do I want to read the photo-copied scribblings of an undergrown fifth-former . |
| 3 | Very soon now they will be ready and then I mean to hold a great feast for all my people . |
| 4 | I mean to give an earlier example , when at the beginning of this century , Mendel 's laws of genetics were rediscovered and an enormous growth of genetics took place and indeed is still taking place , initially Mendelism was seen by it 's practitioners and by biologists as a whole as a challenge to Darwinism , as an alternative to Darwin , and great fights took place for twenty years or so between the Darwinians and the Mendelians . |
| 5 | By the historicity of texts , I mean to suggest the cultural specificity , the social embedment , of all modes of writing … . |
| 6 | I disdained to consult a medical dictionary , however . |
| 7 | ‘ As soon as my work here is finished ’ , he wrote to Constanze , ‘ I shall join you , for I intend to take a long rest in your arms ; and I shall really need it , for all this mental worry and all the rushing about in connection with it is really wearing me out … . ’ |
| 8 | However this time , whether or not a change of ownership makes any difference to that permission , I intend to lodge an official complaint . |
| 9 | I intend to use an external power filter . |
| 10 | Except that this condition clodhopped into view only because I intend to tell the unlipsticked truth to Gill . |
| 11 | I intend to make a great deal of money from this if my speculations are correct . ’ |
| 12 | I intend to uncover the old boy system where everybody covers up when cases like this arise . |
| 13 | If I do not get a satisfactory reply I intend to pursue every possible means to draw the public 's attention to this iniquitous state of affairs , which for a big company like P & O is an absolute disgrace . |
| 14 | ‘ Although I ceased to need the physical link some years ago , I still have the ability to use it . ’ |
| 15 | The President and I agreed to establish a secure telephone link between our two offices . |
| 16 | I failed to deposit an accurate simulacrum of her visage and demeanour with the left-luggage clerk of memory ; but I think she was in a shirt of a hue between sage and lovage , atop grey stone-washed 501s , green socks and a ridiculously unaesthetic pair of trainers . |
| 17 | My confidence suffered so much that I failed to reach the 50-wicket mark in three successive County Championship campaigns with Middlesex . |
| 18 | There are some marvellous graphics among these new breeds but , having never particularly liked comics , I failed to overcome a fundamental irritation with the medium of pictures and words combined . |
| 19 | I failed to get a single note out of it when I brought it back to the hotel . |
| 20 | The shops were opening and I browsed for a while in one that sold books as well as newspapers and magazines , but I failed to find the American edition of Rodriguez 's book . |
| 21 | I failed to place a cardboard cut-out of a male person lying , in a posture of total exhaustion , in one of the darker recesses of the living room . |
| 22 | I wish I was doing more hours , though really , cos like , I got to take the whole day for it , |
| 23 | When I got to know the two men well I got a visual image of these judgements — Lenin , solid and stocky , advancing at an even pace , and the slight figure of Bukharin galloping off in front , but always needing to feel Lenin 's presence . |
| 24 | After the breakthrough with Chaman it still took two months of regular visits with Zakir before I got to know the other eunuchs properly . |
| 25 | I expected to see a huge hound , but not a creature like this . |
| 26 | I expected to find a privileged crew , tolerating me for some positive press . |
| 27 | Perhaps I should n't interfere but I hate to see a young man throwing his life away . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ I hate to see a decent man making a mess of his life . |
| 29 | ‘ I hate to bring the real world into this , but is your room-mate going to pop in at any second ? ’ |
| 30 | Usually when designing pictures I tend to use a particular leaf or flower because of its shape , colour or texture , and pay no attention to its species or variety . |