Example sentences of "i [verb] [to-vb] [pers pn] [prep] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For the Lord revealed , ‘ I intend to baptise them with tongues of fire ’ ( Wagner 1973:16 ) . |
| 2 | ‘ I want to know the identity of a man , I want to reach him , I want to put him in handcuffs and read him a charge of First Degree murder . ’ |
| 3 | I try to justify it in terms of training the intellect to think in an abstract and critical way , so I regard it as a general education . |
| 4 | I try to present them as ribbons of metal because that creates the illusion of movement and I can put them in an off balance position . |
| 5 | Eric and I had to restrain him at times when he wanted to do something like throw little Paul into the water to see if he 'd float , or like when he wanted to fell a tree over the railway line that goes through Porteneil , but as a rule we got on surprisingly well , even though it rankled to see Eric , who was the same age as Blyth , obviously in fear of him . |
| 6 | I wish I could forget two London concerts he gave shortly before he died , but I prefer to remember him through performances as brilliant , powerful and exciting as we have on this set . ( ) |
| 7 | I have to put him into kennels tomorrow as I have to go away for some time and they insist that he be fully vaccinated . ’ |