Example sentences of "i [verb] [to-vb] [pers pn] [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 | ‘ I expected to see you at the ball last night , Sharpe ! ’ |
| 6 | I tend to keep them in the originals cos then I if I need to . |
| 7 | Well I tried to fix them on the door and they would n't stay |
| 8 | 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 ! |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | I hit violently at the door , I tried to force it with the nail , and managed to hurt my hand . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | I tried to phone you during the week and mum said where is my little son ? |
| 13 | I tried to picture him under the sheet . |
| 14 | I knew Ellen hated the cold , and I tried to warn her of the conditions we might expect in those latitudes . |
| 15 | I tried to tell her about the horrible man on the doorstep but she would n't listen . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | ‘ And I want to use it in the plot for my new novel , ’ Melissa continued . |
| 19 | ‘ I want to thank you for the roses , ’ she said . |
| 20 | ‘ I want to thank you for the last five minutes . ’ |
| 21 | As a novice in the game , I want to thank you from the bottom of my heart . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ And Joe and Biddy , I want to thank you from the bottom of my heart for all you 've done for me . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | Do you like it straight out the fridge , well , I left it in the fridge , first of all , said oh get the , get the cheeses out , and I said , no I want to leave them in the fridge , I want those nice and cool . |
| 26 | Cos I , I want to send him into the shed because I had him first |
| 27 | He 's missing but I want to find him without the law knowing I 'm interested . ’ |
| 28 | I want to kiss you like a butterfly on mescaline , all over in a flurry of delirium , I want to bite you to the bones , to be so close to you there materialises a planet called us . |
| 29 | I want to get it on the market as soon as possible . ’ |
| 30 | I want to commend you for the excellent job you have done on the Missing Girl story , from the time it broke until her body was found . |