Example sentences of "i [verb] [to-vb] a [noun] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ This is my bit of Wharfed ale , ’ each male sang , ‘ and I intend to entice a wife and raise a family — so all you other blokes , keep out . ’ |
| 2 | I agreed to give a dinner and it took place in my London home some weeks later . |
| 3 | I , I hate to contradict a lady but I does Mrs realise that she is voting against the construction of T five if you support my . |
| 4 | I 'm a very new driver so I 'm very careful and very cautious , not a very good pedestrian , I tend to wave a fist and walk out whereas I always give the other person , you know I always sort of wave them on whereon in the car being a very new driver I am very cautious |
| 5 | Nowadays few people can detect this very slight disability although I tend to limp a bit if I get tired . |
| 6 | And I tried to do a pattern but it sent all my eyes crazy counting these |
| 7 | Well , I tried to get a video cos I wa I wanted to use this section to actually watch it . |
| 8 | ‘ I will go to South Africa at some stage because I want to arrange a foundation or some sort of memorial to Julie and Elizabeth . ’ |
| 9 | I 'm in the middle of a government grant on my house and by the time I get that together and spending money , which I should n't be doing , on junk , y'know , and I want to start a family and that , y'know , and try and be respectable , but it just does n't seem to be available under this health service , this National Health Service , although I do know people who have it prescribed . |
| 10 | I want to find a hole and crawl into it , to escape this ultimate psychic double-whammy . |
| 11 | ‘ I want to find a job that I really love . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ I want to be a novelist , but first I want to get a degree and ffeatherstonehaugh 's makes that possible . ’ |
| 13 | Now when I look back on that part of my life , I want to make a film and call it The Loneliness of the Long Distance Latent Lesbian . |
| 14 | Dad says he will get me more Meccano at Christmas , but I want to buy a pulley and those thick flange-plates in Wylie Hills on Saturday when I get my pocket money . ’ |
| 15 | I stopped to pick a rose as we made our way down the garden . |
| 16 | ‘ I know if I happen to find a bunch that 's been thrown out 'cause it 's past its best , I can likely get a threepenny piece for it at the railway station . |
| 17 | I forgot to take a couple when I got back to England . |
| 18 | While Fielding dealt with that one ( " Oh ma'am , but yes , " he began ) I turned to face a kitchen or parlour , plain in its shapes but full of manmade coatings and colours . |
| 19 | I began to carry a gun and a knife with me everywhere I went . |
| 20 | So to get back to what we say er yeah I like to fix a date and if people phone up and say well look I 've I 've got something else or I 've changed my mind I would rather have that than to have lots of paper work on my desk that just says may be or may be not . |
| 21 | I like to draw a diagram or chart rather than write or talk about something |
| 22 | I like to have a laugh and that , but there 's some things you should n't laugh at . |
| 23 | ‘ I like to have a massage and eat as much as I can . |
| 24 | ‘ I like to eat a lot and because I do , I like to eat the right things . |
| 25 | Round about the Elephant and Castle I decided to call a truce and talk to him . |
| 26 | There seemed nothing I could usefully add to whatever Henniker might be doing , and as it was getting on for half past twelve I decided to find a pub and a sandwich . |
| 27 | I decided to fetch a book and read out of doors in my overcoat . |
| 28 | Then I started to get a feeling that the Lord was going to move me from my present job . |
| 29 | I try to maintain a regime that keeps wildlife happy . |
| 30 | Even better I thought to find a society that automatically lets its existing investors know when a better deal becomes available . |