Example sentences of "i [verb] [to-vb] a [noun] and " 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 '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 |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | I want to find a hole and crawl into it , to escape this ultimate psychic double-whammy . |
| 6 | ‘ I want to be a novelist , but first I want to get a degree and ffeatherstonehaugh 's makes that possible . ’ |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . ’ |
| 9 | I began to carry a gun and a knife with me everywhere I went . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | I like to have a laugh and that , but there 's some things you should n't laugh at . |
| 12 | ‘ I like to have a massage and eat as much as I can . |
| 13 | ‘ I like to eat a lot and because I do , I like to eat the right things . |
| 14 | Round about the Elephant and Castle I decided to call a truce and talk to him . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | I decided to fetch a book and read out of doors in my overcoat . |
| 17 | I do n't think I would ever do such a thing again , but when the depression settles on me I 'm very vulnerable , and if I went to see a film and it had a drowning sequence in it , or swirling water , then you just ca n't tell . |
| 18 | I went to have a cardiogram and there is a guy hiding behind the curtains ! |
| 19 | I went to help a youth and was comforting him . |
| 20 | I had to take a breather and a hoarse croak escaped me . |
| 21 | I had to ask a librarian and I managed to use them , but it is an advantage to know how to use them yourself . |
| 22 | And I had to get a box and many a time I 've fallen on my back from that so Cos somebody had moved the boxes I think . |
| 23 | I had to steal a car and … all sorts of things . ’ |
| 24 | Then I had to find a cab and get back here . |
| 25 | In the old days people used to put ashes on top , but I prefer to use a utensil and I take it out on to the pasture . |
| 26 | Like any human being , I need to earn a living and I enjoy what I do . |
| 27 | ‘ I need to find a job and support myself . |
| 28 | Sometimes I have to open a bopx and remove a pair of smelly socks donated by a child |
| 29 | Yes of course yeah , but the , you know , we , we have to , I have to make a report and I have to recommend so I 'm recommending that we forget about the three-way stuff . |
| 30 | Er , Chairman , yes , I wanted to make a comment and ask a question . |