Example sentences of "i [verb] a [adj] [noun] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As Glumdalclitch was ill , I asked a young servant to take me down to the beach for some fresh air . |
| 2 | I mean they were pretty shambly when I got to them and I made a supreme effort to get everything going the way I wanted it to go . |
| 3 | An off night , I assured him , as we re-traced our twenty-mile drive to Palm Beach , where Robin wrapped himself in a blanket in front of the TV , soothing his cold turkey by watching videos of the local comedians , while I made a mental note to move my life and family to a flat above 42nd Street . |
| 4 | I made a mental note to ask about that . |
| 5 | I made a mental note to ask for an application form on the way out . |
| 6 | I made a mental note to make sure I got put on his side . |
| 7 | I made a mental note to seek revenge at the earliest opportunity . |
| 8 | I made a mental effort to visualise his new house , to create some mind picture , but gave up after a few seconds . |
| 9 | At one point I made a straightforward attempt to discover what principles were followed in the amalgamation of libraries which clearly would have involved duplication and manifold reasons for legitimate dispersals . |
| 10 | ‘ I made a conscious decision to go out as much as possible when I had the baby , ’ she says , ‘ because I knew the walls would close in on me if I did n't . |
| 11 | Ian , a 32-year-old salesman , says : ‘ I made a conscious decision to drink low-alcohol lager because entertaining , and therefore drinking , is what I do for a living . |
| 12 | Loose props tended to fall out with a movement of the window , so I devised a fixed prop using a crab clamp and a small batten . |
| 13 | In 1990 I produced a new work entitled ‘ Memories are made of this , Made of this are memories ’ . |
| 14 | I produced a full size drawing on cartridge graph paper and cut out templates for both inner and outer surfaces . |
| 15 | As luck would have it , I met a retired teacher walking through the grounds . |
| 16 | When I was sitting by the pool on holiday , I met a four-year-old girl called Amy . |
| 17 | Having found a comfortable Gasthof in the suburb of Spitalhof , I passed a few hours wandering the old town . |
| 18 | Only too often have I witnessed a bad bass destroying , single handedly , a promising performance of the Messiah . |
| 19 | Yes — I make a real effort to cut out high fat foods |
| 20 | If I make a black man sweep up my trash , empty my dustbins , wash the vomit from my floor and kill for me in my imperialist wars … well , what do you think ? |
| 21 | I make a determined effort to rummage around in the jumble of our years together for some of the intensity of feeling I had for her . |
| 22 | Mind you I got a right dipstick decided wan na talk about how she cooks her frozen s cauliflower . |
| 23 | I got a right ear'ole bashin' from two o' the ole dears an' then they give out the parcels . |
| 24 | I got a long way to go to get to high class . |
| 25 | I 've got a a a well I got a new cooker had a have a new cooker because when they took the old one out it was already in seven separate pieces ! |
| 26 | I was n't Gene Krupa , but I got a fair beat going before MacLane rapped my knuckles . |
| 27 | I du n no but I got a wonderful hand look wha I 'll just show you for a start , cos I 'm putting that in the box . |
| 28 | ‘ I got a big score to settle with you two . ’ |
| 29 | Thank God I 'm fully recovered , but I feel I need a fresh look to make a new start . ’ |
| 30 | So I walked across the moor , until I found a dry place to sleep , in the shelter of a small hill . |