Example sentences of "i [vb base] [verb] [prep] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 61 | ‘ I 'm not completely solid between the ears , you know , even if I do work in a factory . ’ |
| 62 | Actually , I have begun to think that I do belong to a time , but it is separated by so many decades from theirs that I reproach myself . |
| 63 | The last superintendent said we ca n't and I think the point you 've raised is very valid since they actually stopped that facility said that they 're not allowed in there it has I think gone into a situation where it is n't a very quite place erm and there problems about what goes on there etc and I think need to look at it . |
| 64 | Needs some help and gets it from Thomson who started this move off and lifted in towards Agnew , Cooper clears it still has n't gone out and er Phillips just prevented it I think going for a corner , yes it 's a throw . |
| 65 | But if I do n't that 's when I risk slipping into a coma . ’ |
| 66 | ‘ Well I 've run into a spot of bother . |
| 67 | I mean , they the men are more stronger and that but I 've run around a couple of them and I 've lo |
| 68 | ‘ I 've sent for a breakdown lorry-from a garage , so we may be able to salvage the car before it goes right under . ’ |
| 69 | ‘ Going to Wembley is what I 've wanted as a manager . |
| 70 | ‘ I 'm afraid I 've gone on a bit , My Lord Chairman , ’ he said apologetically . |
| 71 | I 've gone on a bit but |
| 72 | I 've I 've written to a friend in in Anglesey |
| 73 | that 's Yeah I , I 've lost over a stone now . |
| 74 | I 've er , I 've lost about a stone in a couple of months or so , that 's all , but it 's er better than gaining I suppose . |
| 75 | That 's the third 'an I 've lost in a week and I 'm flummoxed I want ye out here this mornin' to have another look round . " |
| 76 | I 've fallen for a boy who goes to the same school as me , but is two years younger than I am . |
| 77 | The best boxing game I 've played on a home computer is 4D Sports Boxing , again from Mindscape , which uses 3D vector graphics . |
| 78 | I 've advertised for a replacement , but I have n't filled the job yet . |
| 79 | I 've pondered over a couple of the things . |
| 80 | You think I 've lived like a nun since we split up ? |
| 81 | You 're afraid to ask perhaps for I mean I 've lived in a house with a landlord , the landlord turned the heating down , turned the water heating off on occasions because we were using too much hot water between about four or five of us . |
| 82 | Since my wife died two years ago , I 've lived in a flat on my own . |
| 83 | For the past seven years I 've skied in a selection of one-piece uninsulated shell suits and I doubt if I will ever turn back . |
| 84 | ‘ There 's a piece of teak I 've carved into a hex sign up there , ’ he pointed out . |
| 85 | I do think there are problems and difficulties , I do n't think it will be easy , not least because we do n't have a shared morality and a shared consensus , on the objectives for the voluntary sector , but it is a set of concerns which we must address , er , and I believe that if , if I 've done nothing else today , I 've kicked off a debate , or I 've contributed to a debate which was already rolling , erm , and that we must address those difficulties , and try and find ways through them , because there are opportunities as well as threats in the current situation and I believe we have to look at all of those er , so that we can move into the nineteen nineties which I believe will be a very exciting period for the voluntary sector , and one which the voluntary sector should er , see as exciting , grab the opportunities and move forward . |
| 86 | The guys at ADM Computing suggested at the first meeting that I save a few quid by opting for a Phillips Brilliance monitor instead of the NEC I 've coveted for a year . |
| 87 | Well something else I 've seen at a car boot . |
| 88 | ‘ It was a real old-fashioned adventure and one of the best films I 've seen for a while . ’ |
| 89 | Then he would qualify these certainties at the end , once the client had agreed to buy with something like : " of course , you 'll appreciate that , as with any shares , I can make no absolute guarantees , but this is the best opportunity I 've seen for a while . " |
| 90 | They tend to they tend to be a bit noisier than the others , but actually they are very constructive , and on Banbury School Governors it 's not the political appointees that erm I 've seen as a problem particularly . |