Example sentences of "i [vb base] [adv] the [noun sg] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I say when the wind blows it sort of a howl in here |
| 2 | You questioned Mr Mayor at the city board when I put forward the proposal to increase the er turnover figure from three percent to four percent . |
| 3 | I put away the money to pay that bill and if I have n't got anything left over to buy food with , then we have to manage . |
| 4 | I look around the countryside wanting to get the dirt dished quickly so I can get on with my life . |
| 5 | I pass on the advice given by the Lochcarron police : Do n't panic , the pilots know what they are doing and where they are going . |
| 6 | ‘ But I know just the thing to cheer us up . ’ |
| 7 | And I know just the place to get it . ’ |
| 8 | In A Heritage and its History ( 1959 , Julia , the mistress of the house , acknowledges its traditional sanctities : ‘ It is the one house I know where the present has not ousted the past . |
| 9 | If the ball is above my feet , I grip down the club to feel more comfortable . |
| 10 | ‘ I remember when the story broke feeling very sad . ’ |
| 11 | I understand why the Government have maintained an exemption for small businesses , for which survival is of the essence . |
| 12 | I find myself pausing for a few dots myself before I turn over the page to find where all this is leading . |
| 13 | No , no I do n't the time has come I think ! |
| 14 | I think where the dilemma emerges is in finding equity for an entity that may have had its balance sheet shot to hell in the recession but may now have a strong future to go forward on . |
| 15 | We all assumed that because of the , yeah the media pressure , at least talks would start , but I think possibly the management thought that because of this one-sided pressure , you know it seemed at the time that nothing nice was being said about the management , you know you can almost understand them being reluctant to go into a room and offering their side of the argument . |
| 16 | There have always been good maths teachers who 've made maths interesting and relevant to the children , but I think perhaps the emphasis has shifted from rote learning to helping children to understand what they 're doing . |
| 17 | And then Molly plucked up her courage to say , as casually as she could , ‘ I wonder why the advertisement did n't tell me what dress to wear . ’ |
| 18 | I bow over the toilet to retch but reverse away fast as last night 's urine smells like cat shit this morning . |
| 19 | ( I miss out the word puking from this Shakespearean phrase since I know of few instances in which a baby has strained the cassock of the clergyman baptising it , though doubtless readers may know of one . ) |
| 20 | My legs buckle and I fall off the catwalk shouting , ‘ Stop it ! |
| 21 | But I have n't the heart to drive him back to the warren . |
| 22 | The matron , seeing my Lady took an interest in the place , pointed out a girl to her , named Rosanna Spearman , and told her a most miserable story : which I have n't the heart to repeat here ; for I do n't like to be made wretched without any use , and no more do you . |
| 23 | It is presumably that time which is relevant to the comment which I have n't the heart to repeat here where I refers to the current narrator . |
| 24 | I have n't the heart to tell her I do n't like them . ’ |
| 25 | I ca n't get out and I have n't the money to do it . |
| 26 | Well , I have n't the money to get you drunk every time I want you to love me . ’ |
| 27 | I have n't the strength left to comfort you . ’ |
| 28 | I have n't the time to go traipsing around art galleries . |
| 29 | I have n't the right to ask you to pay such a price . " |
| 30 | Even when I 'm on days I have n't the cash to go gallivanting up West every night . ’ |