Example sentences of "[pron] [vb base] [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Fads breed products with a short life-cycle , such as pop records and other leisure items ; fashions tend to develop or reappear over the course of years , and the products which follow them tend to have a relatively long life-cycle . |
| 2 | You 're going to help me make to make a birthday cake for Jim remember . |
| 3 | me want to do a da , da , da , da , da , da , da , da , da , da , da , da |
| 4 | the departments involved are heavily loaded , and none of them want to contribute a key person for this purpose . |
| 5 | Na , I mean answered a yes to that question , but I do n't think it 's a matter of do you want or do you no , cos I do n't think the choice is there . |
| 6 | I mean getting a job on the land ? ’ |
| 7 | No she , she does n't do a thing I mean to cook a Sunday dinner she does n't know what it is . |
| 8 | And it 's self employment so the couriers that we er supplied with the parcels with are the p- umm er , they 're liable for tax and insurance if any is due , I mean earn a certain amount of money before you start |
| 9 | Very soon now they will be ready and then I mean to hold a great feast for all my people . |
| 10 | Cos I mean get a good deal |
| 11 | " I mean to buy a caravan — do they call them " Mobile Homes ' , what an awful name ! — Gigi will love it . " |
| 12 | By sacrifice and submission and by the Grace of God I mean to become a truly serious person , fit to make a new beginning and become a Catholic and a proper wife to you . |
| 13 | If I mean to mind a thing I never mind it |
| 14 | You 'll have to , I mean have a . |
| 15 | well there you are then , yeah she goes to school does n't she , well I think it 's sad I mean giving a child a name like that |
| 16 | No I think , I , I mean see a lot of languages and I think you 're doing very well . |
| 17 | I mean servicing a school regardless of how many people there are is no no but it |
| 18 | I mean to make a contribution . |
| 19 | I mean doing a couple of tables probably wo n't be that hard work cos it just be a case of a list of averages or something . |
| 20 | Instead of reading it down , I mean say a Frenchman reading it down , say through erm |
| 21 | ‘ As soon as my work here is finished ’ , he wrote to Constanze , ‘ I shall join you , for I intend to take a long rest in your arms ; and I shall really need it , for all this mental worry and all the rushing about in connection with it is really wearing me out … . ’ |
| 22 | From the waist-down I intend to wear a pair of blue jeans with the possible added attraction of whatever I manage to spill down them tonight in the pub . |
| 23 | ‘ I intend posting a guard outside this door . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ What 's more , I intend to hire a live-in nanny to give me a hand and to be there when I ca n't . |
| 25 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ Actually I intend to drop a word in your ear concerning the matter , ’ he said in a voice that now held a grim note . |
| 27 | I intend to have a thoroughly enjoyable and lengthy period without paid work . |
| 28 | Q. I intend to make a venturi to fit into a transfer pipe from one filter to the next , to allow the introduction of air into the system I am currently building . |
| 29 | I intend to make a great deal of money from this if my speculations are correct . ’ |
| 30 | My tank is 6' × 2' × 2' and I intend to keep a selection of Clownfish , Wrasse , Damsels , Tangs and Gobies . |