Example sentences of "[pron] [vb base] [to-vb] some [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In this article I intend to shed some light on the behaviour of a specific linguistic phenomenon , deixis , in a specific kind of discourse , the lyric poem . |
| 2 | I intend to play some waltzes and you shall all dance . ’ |
| 3 | Longing was the key : ‘ I long to hold some lady , ’ a longing that was inexhaustible , tumultuous and yet ardently romantic . |
| 4 | Now I want to include some background music . |
| 5 | Conscious that the fat woman had seated herself on a stack of biscuit tins and was listening avidly , Joe said ‘ Er , I want to take some groceries to an old lady . |
| 6 | In this chapter , I want to examine some sites which hold a particular attraction for me and , remembering Allen Watkins ' account of how his father had classified sites according to the four elements , I have chosen representatives of three of these — earth , water and air . |
| 7 | To explore what I mean further , I want to examine some data collected as part of a larger project looking at children and television . |
| 8 | This morning , too , she had said to her father , ‘ I want this afternoon off ; I want to do some shopping . ’ |
| 9 | I want to do some scuba , for Christ 's sake ! ’ |
| 10 | If I want to do some slap bass or play some very fast , light jazzy stuff , I 'd probably have to wear the bass quite high up , almost Mark King height , to really be comfortable . |
| 11 | She went in , and , though he was not thinking of Ireland , said , " I want to ask some questions . |
| 12 | Listen , I want to grab some supper . |
| 13 | I want to get some work done . ’ |
| 14 | I want to get some petrol . |
| 15 | I want to get some feel of how serious it is . |
| 16 | I want to get some sleep , not indulge in erotic horseplay — after all , you might blackmail me after , ’ he said cuttingly . |
| 17 | I said I 'd do it , and I want to get some sputum samples for analysis to make sure he has n't got a chest infection . |
| 18 | Starting from a point further back in the development of a theory of television than that from which Steve Neale begins for cinema , I want to suggest some ways of thinking about television genre , which , though they will not deal with particular programme categories , may open out some more complex ways of thinking about the aesthetics and poetics of television . |
| 19 | Region I want to make some comments about the UNISON er section of the report , because er I think it 's concerning me that er we 're basically not getting our act together . |
| 20 | And while you go straight back to the hotel I want to buy some road maps . ’ |
| 21 | Oh yeah I want to buy some Jeyes Jeyes fluid . |
| 22 | Zapp is impatient of other academics with tentative minds , who begin articles , ‘ I want to raise some questions about soand-so . ’ |
| 23 | By looking in detail at the different responses this process elicited , I want to raise some questions about reading as a specific social activity . |
| 24 | I pause to sip some coffee . |
| 25 | Now , I 'm no ‘ Greenie ’ but Recycling is something I feel quite strongly about , and here I hope to give some pros and cons about Recycling , and also give some information about the actual processes . |
| 26 | One to the sea , which is about 80 miles away , and another to Sao Paulo which is quite near , and I hope to do some shopping for presents there before I come home . |
| 27 | I hope to make some progress with this next week . |
| 28 | I hope to add some details later . |
| 29 | Oh hang on I 'm leaving at ten cos I want to be there a little early and start them but I hope to get some perks . |
| 30 | I have also been writing an evening class programme which a colleague and I hope to get some funding towards from the local enterprise culture . |