Example sentences of "[verb] [noun pl] [conj] [verb] i " in BNC.
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| 1 | if we 're serious about that we need I think to review that very regularly , because I moved offices and discovered I was still a fire officer for a part of the office I was n't even part of , |
| 2 | He 's read papers on the subject , visited laboratories and driven me mad reading out passages that sound like a foreign language . |
| 3 | She liked to plan everything — meals , shopping expeditions — in painstaking detail ; she was — again like Sophie — an extremely efficient housekeeper , always turning mattresses and telling me I ought to starch table napkins and put fresh flowers in the hall every day . |
| 4 | Eventually , he arrived at her side and , exasperated , flung his clubs down the bank and exclaimed crossly : ‘ Here , lady , for God 's sake , let's do a swap ; you have these damned clubs and let me have your fishing rod . |
| 5 | As the two women shook hands Didi added , ‘ I heard voices and thought I 'd pop in to say hello . ’ |
| 6 | Then , by putting my ear to the handle , I hear sounds that tell me whether or not the blade is close to either rabbit or ferret . |
| 7 | But I will not be ordered this way and that , she said , I will do the work in my own time , as I choose , for my sister has no right to treat me like a maid , to give orders and expect me to run her errands . |
| 8 | A great big hand must go to all the officers , men , Marines and to the wonderful Wrens of the HMS Eaglet , especially the Wren who broke ranks and helped me to fix my medals which had come adrift from the bar . |
| 9 | ‘ You can let me join Brownies and take me to the Pack Meetings at Botley every week , ’ she stated emphatically . |
| 10 | From the densely stacked bookcases he took down some lavishly illustrated volumes and left me alone to wonder at them . |
| 11 | Aha now am I going to have strawberries or do I |
| 12 | I say and do things that shock me . ’ |
| 13 | Let's put uses and give me some different ones . |
| 14 | There , they gave tests and examined me . |
| 15 | I was too young to exercise my intellectual force to demolish prejudices that made me sick . |
| 16 | That same day he told me , as if he were giving me a magnificent present , that he thought he could pull strings and have me posted with him . |
| 17 | She was using condoms and advised me to do the same . |
| 18 | Why ca n't I ever find things that suit me ? ’ |
| 19 | I expect she has asked you to tell him everything that has happened , and persuade him to make friends and thank me ? |