Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] [to-vb] [prep] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I do n't know ’ , the Dowager Countess leaned close to Lucille , ‘ why some of them bother to dress at all ! |
| 2 | Do I want to teach after all ? ’ and this is because of what the others say to you , the more experienced teachers . |
| 3 | Do I want to go to this wonderful balloon festival ? |
| 4 | So what I intend to do from this week is that very thing , try and fill in as it were and er make up for what was n't covered in the classes because I must admit that this year I 've been struck by the high st high standard of the class presentations . |
| 5 | What I intend to do in this column is to explore and explain rhythm in its purest sense — from the point of view of notation , theory and practical application . |
| 6 | In November 1868 he had written to Rohde : " I intend to get through all the business of habilitation by Easter [ sc . |
| 7 | ‘ It means , simply , that I intend to look for another job . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ I intend to change to another firm of solicitors , so naturally I 'll want to settle with you . |
| 9 | I failed to realise for some considerable time the importance of commitment from the top down . |
| 10 | I got to hear of several healers , but there was one in particular towards whom I was subtly steered . |
| 11 | I got to think about this on my own . |
| 12 | I got to think about this . |
| 13 | Then I got to work with some hard green soap I 'd found beside the sink , washed my make-up off as best I could , examined my face by the light of the torch in the little mirror hanging there , then tucked myself in . |
| 14 | The first opportunity I got to look at this stuff is on Sunday on the library |
| 15 | You 've also got yourself on my bad side ; since I hate to fail on any assignment , your survival yesterday was most irritating . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ If needs be , and I hate to stoop to this , I can take steps to override your obstruction , from which you might find it difficult to recover ! ’ |
| 17 | So er I , I b basically go to the office one day a week , that 's my admin day , and the rest , I , I tend to work within this area . |
| 18 | I tend to work by this rule : for a big painting I paint very thinly and a small one I use thick impasto , although of course the rule can be broken . |
| 19 | I tend to work by this rule : for a big painting I paint very thinly and a small one I use thick impasto , although of course the rule can be broken . |
| 20 | I tend to think of all the convenience food as junk but I 'm sure some must be better than others . ’ |
| 21 | I tried to explain at that press conference and the only one who understood was Bridges , the only one . |
| 22 | Years later , when I tried to talk of this , |
| 23 | Much as I tried to break in several times , they always caught me and would n't let me in to see the poor people travelling . |
| 24 | Coming in by train to Waverley I tried to identify with those tourists ‘ seeing ’ Edinburgh Castle for the first time . |
| 25 | I tried to think about this but did n't succeed . |
| 26 | So pressing his camera to my eye I tried to focus on this tanned , happy man , standing with one boot over the edge of a 200- or 300-foot drop , and the other on the edge of thin air . |
| 27 | The third element and the fourth element erm I I think relate more to location questions to do with the new settlement , and I propose to deal with those under the legal heading of two C , the next item is that the proposal can be considered alongside policies of restraint , and that is exactly how the proposal for the new settlement has emerged , it is a response to the er proposed greenbelt around York city , and obviously we can put in the greenbelt that there is severe erm policies of restraint operating at er on on the terms of new development . |
| 28 | As all else has not failed , I propose to deal with this aspect of the matter shortly . |
| 29 | The third area I need to take you through is some erm typographical amendments to the resolutions that you have in front of you , so if you just bear with me I proposed to go through those and perhaps if you want to mark them on the sheets as I go through and if I 'm going too fast erm just wave . |
| 30 | ‘ But I want to stress to all parents : Do n't be complacent . ’ |