Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb base] [verb] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | You 're going to help me make to make a birthday cake for Jim remember . |
2 | me want to do a da , da , da , da , da , da , da , da , da , da , da , da |
3 | I mean getting a job on the land ? ’ |
4 | " I mean to buy a caravan — do they call them " Mobile Homes ' , what an awful name ! — Gigi will love it . " |
5 | If I mean to mind a thing I never mind it |
6 | 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 |
7 | No I think , I , I mean see a lot of languages and I think you 're doing very well . |
8 | I mean servicing a school regardless of how many people there are is no no but it |
9 | I mean to make a contribution . |
10 | 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 . |
11 | Instead of reading it down , I mean say a Frenchman reading it down , say through erm |
12 | ‘ I intend posting a guard outside this door . ’ |
13 | ‘ 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 . |
14 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
15 | ‘ Actually I intend to drop a word in your ear concerning the matter , ’ he said in a voice that now held a grim note . |
16 | My tank is 6' × 2' × 2' and I intend to keep a selection of Clownfish , Wrasse , Damsels , Tangs and Gobies . |
17 | I intend to commission a survey soon to find out more about what the public want from the citizens charter and what their expectations and priorities are in taking forward this work . |
18 | I , I hate to contradict a lady but I does Mrs realise that she is voting against the construction of T five if you support my . |
19 | ‘ I hate to interject a note of boring realism here , ’ Piers said , ‘ but is n't it easy to say that in retrospect ? ’ |
20 | I 'm a very new driver so I 'm very careful and very cautious , not a very good pedestrian , I tend to wave a fist and walk out whereas I always give the other person , you know I always sort of wave them on whereon in the car being a very new driver I am very cautious |
21 | When I paint , I tend to see a colour , put that down , then move to something else and put that down , hopefully with a bit of shape as well . |
22 | As I tend to use a float for zander I am convinced that I am not actively feeding fish in these situations as the float shows me that the zander has no intention of leaving the swim . |
23 | Looking at cos erm I tend to use a lot of paper particularly if it 's yours it 's usually my own but never mind . |
24 | I tend to lead a sort of idiotic existence of trying to get involved in too many things and dashing about ; and this is going to be my problem — trying to sort of control myself and work out something so that we have a proper family life . |
25 | Nowadays few people can detect this very slight disability although I tend to limp a bit if I get tired . |
26 | I like to look smart so I tend to wear a lot of jackets with trousers or skirts . |
27 | I tend to have a lot of sausage and bacon because it 's easier and my time is somewhat at a premium with around a dozen cattle to care for . |
28 | Er being an agriculturalist rather than a planner I tend to get a bit confused by higher planning semantics of the difference between strict control and presumption against not normally . |
29 | I 'm , I 'm an alternative medicine practitioner and I tend to get a lot of people who are depressed coming to see me , people who have been through the normal routes |
30 | My hands are of your colour , but I shame To wear a heart so white . |