Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb base] a [noun] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So it does pay you to be a member of R A C , National Breakdown , A A or whatever because at least most of them provide a service where they can take you to your destination and or arrange further transport for you . |
| 2 | If I change a number here , you 'll notice , si since I change that number here it recalculates through to the other file . |
| 3 | I declare a bias immediately ; I am a practitioner , and I do have large grants in this field . |
| 4 | And when I say the vacancy rate , I mean a percentage rather than a number . |
| 5 | or perhaps I make a rissole sometimes , but not put any onion |
| 6 | I think if I make a cake today I I 'd rather put sultanas in . |
| 7 | I smell a rat here — I really do . |
| 8 | I say a Supertravel ad for a ridiculously cheap week and phoned to find that the price applied not to St Anton , Val d'Isere , Verbier or any of the top resorts I considered worthy of my attention , but to a place called Argentiere which had only seven lifts . |
| 9 | If it 's something funky and soulful you seek , I suggest a trip back to the Seventies . |
| 10 | If I peel an orange now , will you eat a little — just to please your father ? |
| 11 | I want a cuddle now . |
| 12 | Erm well is there a lot of erm I w I want a clue now . |
| 13 | She 's an ancient lass , I call her Nellie , but she can take me all the way to Sanderstown if I want a night out with bright lights . |
| 14 | I want a drink please . |
| 15 | but you can also say I want a transaction too and the machine then comes back to you with one of these sepulchral voices , you know , which is tone |
| 16 | I think it 's a good idea if I get back home now — I 'm feeling pretty tired and I want a lie down . |
| 17 | thank you , Keith , Daryl said to Keith I want a word now |
| 18 | reduction I , I want a bit more . |
| 19 | But is it up to them to actually go to D S S and say I want a payment now ? |
| 20 | I want a listen out of it . |
| 21 | I want a miracle so much — I 've wished for one so much . |
| 22 | And I want a fiver please . |
| 23 | When she got there she asked the manager and she said I want a table where all these people can sit . |
| 24 | Nevertheless , they clearly do affect performance : if I want a musician then musical ability will be assessed ; we will listen to the playing of a musician in the same way that we will ask athletes to reveal their athletic ability . |
| 25 | I WANT A BABY SO MUCH |
| 26 | I tell them I am making a good living , that I can support a child , that I want a baby more than anything , but they refuse . ’ |
| 27 | It 's just that I 've I mean I want a curtain there as well because otherwise it all looks a bit heavy but I do n't think I could put a blind down there because of the way |
| 28 | Ideally I want a job where I get relocation . |
| 29 | My father 's sort of said to me that if I want a job afterwards , and if I want a decent job and a job with a future , it 's got to be on the engineering side of the works . |
| 30 | For example : ‘ May I have an appointment with Mr Block at 4 p.m. on Monday next for a short back and sides ? ’ is preferable to : ‘ I want an appointment please , ’ which leads to a string of questions , ‘ Which day ? ’ |