Example sentences of "i [verb] [to-vb] it [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ There is a big future for this club , and I intend to put it on the right footing . |
| 2 | I intend to do it in a proper English accent ( You can do it ) . |
| 3 | I need to know the wiring for the Nato socket as I intend to use it for towing my caravan , but will need to alter the wiring to suit or obtain another Nato plug and add the 12n/12s plugs to this . |
| 4 | I have the advantage , Meredith , and I intend to use it against you . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ I intend to return it to its rightful owner , ’ she said grittily . |
| 6 | ‘ That is my assessment of the case , Madame , as I intend to report it to my commandant . ’ |
| 7 | But he was clearly relieved when I agreed to accept it at his hands . |
| 8 | I hate to see it like that . ’ |
| 9 | I hate to admit it in fact but er , no the way they got things organized , got lecture tours , rallies and what have you together , you know I think er taught us an incredible amount . |
| 10 | I mean you are , you know , you are now I hate to te I hate to break it to you but you are . |
| 11 | And I tried to fix it to the door and it would n't , I tried to do it up with Blu-Tack and would have none of it , I tried to do it with Sellotape and would n't do it the Sellotape kept on coming away something in the varnish I think that resisted that so then I thought , right I 'll I 'll tie the thing up in someway , I forget how , and blew away went down the drive ! |
| 12 | and it was on full power and I tried to save it after this thing came off . |
| 13 | Now , you 'll recall that last week I was talking about Darwin 's basic concept and I tried to explain it to you and to illustrate it to you . |
| 14 | Well , I tried to turn it into a joke — not a very good one , I admit — but I said something about that party game called consequences , you know where everyone writes down innocent things that get strung together because nobody knows what the others have written and it gets all mixed up so you get a silly story with a stupid ending . |
| 15 | And I tried to fix it to the door and it would n't , I tried to do it up with Blu-Tack and would have none of it , I tried to do it with Sellotape and would n't do it the Sellotape kept on coming away something in the varnish I think that resisted that so then I thought , right I 'll I 'll tie the thing up in someway , I forget how , and blew away went down the drive ! |
| 16 | I hit one six and then instead of just trying to hit a single from the next I tried to hit it for four and was out . |
| 17 | I made tea , my ungloved hand sticking to the Trangia when I tried to move it from its snowdrift . |
| 18 | I tried to sell it to Ian |
| 19 | I hit violently at the door , I tried to force it with the nail , and managed to hurt my hand . |
| 20 | I tried to shake it from my mind as I shook the water from my hair , but I knew what that face felt like from the inside . |
| 21 | I tried to load it into erm Word and it completely screwed up . |
| 22 | That 's what I want to use it for . |
| 23 | ‘ And I want to use it in the plot for my new novel , ’ Melissa continued . |
| 24 | I want to give it to Angela to put away now so I know my money 's put a way . |
| 25 | Playing music is what I love — and I want to do it for as long as possible . ’ |
| 26 | He said : ‘ I am doing it my way and if I am to be able to beat Alain Prost I want to do it on the track by out-driving him , not by any other means . |
| 27 | I want to put it on me |
| 28 | ‘ I 've done some nursing and I want to put it to good use , ’ she added . |
| 29 | I do n't want to put it in me deposit you see , I want to put it in my next year 's commitment |
| 30 | I do n't drink much of my beer , partly due to a disapproving glance from Willie , and partly because I want to leave it under my chair for Jerry to have later . |