Example sentences of "i [verb] [to-vb] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I think it an advantage to a student to have something to react against , but this has not led me to struggle to reach firm conclusions on every topic . |
| 2 | I applied to do Voluntary Services Overseas ( VSO ) . |
| 3 | By factual I mean to question those aspects of us which no longer involve philosophical and theological questions which occupied our ancestors . |
| 4 | As well as keeping to the forefront our themes of quality and cost , this means coming forward with ideas on how things can be improved and I intend to introduce new initiatives during the coming year to help us focus on this . |
| 5 | I intend to play some waltzes and you shall all dance . ’ |
| 6 | Falteringly , I sought to express these misgivings in my conclusions to a number of papers , conclusions that certainly brought no joy to my more optimistic colleagues in an emerging human ethology rooted firmly in the objective analysis of behaviour sequences and components . |
| 7 | WITH over 100 others from various parts of Britain , I planned to visit many sites of historical interest and biblical fame . |
| 8 | Was moaning about she had to buy three Christmas presents and she only got two kids So Ann turned round and said oh you 're fucking well mad I got to buy five presents and I 've only got two kids . |
| 9 | I got to tell bleeding lies cos I mean to say |
| 10 | you see and ther I su I suppose there was about ten or a dozen girls behind the counter because it was early and late turn for them because you see we were open , you see , until ten o'clock at night , you see , and er then , well , anyway , after that erm I heard about this job going as Assistant Manageress at Cambridge and er so I applied and the Manager said to me , I thought well I 'll be here ten years , erm I can be here until I 'm you know , donkeys years and er so he said well look you may not get a job because he said that another girl coming from Norwich to go to Cambridge to see the Manager as well as you and so you might not get it , she might get it , and , however , I went and er I , I met the Manager and the Manageress in the front office , the Manager 's office and we all had a chat but I did n't see the girl from Norwich , she must have gone some other day and anyway I got the job , you see , and er , and so I went to Cambridge as Assistant Manageress and I very well and I got to know all kinds of people , all nationalities being a university city . |
| 11 | Well it was a town then but since then it 's been made a city , you see , and I got to know all kinds of people and one gentleman came in there , used to come every evening and write a book and er , I used to look after him if I happened to be that end and er , you see , and then he 'd say , oh just an exchange you know about the weather and just in general thing and then I 'd leave him and he 'd get on with his writing and one day he said to me . |
| 12 | My training as an historian would allow me to save what could be saved and is why I got to work many years ago . |
| 13 | Whether the Council I , I personally would be quite keen to go down there and see A , and we 'd need permission of the land owners , to do this , to see where the link could go across , you know , the best position , so that we , and I believe this is what Councillor is saying , so that we can actually come forward and maybe this ought to be a meeting with the Amenities Committee , maybe the Ramblers and bear in mind as I say again I hate to do these things and the land owner think we 're steamrollering 'em into something without their knowledge . |
| 14 | I hate to say this guys but lets compare the Irish with the English squads for tomorrow . |
| 15 | When it 's like pancake mix I tend , or omelettes I tend to use two bowls and even though I only really need to use one . |
| 16 | I tend to wear black suits in the evening although I must admit I 'm getting slightly bored with black now . |
| 17 | However , as a compensation , I tend to draw comic devils playing fiddles . |
| 18 | I tend to avoid those conversations . ’ |
| 19 | As compactness is an important design feature of cordless tools the all round efficiency of the tool is crucial , and that is why I tend to perceive cordless tools as being very much state of the art . |
| 20 | I tend to have flat ones . |
| 21 | When this government talks about safety nets for those in need , I tend to look six inches below ground level to find it often the G M B is the only safety net above the ground which leads me to my second word we do this because we care we care about our country our economy , and our people . |
| 22 | Do I need to take both packets ? |
| 23 | I cry to release huge waves of feelings which can build up , especially when I can not or dare not put feelings into words . |
| 24 | Bartram expressed gratitude for Miller 's offer to assist him in understanding Linnaeus 's system and commented on the Swedish naturalist 's publication of all the North American plants observed by Kalm on his visit ( i.e. Species Plantarum , 2 vols. 1753 ) adding , ‘ I long to see these books — to see if they have done me justice , as Kalm promised me . ’ |
| 25 | I tried to ignore both discomforts , but I was n't happy . |
| 26 | I tried to take some pictures but I scrapped them , they did n't come near to showing how I felt . ’ |
| 27 | I tried to take some pictures but I scrapped them , they did n't come near to showing how I felt . ’ |
| 28 | I tried to leave certain areas vague so they could use their own creativity rather than just copying my cartoon . |
| 29 | My multiple personality required multiple scripts , and from my study of graphology I tried to create individual scripts that conformed to the analyses of heavy down-strokes , ‘ pasty ’ loops and uncrossed ‘ ts ’ : I was especially interested in ‘ pasty ’ strokes , which are supposed to indicate a rich sexuality , and disconnected letters , indicative of ‘ inspiration ’ . |
| 30 | I recall the situation all the more clearly because , when I tried to market those rabbits , the dealer thought there was something wrong with them . |