Example sentences of "i [verb] [verb] of the " in BNC.

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1 What if I got rid of the clothes and kept her stuff till we 're ready to do a boot sale with it .
2 As we were walking to the next hole I tried to think of the right things to say to him , so I said , ‘ Greg , do me a favour .
3 I tried to think of the worst thing that Quigley had done .
4 It was through this work that I came to hear of the case of Dr Ron Carrington , a 35-year-old psychiatrist .
5 The trail goes steeply down and the speed increases , and I let go of the sledge rail to wipe my goggles — a fatal move .
6 I let go of the beam and dropped with bent legs so as to splash down softly and felt the breath rush out of my lungs from the iciness of the river .
7 So I let go of the pendant , gathered myself , and looked around .
8 Catching hold of her and she could n't get back do you seem because he had slipped this hand down this stick , got hold of her and he you see , and then I let go of the dog and take the the front feet and we used to drag her out like that you see , from the burrow and put her in a bag .
9 Sensing trouble , I let go of the handles of my new barrow and ran into the crowd .
10 I like to think of the shelves as being traditional : eye-catching with items on display in glass cases .
11 Ah , suppose I erase that cell there with range erase then I get rid of the number of course , but the cell , the cell remains formatted , you can still see the F two at the top grid references .
12 I remember thinking of the 121st Psalm as we looked longingly towards the hills — ‘ I will lift up my eyes … ’
13 I started to think of the stories Henry Mendez had told about Russell , piecing little bits of it together now .
14 I try to think of the sister
15 I try to think of the three things we 'd identified for the for the fifteenth of September .
16 I dread to think of the thousands of women who stretch their limbs to unhealthy lengths in a vain bid to attain taut buttocks and breasts .
17 I know it is a terribly sexist remark but I do think of the machines in our first workshop as old ladies .
18 To me she represented all that I had imagined of the bygone days of sail .
19 The first repelling impression I had received of the rock from seaward was endorsed as I looked around .
20 I had heard of the many mercy missions of the ruler 's private planes .
21 I had thought of the desert as sand , but it was stone ; red stone and harsh dust and a wide , stone sky .
22 I had thought of the Hobbses as shielding me like parents , but the nursery comfort was illusory .
23 She had no need for speech for she gave birth to — she uttered — The Word … ’ and , standing before the icon , so perfect in its gilded stillness , I had thought of the bodies of men , land-locked and mute , and I had felt sorry for them .
24 I THOUGHT that I had disposed of the subject of flashes of light from materials when stressed , especially as I was only a few centuries behind Francis Bacon in mentioning the phenomenon .
25 I 've enquired of the regular users of this service and they tell me that on the following days the advertised journeys did not take place :
26 And people do live in other parts of the area , and they need telephones — from what I 've seen of the place they 'll be about the main link with the outside world .
27 " I 've heard of the address , " Collins said shortly .
28 And I 've I 've known I 've heard of the Glen Islan m men would walk out the hill to the market of Braemar , the Castletown market they used to say , likely going there for sheep or something , I do n't know that was beyond my stories .
29 Aye gr well I 've heard of the , a guffy that 's what they used call ham .
30 Oh w I 've heard of the name but I do n't know where it is either .
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