Example sentences of "i [verb] a [noun] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The weather has also been reasonably kind , so it 's a bit of both really — with the sun on my back it definitely helps me to perform a lot better . ’ |
| 2 | I could n't do that properly at first , but Mr Dowson came to show me how , telling me to pull a lot harder . |
| 3 | This poem helped me to find a way back into my own poetry . |
| 4 | He only glances up at the television occasionally , as he is intent on finishing these as quickly as possible in order to give himself ti me to write a letter home to his wife . |
| 5 | ‘ Because I became a sister so young , I suppose I did have high expectations of myself . |
| 6 | Actually my father was one of the first parliament members of Kuwait , but I became a member only just before the invasion by two months . |
| 7 | I became a father late in life , and I know it 's a cliché , but she was the apple of my eye . |
| 8 | And so I became a beneficiary again of the orifice revolution . |
| 9 | I ca n't remember now whether in fact we were allowed any at all while we were in the Waaf , but I know that for the few years after I became a civilian again and clothes rationing still went on , the ration allocation was so small that the prospect of buying , for instance , a new winter coat was exceedingly small for most women , especially those with children , whose needs had to come first . |
| 10 | ‘ I became a hijra very late — in my mid-twenties — after my mother died , ’ she once said . |
| 11 | ‘ I became a woman very quickly . ’ |
| 12 | I became a star overnight in 1939 , and the money was very , very necessary . |
| 13 | Mum , what can I make a paddle out of ? |
| 14 | Can I make a suggestion rather than re-numbering all those , its going to be quite a long job , is that from what I can see at the moment there is no reason why that ca n't be added on as a last sentence to nine anyway , cause nine says you records the outcome of the enquiry , . |
| 15 | Can I make a suggestion then that on this we change the suggested If you just put down that the enquiry form is farmed by the researchers full stop , and leave any related documents entirely up to the discretion of each and |
| 16 | Chair can I make a suggestion quite clearly a large number of people have made some very good and valid recommendations or suggestions to you and the board this evening and you 've said on many occasions this evening the board will obviously go away discuss those and take a view on the particular ideas . |
| 17 | Can I make a point please ? |
| 18 | this is the this is it 's so easy , you think what 's an alternative to steel , oh it must be a metal , how could I make a bath out of copper or what could it be . |
| 19 | If I change a number here , you 'll notice , si since I change that number here it recalculates through to the other file . |
| 20 | did I want a drink so |
| 21 | Why did I want a convertible so desperately ? |
| 22 | I read a paper about once a fortnight . |
| 23 | Because I made a mistake once when a teacher told me that there was n't prejudice in this school . |
| 24 | But looking at some still pictures of it I reckon I made a mistake early on which could have denied ‘ Obbo ’ of scoring a more orthodox try . |
| 25 | Mum meant it to be Israel , after her rabbinical father so I made a compromise later by labelling myself Israel Jack ) . |
| 26 | So I made a roster out for the ro for the supervisors which meant that every week they got a rest day . |
| 27 | I made a wad out of the young leaves and twigs and tried to masticate slowly . |
| 28 | I made a lot well , three prints a year on average is n't much but it was enough to keep me economically viable . |
| 29 | ‘ As soon as Sam came along I made a vow never to smoke near him . |
| 30 | I made a pudding actually |